Category: Health
Etter flere utsettelser skal Beslutningsforum mandag avgjøre om MS-medisinen okrelizumab (Ocrevus) kan tas i bruk ved norske sykehus. I januar i år ble okrelizumab (Ocrevus) godkjent til behandling av både attakkvis og progressiv multippel sklerose (MS) i Norge, men myndighetene har nølt med å ta legemiddelet i bruk. Statens legemiddelverk (SLV) ferdigstilte sine hurtige metodevurderinger […]
Source: Dagens Medisin
Category: Health
In January 2018, the United States-based tech outlet, Digital Journal, wrote that the company holding the leading position in the global healthcare simulation market was the Stavanger-headquartered Laerdal Medical. There are two major competitors in the United States and one in Canada, but Laerdal is the company the American Heart Association chose as partners when it […]
Source: Norwegian American
Category: Energy
Lavere aktivitet, press på marginer og finansielle nedskrivinger, har gitt milliardunderskudd for oljeservice-giganten Schlumberger Norge for andre året på rad. Resultat før skatt for Schlumberger Norge AS i det nylig fremlagte regnskapet for 2017, var minus 2 milliarder kroner, som er på samme nivå som i 2016, skriver Stavanger Aftenblad. Selskapet ønsker ikke å kommentere regnskapstallene […]
Source: Sysla
Category: Trade
The United States is the most globally competitive nation in the world for the first time since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, according to a new report. Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, and Japan rounded out the top five. The latest Global Competitiveness Report, conducted by the World Economic Forum, uses a new methodology that aims to better […]
Source: Forbes
Category: Chemicals / Metals
3M Co. has a new product to fight air pollution, and it’s not a filter or industrial monitor. It’s a granule used in roof shingles. When the granules are exposed to ultraviolet sunlight, “radicals” are generated that then transform nitrogen oxide into a substance that washes away with rain instead of polluting the air, officials […]
Source: Start Tribune