By Bennett Oghifo
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, has been chosen to construct the new headquarters building of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
Located at the strategic Central Business District of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, the iconic 10-storey building design also called âThe Barrelâ, is a challenging foretaste in magnitude and technical standard. But Julius Berger says it is a welcome challenge.
Speaking at the event in Abuja, the Managing Director of Julius Berger, Engr. Dr. Lars richter, a well-recognised consummate engineering practitioner who, amongst other professional qualifications, holds a doctorate degree in civil engineering, said: âThe building itself reflects an outstanding barrel design, drawing inspiration from the physical oil barrel itself. It is a modern office building, thoughtfully designed to include and balance the requirements of todayâs contemporary work environmentsâ. The building, he further said âfeatures
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Banker turned fintech investor bolsters Curve Board, ahead of expansion into US, deeper push into Europe and launch of Curve Credit
Curve, the London-based fintech that combines multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, has named Anju Patwardhan as a non-executive director to the Board.
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Curve names former Citi and Standard Chartered chief Anju Patwardhan as non-executive director (Photo: Business Wire)
Anju brings decades of expertise and leadership in financial services and innovation to Curve. She was most recently managing partner at CreditEase Fintech VC Fund, one of China s largest fintech venture funds. CreditEase focuses on wealth management and inclusive finance in China, and Anju remains an advisor there.
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iBiopsy®: Median Technologies Inks a Major Research Collaboration Agreement With the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego)
February 9, 2021 GMT
Regulatory News:
Median Technologies (Paris:ALMDT) (ALMDT:PA) announces today the company has signed a research collaboration agreement with the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) aimed at carrying out a study that will be used for its proprietary imaging platform iBiopsy® validation. The study is related to the iBiopsy® NASH Clinical Development Plan (CDP).
It is estimated that NASH is affecting 1.5-6.45 % of the global population 1.
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The research collaboration agreement covers a joint clinical retrospective study on liver fibrosis severity in Non-Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis (NASH) patients
The collaboration will enable Median to work on a large NASH patient cohort to lead the validation of its iBiopsy s AI technology, applied to liver fibrosis characterization
The Liver Center at UC San Diego is a world-renowned university and healthcare center for liver diseases, with a focus on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) NASH
Regulatory News:
Median Technologies (Paris:ALMDT) (ALMDT:PA) announces today the company has signed a research collaboration agreement with the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) aimed at carrying out a study that will be used for its proprietary imaging platform iBiopsy validation. The study is related to the iBiopsy NASH Clinical Development Plan (CDP).