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Medicortex Finland Oy (www.medicortex.fi), a biotechnology company developing a diagnostic kit for brain injury based on a medical breakthrough biomarker, recently was granted clearance to begin a clinical trial. The trial will consist of patients that are hospitalized due to a head injury.

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LinkLifting, the semi-automatic SEO service based in Finland offers linkbuilding and website optimisation to businesses of all sizes. Recently, LinkLifting launched "AMEX" cards payment option for their clients. The new payment option will allow clients to pay using their cards. American Express Cards are the 4th largest issuer of credit cards with 58M card holders. LinkLifting has been assisting local and international businesses both large and small in seizing the benefits and opportunities that great search engine optimisation has to offer.

The Crown is an all-new and truly one of a kind Bluetooth wireless speaker developed by a Helsinki based Finnish tech-startup called Northern Pails. The company recently launched a very successful crowdfunding campaign, which is still running and has already exceeded its original campaign goal of raising $10,000 due to the overwhelming response of the backers.

In the age of mass production, true quality and class is something that has become hard to come by. While in the past, people may have paid attention to the various intricacies in their craft, nowadays, it feels as if many services simply do not care about the quality that they once provided, and instead only wish to pump out as much product as possible.

Medicortex Finland Oy (www.medicortex.fi), a biotechnology company developing a diagnostic kit for brain injury based on a medical breakthrough biomarker, recently was granted clearance to begin a multi-center clinical trial. The trial will consist of patients that are admitted to emergency rooms due to a head injury.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a slowly developing neurodegenerative condition typical of athletes involved in contact sports. This was evidenced in a recent study in which nearly every former NFL player whose brain was investigated had suffered from CTE. The findings released this week were part of a study conducted by two leading medical institutions devoted to CTE research — the VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine — and the results concluded that of 111 NFL players' brains that were donated to science after the players' deaths, 110 (99%) were found to have CTE. The disease currently can only be diagnosed post-mortem.

Medicortex Finland Oy (www.medicortex.fi), a biotechnology company developing a diagnostic kit for brain injury detection based on a medical breakthrough biomarker, recently completed analyzing the results from the first clinical trial. Medicortex is working towards the validation of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) biomarker and incorporating it into a quick and reliable diagnostic kit that can be easily used by the first responders and healthcare professionals, and by people with no medical profession.

Every time when a professional football player makes headlines because of a severe concussion sustained on the playing field, a researcher and neurobiologist Dr. Adrian Harel is reminded of the urgent need for more effective protocols to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury (TBI). Dr. Harel and his team are intensely pursuing breakthrough rapid diagnostic test and treatments for TBI with a new class of drugs. "What so many people fail to realize is that even if a player isn't thrown into a coma or vegetative state by the injury, TBI can have long-lasting effects that may ultimately end in tragedy." Dr. Harel says.

There is a void of point-of-care test that help diagnose acute traumatic brain injuries on the battlefields. But a crowdfund effort aims to change that. The public can now participate in the crowdfunding campaign and help in the development of the diagnostic kit currently being developed by a Finish-based firm called Medicortex using Invesdor's crowdfunding portal: www.invesdor.com/medicortex. Medicortex is issuing shares with a goal of raising capital to match funding from the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes).

Head trauma is a common injury, and according to several scientific studies, undiagnosed concussion may lead to devastating outcomes and a premature neurodegenerative condition.

Medicortex Finland Oy received an innovation grant of 15 000 from the Finnish Runar Backstrom Foundation (Runar Backstromin saatio), a foundation that supports innovation activities to help Finnish companies establish their positions within the international competition. In its 2017 call, the Foundation granted a total sum 225 000 to 15 applicants including Medicortex Finland Oy, who will use the grant for the development of a user-friendly, portable diagnostic system for the detection of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The diagnostic kit will be based on novel biomarkers that the company has discovered in body fluids. Information on the Runar Backstrom Foundation can be found here: (pages in Finnish and Swedish): www.runarbackstrominsaatio.fi/ajankohtaista/.

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Meetingpackage, a Finnish startup that help businesses organize businesses at their preferred or chosen venues, recently announced that they are expanding beyond the Finnish mainland and they will soon start operating in the UK as well. Indicating that their UK operations would be controlled mostly from London, one senior executive of Meetingpackage said that they are going to bring customized B2B solutions for businesses based out of the UK, and primarily in London.

In a bid to provide essential information regarding short-term loans, personal loans and quick loans, a new website called haelaina.fi was recently launched. As per reliable sources, the new online portal will also help people in finding the best loaning firm as per their requirements. A representative of the site maintained, "In recent times there has been a growth of financial loaning companies and this can be problematic for many people because without proper information anyone can make the mistake of choosing the wrong company."

Wall Cat Run, the fourth game by the well known game developer and marketer, Jarkko Huttu is garnishing fantastic response from its users. The developers of this entertaining running game are currently offering payout for the users who score in excess of 6k points at the end of each day. The game which was launched on 14st of July this year has already over 2000 likes on Facebook and has been downloaded multiple times.

Sahkonkilpailutus.fi, a free-to-use online portal where Finnish citizens can find the best electricity deals and contracts, recently started advocating for smart electricity and green energy. The portal owners have now started a campaign through their website to promote green energy and smart electricity. They told the press that this was a much needed action as increasing use of fossil fuel could very soon deplete the planet of its non-renewable resources.

Yepzone GPS locator, a Smartphone app compatible with all the three platforms, Android, iOS and Windows, was recently launched formally by the namesake developers. Yepzone Group, the Finland based wearable technology innovation firm, recently announced that the feature-rich GPS locator is available for downloads through Google Play, Apple iTunes and Microsoft store. The owners claimed that the GPS locator is one of the best wearable GPS locators specially made for the pets.

Exite Live Game, a Finnish born company that offer virtual gaming experience to children and adults alike, recently announced that their escape rooms in Helsinki are now open and people can pre-book their gaming sessions through their website. The owners said that physical adventure games have become quite popular in Finland and in the whole of Europe and that they want to make these games as popular as possible.

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), a Malaysian public broadcaster has announced tender for HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Television) platform and services in 2015. The tender included the HbbTV carousel insertion system, applications with content creation tools and supporting services to be delivered to RTM Hybrid TV interactive services development platform in preparation for Malaysian DVB-T2 digital television network launch.

SLUSH is one of most well-known events relevant to entrepreneurs and startups in northern Europe. Amazingly within 7 years, SLUSH has grown from a scale of 200 attendants to 14,000 in 2014, including 3,500 companies and 750 investors. Worldwide famous guests will come to share their experiences in November at Helsinki such as the co-founder of Spotify: Martin Lorentzon, the co-founder of Skype and Atomico: Niklas Zennström, the founder and CEO of King: Riccardo Zacconi, the founder of Unity Technologies: David Helgason and the managing editor at Forbes: Bruce Upbin, etc.

Medigoo.com delivers the first batch of consumer self-test products to Ruohonjuuri, one of the largest retailer of herbal products and food supplements in Finland.

Rafter Stands, a company based in Helsinki, Finland, has launched a line of handcrafted, premium guitar stands that look more like fine furniture than other, mass-produced options. The Multi Stand holds between two and four instruments and comes in birch, ash, oak and walnut.

Sauhuton, a premium seller of e-cigarette accessories and e-liquids, recently announced that products of nearly all top brands will be available through their website from now onwards.  The owners said that they have started selling electronic cigarettes, e-liquids and e-cigarette accessories of top brands can now be directly bought through their website. They added that complete e-cigarette kits from all major brands are now featured on their product list.

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Akado Oy, a leading provider of reputation management services, has announced the launch of Google Autocomplete Manipulation, also known as Google Autosuggest Management. This addition allows the company's services to include the ability to change Google's Autocomplete results. It adds yet another option to improve name and brand reputation.

PolarSpin Oy, a Helsinki based new startup company is releasing its first mobile game "Stunt Zone" for Android. Stunt Zone is a physics based trial motorbike game with realistic rider motion controls for authentic gameplay experience. The game is free to download and it features 20 levels with challenging obstacles, hilarious crashes and instant replay. Game soundtrack is made by Finnish electronic music artist Fanu.