Category: Government
‘Norway considers the additional tariffs on steel and aluminium imposed by the US to be in violation of WTO rules. The WTO dispute settlement mechanism is the normal way of resolving disagreement if consultations have not provided a solution. This is why Norway, together with the EU and several other WTO members, has asked the […]
Source: Regjeringen.no
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