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Munich – September 09, 2026 -- Sky Labs unveiled new clinical data at ESC Congress 2026 showing its ring-shaped blood pressure monitor CART achieved an 80% data evaluability rate in 24-hour monitoring of patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib), addressing a gap where conventional cuffs struggle with irregular pulses.

CART shows high concordance with standard ambulatory monitoring in severe heart failure patients

Professor In-Cheol Kim of Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital reported that CART, tested against conventional 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in heart failure patients with a mean ejection fraction of 29%, showed high concordance and fully met European Society of Hypertension (ESH) error-margin criteria.

Munich – September 09, 2026 -- Sky Labs presented new clinical trial data for its ring-based blood pressure monitor, CART, at the ESC Congress 2026 in Munich on September 7, showing an 80% data evaluability rate in continuous monitoring of atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients and high correlation with standard ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in severe heart failure cases.

CART achieves 80% evaluability rate in 24-hour monitoring of atrial fibrillation patients

Professor Ki-Hong Lee of Chonnam National University Hospital reported that CART's ring-based 24-hour monitoring achieved approximately 80% data evaluability in AFib patients, enabling continuous tracking of nocturnal blood pressure dipping patterns that irregular pulse rates typically disrupt for cuff-based devices.

Bochum – – September 09, 2026 -- GLS Bank board member Aysel Osmanoglu has issued a public statement following an unexpectedly strong result for the far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt's state election, warning that the outcome puts fundamental societal achievements and democracy itself at risk.

GLS Bank says an AfD-led state government would pressure its civil-society client base

Osmanoglu, who sits on the board of the Bochum-based socio-ecological GLS Gemeinschaftsbank, said the bank counts many organizations from civil society among its customers and that an AfD-led regional administration would place these clients under direct pressure.

Executive links open, diverse society to a resilient economic future

"The free and diverse society is the foundation for a good life and a future-proof economy," Osmanoglu said, arguing that democratic values and economic viability are directly connected rather than separate policy tracks.

Dakar – September 09, 2026 -- Softcare opened its Senegal manufacturing site to a technical delegation from the Senegalese Standardization Association (ASN), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Swedish Institute for Standards (SIS), part of a stakeholder assessment targeting the country's menstrual hygiene product sector.

Delegation reviews production capacity and quality systems at Softcare's Senegal factory

The visit forms part of the project "Strengthening the Application and Compliance with International Standards for Menstrual Hygiene Products — Stakeholder Needs Assessment," which aims to map capacities, needs and constraints across Senegal's hygiene product value chain. The initiative also feeds into ongoing reinforcement of the country's National Quality Infrastructure (INQ).

Frankfurt am Main – September 09, 2026 -- Thirty percent of German small and mid-sized companies (Mittelstand) with foreign business expect their cross-border revenues to decline over the next three years, according to a new KfW Research study, with 6 percent forecasting a sharp drop. Roughly 24 percent anticipate growth, while 47 percent expect no change.

The findings stem from a January 2026 survey conducted before the outbreak of the Iran conflict, meaning sentiment may have since deteriorated further.

Shenzhen – September 09, 2026 -- The Cologne Regional Court has upheld an interim injunction against Shenzhen Qudong Future Technology Co., Ltd. ("AEKE") for infringing a registered EU design held by Shenzhen Speediance Life Tech Limited ("Speediance") for its Gym Monster smart strength training system, barring AEKE from advertising, offering or selling the disputed equipment in Germany.

Court confirms original injunction remains fully effective

Astana – September 09, 2026 -- China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") joined Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy, the International Cooperation Organization for Technological Innovation in CCUS (ICTO), and the Institute of New Materials and Energy Technologies at Nazarbayev University to launch a Low-Carbon Energy Development Cooperation Initiative at the 2026 International CCUS Technology Conference in Astana on September 1-2.

Initiative targets closer coordination on CCUS technology and standards

Williamsport, Md. – September 09, 2026 -- Potomac Edison, a FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) subsidiary, has filed a $52.8 million rate adjustment proposal with the Maryland Public Service Commission that would raise the average residential customer's monthly bill by approximately 5.3%.

Even after the increase, Potomac Edison's residential rates would remain the lowest among Maryland's investor-owned electric utilities. As of June 1, the utility's rates stood 25% below the average of its in-state peers.

Ann Arbor, Mich. – September 09, 2026 -- ISO officially released the revised ISO 14001:2026 environmental management standard on April 15, 2026, replacing ISO 14001:2015 and giving certified organizations until April 15, 2029 to complete their transition.

New standard folds 2024 climate amendment directly into core requirements

The revision incorporates the climate change amendment issued in 2024 into the body of the standard rather than treating it as a supplementary clause. It also aligns more closely with ISO's Harmonized Structure, a move designed to ease integration with other management system standards used by certified organizations.

Leesburg, Va. – September 09, 2026 -- Resonant Clinical Solutions has acquired France-based Creapharm Bioservices from Myonex, expanding its cryogenic storage and biobanking capabilities across Europe to support increasingly complex cell and gene therapy trials.

Deal adds specialized cryogenic infrastructure in France

Creapharm Bioservices, headquartered in Bailly-Romainvilliers, France, provides biobanking and cryogenic storage services for biotherapeutics, advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) and biological samples. Its capabilities include liquid nitrogen storage down to -196°C, mechanical freezing, cold storage, GMP-compliant sample storage and GDP-compliant custody for quality control. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.