Exstent, a UK-based medical device company, developing personalised external aortic support to preserve the native aorta, today announced the appointment of Matt Thompson as Chief Executive Officer to lead its next phase of global growth. Matt brings more than two decades of combined clinical and commercial leadership to Exstent. He previously held leadership roles including President and CEO at Endologix, guiding the company through transformation, portfolio growth, and the 2021 acquisition ...
Avanzanite Bioscience B.V. (Avanzanite), a rapidly growing commercial-stage European specialty pharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today announced a €32 million Series A growth investment from MVM Partners (MVM), a leading global life-science private equity firm. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251117345890/en/Adam Plich, Founder and CEO of Avanzanite. The announcement follows a record-breaking Q3 2025 fo...
Three Afghan photographers awarded in first Shah Marai prize
Three Afghan photographers who won the first three places in the inaugural prize in memory of AFP's chief Afghanistan photographer Shah Marai, expressed hope Friday their awards would encourage others from the country.
AFP expands its headquarters
Editorial services move into their new headquarters on rue Vivienne, in Paris’ 2nd arrondissement
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AFP is a media partner for RISE Conference 2019 in Hong Kong, 8-11 July 2019
The Fulani: An AFP Special Investigation
An AFP special report by Celia Lebur, Florian Plaucheur & Luis Tato available June 26 on AFP Forum : event number EFF58
AFP, partner of the fourth annual Women in Media initiative
For the second year in a row, AFP will be a partner of Women in Media, a joint initiative by the Women’s Forum and Deloitte aimed at giving women a stronger media voice and promoting the image of women as experts and professionals in both traditional and digital media. As part of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting, to be held in Deauville from 16 to 18 October 2013, Women in Media will offer intensive one-on-one coaching workshops as well as practical seminars conducted in partnership with AFP, Facebook, France Médias Monde, Slate.fr, voxfemina and the TF1 group.
AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog expresses horror at attack on Charlie Hebdo
AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog and global news director Michèle Léridon expressed their "horror" and "indignation" over this "attack of unprecedented violence on the French press." They also expressed their "greatest solidarity and support for their colleagues at Charlie Hebdo who have been so cruelly attacked."
An attack on democracy (AFP staff statement)
The staff of Agence France-Presse are shocked and outraged by the barbaric attack against the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly in Paris. Our thoughts go out to the victims of this despicable crime against freedom of expression, unprecedented in France, as well as to their families and colleagues. We voice our complete solidarity with Charlie Hebdo and hope our fellow journalists at the publication will be able to continue doing their job.