Volkswagen is on the verge of bursting onto the scene of Electric cars after having only two battery-electric models in production, both several years old. The company has an ambition of launching 30 electric cars across all brands by 2025. At its annual press conference held on Tuesday morning, Volkswagen said something that should make the rest of the automotive industry keep an eye out. The German automaker has entered a partnership with Samsung and LG Chem for lithium-ion battery cells for the electric cars it builds in Europe. The…
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Adoption of FinTech and Challenges Faced by FinTech Firms
Financial Technology also known as FinTech, is a rapidly growing field that has reshaped the financial industry. This industry is presently considered as one of the popular fields, mainly because the financial technology has the potential and can get huge changes in the way they lead business. The increased adoption in mobile banking and other technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, cryptocurrency are examples of technologies aiming to make financial services more accessible to general public. AI is very important for financial services firm because their major goal…
Read MoreSpeaker Interview with Vanda Plecko for 4th Annual MarketsandMarkets Infection Control, Sterilization and Decontamination in Healthcare Congress
London, UK February 11, 2019 – MarketsandMarkets recently interviewed Vanda Plecko, Consultant Microbiologist & Infection Control Doctor, NHS Highland regarding the 4th Annual MarketsandMarkets Infection control, Sterilization & Decontamination in Healthcare Congress, taking place on 28th February – 1st March 2019 in Hotel Novotel London West, UK. Vanda Plecko currently employed as Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor in NHS Highland has published over 50 articles cited in international bases and more than 100 abstracts. Her interests are Infection Prevention in hospitals and community, molecular microbiological typing methods and antimicrobial…
Read MoreSpeaker Interview with Karen Tweed for 4th Annual MarketsandMarkets Infection Control, Sterilization and Decontamination in Healthcare Congress
London, UK February 11, 2019 – MarketsandMarkets interviewed recently Karen Tweed, Deputy Operations Director (Decontamination), Northern General Hospital regarding the 4th Annual MarketsandMarkets Infection Control, Sterilization & Decontamination in Healthcare Congress, taking place on 28th February – 1st March 2019 in Hotel Novotel London West, UK. Karen Tweed, Deputy Operations Director (Decontamination), started her career at the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary when she ran the pharmacy sterile manufacturing unit. During this time, she was in the first cohort for her first MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance with the Leeds…
Read MoreExclusive Speaker Interview with Richard Tedder – Speaker at the 2nd Annual MarketsandMarkets Infectious Diseases Diagnostics Conference
London, UK. February 11, 2019 – MarketsandMarkets recently caught up with expert speaker Richard Tedder, Public Health England (PHE) – UK, regarding the conference 2nd Annual MarketsandMarkets Infectious Diseases Diagnostics Conference, taking place on 28th February – 1st March 2019 in Hotel Novotel London West, UK. Richard Tedder is a well know Virologist and Microbiologist and is head of the Blood Borne Viruses, National Infection Service, Public Health England – UK. He was also head of the Department of Virology at University College London. Mr. Tedder first published his work…
Read MoreEverything about Fungal Infection – Types, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Fungal infection, most common among humans in the world. Probably everybody gets affected by fungal infection at some stage in life. It is common and is mostly caused due to the harmful fungi present in air, water, soil and plants. Fungal infection is not always dangerous but if it is left untreated or shows long-term consequences then it can get scary; but not if the infection is diagnosed and treated on time. In fact, meningitis and bloodstream fungal infections can be deadly. So, make sure, you do not delay in…
Read MoreDiscussing Challenges & Opportunities for Fintech Adoption and Role of AI in Operational and Compliance Strategy
MarketsandMarkets is organizing its 2nd Edition MarketsandMarkets AI & Fintech Conference in San Francisco on 16th – 17th May 2019, discussing the adoption of Fintech with application of the trending technologies like AI, human digital interface, blockchain, quantum computing. With attendance of experts from Financial institutions, regulations and compliance companies, start-ups and academic institutions, this two-day event will focus on power of financial technology, digital payment risks, breakthrough start-ups & innovation and challenges & opportunities in AI & Fintech. The 2-day event will host more than 25 expert speakers, 15+…
Read MoreFintech Sector IP Attorney of the Year Awarded to Rimon Partner, Co-founder Blockchain IP Council, Mr. Marc Kaufman
Marc Kaufman has been awarded with Fintech sector IP attorney of the year in Washington D.C. by Corporate INTL Magazine. Mr. Kaufman focuses his practice in the area of Patent strategy and Intellectual Property in particular. Working broadly in Fintech, he has experience in media and promotion technology, web analytics and search engine. Marc Kaufman also named as one of the IAM 300 Top Patent Strategist for the seventh year in a row since its inception. Mr. Kaufman’s work includes distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrency, data mining, search engine technology,…
Read MoreUK Gov Launches 5-year Action-Plan and 20-year vision to Control Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
A 5-year action plan has been published by the UK government on how UK will contribute to control and reduce AMR by 2040. The plan by the UK gov is made to cut down the number of drug-resistant infections by 10%, also reducing the use of antibiotics in human by 15% and prevent nearly 15,000 patients from contracting infections. The plan is to ensure current antibiotics remain powerful by reducing the quantity of resistant infections. Real-time patient data will be gathered by using new technology, which will help to understand…
Read MoreNeglected Tropical Disease may be Treated with the Help of Novel Drug
A novel drug could be used to treat neglected tropical diseases developed by researchers which can prompt genuine inability and affect more than 157 million individuals globally. University of Liverpool – UK, to deliver the first novel completely manufactured and soundly structured anti-Wolbachia drug, AWZ1066S, could potentially be used to cure onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis (LF). Onchocerciasis are caused by the filarial worm transmitted by repeated bites of infected blackflies and LF occurs when filarial parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. Steve Ward, researcher at University of Liverpool said,…
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