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ROTKREUZ, Switzerland, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG;OTCQX: RHHBY) introduces navify Sample Tracking, its cloud-based digital solution helping laboratories mitigate the unique quality challenges that can occur during the diagnostic test sample journey, typically outside the lab setting, at WorldLab-EuroMedLab meeting 21-25 May in Rome, Italy. The company is also displaying its recently introduced digital portfolio of navify Diagnostics1 that integrates data streams and uses insights to support operational efficiencies and clinical decision-making in healthcare.

The pathway to disease diagnosis requires tracking a patient's diagnostic sample from start to finish to support clinical decisions. There are no standardised end-to-end solutions to address this and most2 patient sample errorsoccur during the pre-pre-analytical (PPA) phase3 (i.e., collection,transport and reception of patients' blood (phlebotomy), urine and other test samples), which typically lies outside of the laboratory's control. For example, if patients need to provide a new sample due to an error, patients may experience discomfort, decreased trust and even potential delays in treatment. For laboratories, re-sampling increases operating costs and decreases laboratory productivity. In North American and European hospitals, a single pre-analytical error on average can cost $208 USD.4

With navify Sample Tracking, lab managers can gain greater control by accessing and combining innovative applications to tailor and scale the solution to meet their lab's unique needs and it helps lab managers monitor and measure diagnostic test sample quality from the start - before samples even reach lab premises. navify Sample Tracking directly interfaces the lab with PPA solution vendors and the laboratories' information system (LIS) and the middleware cobas infinity lab to provide fast, secure pre-integrated PPA innovation into any laboratory workflow.

"Labs have incredible possibilities today to digitally transform their operations using insights to improve quality and operational efficiencies, not just for the lab, but for the entire healthcare system. More importantly, patients benefit when we can reduce sample errors from the start. For example, if a new sample is needed due to an error, the patient may experience uncertainty waiting for decisions that are time critical and even possible delays in diagnosis or treatment," said Moritz Hartmann, Head of Roche Information Solutions at Roche Diagnostics. "By working together, as a strategic partner with deep healthcare expertise combined with our flexible, scaleable navify portfolio of integrated digital solutions, we believe labs can play a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare."

This easy access to innovative applications is made possible by the secure digital ecosystems convened by Roche. In navify Sample Tracking, one of several ecosystems5 offered by Roche to labs, the collaborators include: BinaryTech, Deigma, Etheclo, Inpeco, Smart4Diagnostics, Tracie Healthcare Solutions, and the newly-joined robominds, thereby covering the end-to-end PPA process. navify Sample Tracking is available to markets in Europe today with plans to expand globally next year.

The portfolio of navify digital solutions is helping labs address today's challenges, such as:

navify digital solutions enable healthcare systems to integrate data streams across labs and point of care operations. This digital infrastructure connects Roche and non-Roche solutions and allows secure integration of data streams at scale. navify solutions are designed with a certified, multi-layer, secure-by-design cloud architecture with robust cybersecurity to comply with data privacy regulations,8 as interoperability and data security remain major challenges for labs today.

Furthermore, the navify integrated solution portfolio9 helps labs tackle staff shortages while improving turnaround times and operational efficiency in the lab and at the points of care. Selected new solutions include navify Control, a command cockpit providing lab managers with remote control within the lab for faster decision-making especially when responding to operational issues. navify Monitoring, a solution providing real-time transparency into lab operations. Finally, navify Analytics enables lab managers and point of care coordinators to optimise performance by using retrospective data to identify opportunities for staffing service levels, process turnaround times, and quality improvements.

Roche at EuroMedLab

navify digital solutions, including navify Sample Tracking and navify Analytics, will be presented at the Roche booth (Booth #59) during Worldlab EuroMedLab in Rome, Italy from May 21-25, 2023. Roche is moderating key presentations about digital technologies with lab leaders and external digital ecosystems collaborators focusing on topics such as:

Thewebsite has information about speakers, topics and timings.

About navify

The navify portfolio includes more than 30 digital solutions for labs, hospitals and patients worldwide. navify digital solutions securely integrate data across diverse care settings, connecting the healthcare community and accelerating access to the latest innovations and medical insights. Healthcare organisations can visit navify Marketplaceto browse and request the growing number of next generation digital solutions from Roche and other companies all designed to drive operational or clinical excellence. More information is also available at navify.roche.com.

About Roche

Founded in 1896 in Basel, Switzerland, as one of the first industrial manufacturers of branded medicines, Roche has grown into the world's largest biotechnology company and the global leader in in-vitro diagnostics. The company pursues scientific excellence to discover and develop medicines and diagnostics for improving and saving the lives of people around the world. We are a pioneer in personalised healthcare and want to further transform how healthcare is delivered to have an even greater impact. To provide the best care for each person we partner with many stakeholders and combine our strengths in Diagnostics and Pharma with data insights from the clinical practice.

In recognising our endeavor to pursue a long-term perspective in all we do, Roche has been named one of the most sustainable companies in the pharmaceuticals industry by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the thirteenth consecutive year. This distinction also reflects our efforts to improve access to healthcare together with local partners in every country we work.

Genentech, in the United States, is a wholly owned member of the Roche Group. Roche is the majority shareholder in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan.

For more information, please visitwww.roche.com.

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For further information please contact

Monica Ryser,Head of Communications, Lab Insights, Roche Information SolutionsPhone: +41 79 909 4099e-Mail: [emailprotected]

Christine Englund, Head of Communications, Provider Insights, Roche Information SolutionsPhone: +1 669 301 8709e-Mail: [emailprotected]

Jerick Parrone,Senior Communications Manager, Roche Information SolutionsPhone: +41 794 383 797e-Mail: [emailprotected]

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The head of Russias Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Saturday claimed full control of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the focus of the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. Reuters could not independently confirm the claim. Prigozhin made it in a video in which he appeared in combat fatigues in front of a line of fighters holding Russian flags and Wagner banners. Today, at 12 noon, Bakhmut was completely taken, Prigozhin said. He said that his forces would withdraw from Bakhmut from 25 May for rest and retraining.

Ukraines military denied that Russias Wagner private military unit had taken full control of the ruined eastern city and said its troops were continuing to fight there. This is not true. Our units are fighting in Bakhmut, military spokesperson Serhiy Cherevatyi told Reuters.

Ukraines deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said the situation in Bakhmut was critical, with Ukrainian troops maintaining a defence in the south-western part of the city. Heavy fighting in Bakhmut. The situation is critical, she said on the Telegram messaging app. As of now, our defenders control some industrial and infrastructure facilities in the area and the private sector.

The G7 has condemned Russias brutal war on its neighbour Ukraine in the strongest possible terms, calling it a serious violation of international law, in its final communique from this weeks summit. As part of the statement, the world leaders called for just and lasting peace and recommitted their intention to provide Ukraine with military, financial and humanitarian support.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he invited India to join Ukraines peace formula during his talks with the countrys prime minister, Narendra Modi, on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Saturday in Japan. Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app that they also discussed Ukraines needs in de-mining and mobile hospitals during their first face-to-face meeting since Russias invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Reuters reported.

The US president, Joe Biden, will announce a $375m military aid package for Ukraine while in Hiroshima, Japan, where he is attending G7 summit, a US official has said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Friday that the package would include artillery, ammunition and Himars rocket launchers, Reuters reported.

Western countries will be running colossal risks if they supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, the Tass news agency quoted the Russian deputy foreign minister, Alexander Grushko, as saying on Saturday. The US president, Joe Biden, told G7 leaders on Friday that Washington supports joint allied training programmes for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters, senior US officials said.

Pope Francis has tasked a leading Italian cardinal with a mission in hopes it can ease tensions in the Ukraine war and lead to a path of peace, the Vatican said Saturday. In a brief written statement, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said that Francis had entrusted the mission to Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who is close to the pontiff. The Associated Press reports that Bruni said the timetable and the mechanics of the mission are currently under study.

The international criminal court said on Saturday that it was undeterred after Russia put prosecutor Karim Khan on a wanted list over his issuance of an arrest warrant for president Vladimir Putin. Khan, who is British, issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March on the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children. Khans picture could be seen in the Russian interior ministrys database on Friday.

An aide to the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, has said the object that entered Polands airspace last year and was found in April was a Russian-made rocket. Associated Press reports that the aide, Pawe Szrot, said on Radio RMF FM on Friday that the nose of the rocket had been found and that it was peculiar because it was made of concrete. It was being examined by experts.

The US has said it will back a joint international effort to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 and other modern fighter jets, marking a significant boost to western support for Kyiv as it prepares a major counteroffensive. The news was welcomed by Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, whose RAF will be involved in the initiative.

Zelenskiy has addressed Arab League leaders in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and asked them not to turn a blind eye to what is happening in Ukraine. After the visit, the Saudi foreign minister declared the country to be neutral in the conflict.

The US has halted exports of a slew of consumer goods to Russia including clothes dryers, snow ploughs and milking machines out of concern the goods may be repurposed to support Moscows war in Ukraine. The list of banned consumer goods came as the Biden administration also added 71 companies to a trade blacklist.

Russia has sanctioned the former US president Barack Obama in response to the US sanctioning 300 individuals, companies and institutions. The US measures are largely targeted at energy production.

Western leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Japan have urged Russia to stop its objection to the renewal of the Black Sea grain deal and told it to halt threatening global food supplies.

The UK unveiled a swathe of new sanctions ahead of the G7 meeting in Hiroshima. Sunak announced a UK ban on imports of Russian diamonds and Russian-origin copper, nickel and aluminium. Sunak also has a self-declared mission to push India into showing greater support for Ukraine.

Hungary has stepped up threats to block further EU funds for weapons to aid Ukraine, marring a show of unity from western nations at the G7 summit.

Australia has imposed a new set of sanctions and an export ban on Russia. The sanctions will target 21 entities and three individuals, with entities including the major Russian oil company Rosneft, gold company Polyus PJSC, steel company Severstal PJSC and five banks.

The Russian government has put the British prosecutor of the international criminal court, Karim Khan, on a wanted list in an act of retribution after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for allegedly overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children.

Ukrainian air defence claimed it destroyed 19 drones and missiles out of 28 launched on Friday morning. Three Kalibr missiles launched from the Black Sea and 16 drones were shot down. Shelling continues on an almost daily basis, a Ukrainian air force spokesperson, Yuriy Ihnat, told Ukrainian television. Lvivs governor, Maksym Kozytskyi, posted to Telegram to say five drones had been shot down overnight above his western Ukrainian region.

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A court on Monday heard how the police started investigating seven Syrian men over suspicious jihadist activity on social media, eventually roping in the European police agency before arrests were made last month.

The men fled Syria and travelled to Malta in 2017 when Syrian government forces drove out the Isis terrorist group from the area where they lived.

Ajil Al Muhsen, 21, Adnan Maashi, 21, Yazan Abduklaziz, 26, Ahmed Kadas, 25, Khalil Al Mahmoud, 21, Ahmed Ahmed, 27 and Mohammed Mohammed, 24, were rounded up during early morning raids on April 29, just over a month after a magisterial inquiry had kicked off into their social media activity.

They are pleading not guilty to distributing material aimed at inciting terrorism, recruiting or encouraging third parties to carry out terrorist acts or planning to travel abroad as part of a terrorist plot.

They also deny receiving and providing training on the use of firearms and explosives, financing or organising overseas travel for terrorism-related training as well as spreading extremist material supporting terrorism.

All seven were remanded in custody upon arraignment.

Prosecuting officers testified about how investigations kicked off in August 2022, focusing on a group of persons who published extremist material related to Isis on their social media accounts.

Following a noticeable increase in shared content in January 2023, police sought the assistance of Europol.

A magisterial inquiry also started on March 20.

As police investigations intensified, they discovered that most of the men had originated from the Syrian desert town of Sukhnah and had travelled to Malta where they applied for asylum and were granted subsidiary protection.

They all came to Malta after 2017, the year when Isis lost control of the town after being attacked by Syrian government troops.

The men were often in touch with each other, some of them sharing the same workplace and also meeting for prayers at a Sta Venera mosque.

Following their arrests in an operation targeting various addresses in Malta, police seized electronic devices, papers, distinctive rings and other items.

Videos by Islamic State as well as Islamic songs featuring terrorist leaders and prominent Isis figures were shared on the suspects Instagram and TikTok accounts.

That material dealing with Jihad, martyrdom and Sharia law, was classified as jihadist terrorism.

It amounted to online propaganda and some of the posts had been viewed by over a hundred viewers, the officers said.

Asked by the defence whether the accused had transferred any funds to terrorist organizations, the prosecutor said that since investigations were still ongoing, he could not reply to that question.

The case continues on Thursday.

Magistrate Nadine Lia presided the hearing. Inspectors Jeffrey Cutajar and Jean Paul Attard prosecuted, assisted by AG lawyers Antoine Agius Bonnici, Francesco Refalo and Rebecca Spiteri.

Lawyers Jose Herrera, Alex Scerri Herrera, Matthew Xuereb, Alicia Borg and Robert Galea were defence counsel.

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On World Hypertension Day, Dr Shahed Ahmad, National Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; Helen Williams, National Specialty Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; and Dr Sam Finnikin, National Clinical Specialist Advisor in Personalised Care for Cardiovascular Disease, outline why prioritising hypertension management can save lives and reduce health inequalities.

Poor cardiovascular health can lead to a multitude of serious health issues including heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and the onset of vascular dementia.

In total, cardiovascular disease (CVD) contributes to a quarter of all deaths in the UK. However, CVD doesnt affect everyone equally, for example we know that people from South Asian and Black groups are at higher risk, and CVD also accounts for one-fifth of the life expectancy gap between the most and least deprived communities in England.

CVD also has a significant economic burden with around one million hospital admissions in England in 2019/20, leading to 5.5 million bed days. This costs the health system an estimated 7.4 billion and the wider economy around 15.8 billion every year.

And yet, CVD is largely preventable. This is why the NHS Long Term Plan identified it as the single biggest area where the NHS can save lives, through lifestyle changes and earlier detection and treatment.

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a key risk factor for CVD and affects 1 in 4 adults, half of whom are undiagnosed or their blood pressure is not controlled. Acting to lower blood pressure can reduce the risk it poses to health. A 10mmHg reduction in blood pressure results in a reduced risk of coronary heart disease (17%), stroke (27%), heart failure (28%) and all-cause mortality (13%) (Ettehad, 2016).

Understandably, hypertension management was significantly impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, 67.5% of 18 to 79-year-olds with hypertension had a recorded blood pressure within target, but by March 2021 this had fallen to 46.1%.

The latest data shows recovery is underway, but the national ambition is to ensure 80% of patients with hypertension are treated to target by 2029, with a key objective for systems to increase blood pressure control to 77% by March 2024.

Last year, NHS England set out our approach to CVD prevention recovery detailing four high-impact areas that are driving the detection, monitoring and treatment of high-risk conditions. Some examples of how this has been put into practice include:

We have also seen many examples of teams adopting their own innovative solutions to improve hypertension control. Examples include Bharani Medical Centre in Slough who reaped the benefits of proactively improving their practices control rates, and a project led by two GP practices in Lambeth which had a particular focus to improve control of hypertension among people of black African and black Caribbean descent.

Underpinning all of this is the application of population health management principles to target our resources and taking a personalised care approach that is responsive to our patients needs.

Supported self-management can enable patients to monitor their blood pressure at home and, with support from social prescribers or health and wellbeing coaches, make positive lifestyle changes, such as losing weight or stopping smoking.

Many people struggle to engage with health services which can make identifying and managing people with high blood pressure a challenge. Tackling this involves Making Every Contact Count, engaging with local communities and utilising the existing resources such as peer support and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. Bridging the gap to healthcare services could help reduce health inequalities and improve health.

Focusing on CVD prevention is one of the most clinical and cost-effective ways of improving the health of our communities. A lot of great work is already being done in this area, and by applying the data we have, working across the whole of health and social care and engaging with the community, we can go further and realise the improvements that are yet to be made.

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A phone scam has been targeting the owners of lost pets in San Francisco who post about them on social media, and SF Animal Care & Control wants everyone to be aware of it.

It's pretty standard caller-ID spoofing scam, but one that is targeting people in an emotionally vulnerable state, and SF Animal Care & Control calls it "appalling."

"The scammers are contacting people with lost pet posts on social media from what appears to be the shelters main phone number, 415-554-6364," the agency writes in a Facebook post. "The scammer identifies himself as a staff member of SF Animal Care & Control, tells the pet guardian that the shelter has their pet, then asks for payment via a pay app or a gift card from a retailer."

And the agency wants to make sure everyone knows, "SF Animal Care & Control staff will never ask for service payments to be made over the phone."

Note that, if your pet is lost, it is true that SF Animal Care & Control will charge impound and redemption fees if the animal ends up in their care but they will only charge those fees in person. That fee schedule is here.

If you have lost a pet in San Francisco, the agency has a number of tips for steps you can take to conduct your own search in your neighborhood, and it includes putting a pet bed or personal item outside by a door so that they can find their scent again, and driving slowly through the neighborhood dogs sometimes recognize the sound of their guardians' cars.

They also recommend conducting searches at night or in early morning or whenever things are quietest.

Top image: One of the lost or abandoned kittens currently at SF Animal Care & Control's shelter.

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