MISSISSAUGA, ON, May 20, 2025 /CNW/ – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection, and certification company, has gained ISO 17025 accreditation to now offer extractables and leachables (E&L) testing through its Mississauga laboratory. This facility specializes in delivering biologics, chemistry and microbiological testing to pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and medical device manufacturers across North America, while also being in close proximity to Toronto, Ontario, where just over half of Canada’s pharmaceutical companies are located. The availability of this service in Canada will increase SGS’s E&L testing capacity for North American clients. In addition to the Mississauga Center of Excellence, SGS’s U.S.-based laboratory in Fairfield New Jersey offers E&L testing services.

“The demand for extractables and leachables testing is on the rise to validate drug safety in both new drug discovery and novel drug development processes,” said Joseph Bower, Head of Health Science for SGS in North America. “We are pleased to achieve ISO 17025 accreditation of our Mississauga Center of Excellence since it reflects the high standards we uphold in our laboratory operations and reinforces our position as a trusted service provider to the pharma industry.” ISO 17025 is an internationally recognized benchmark that demonstrates lab competence when it comes to quality management, documentation, and equipment management. The accreditation also aligns with SGS’s Strategy 27, which sets ambitious growth targets to respond to megatrends impacting the testing, inspection and certification sector, particularly market demands for greater quality assurance.

SGS’s Mississauga-based laboratory provides contract testing services for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and medical device segments. Although many SGS labs in North America and worldwide are ISO 17025 accredited, together with E&L testing services, this accreditation strengthens the quality-control at every level. The facility is Health Canada and FDA registered, as well as GMP certified. It also carries the ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 (design and manufacture of medical devices) accreditations.

With 20 laboratories across 11 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia, SGS represents the broadest, wholly owned, global network of contract analytical laboratories. As such, it is well positioned to deliver harmonized solutions to large pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, while also being able to service smaller manufacturers with bundled or stand-alone testing services. The company also provides Phase I-IV clinical trial management, and services encompassing data management and statistics such as PK/PD modeling and simulation, pharmacovigilance, and regulatory consultancy services.

ABOUT SGS

SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of 99,500 dedicated professionals. With over 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.

Our brand promise – when you need to be sure – underscores our commitment to trust, integrity and reliability, enabling businesses to thrive with confidence. We proudly deliver our expert services through the SGS name and trusted specialized brands, including Brightsight, Bluesign, Maine Pointe and Nutrasource.

SGS is publicly traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker symbol SGSN (ISIN CH1256740924, Reuters SGSN.S, Bloomberg SGSN:SW).

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — XREAL today announced a strategic partnership with Google to expand the ecosystem of spatial computing devices built on Android XR. As part of this collaboration, XREAL unveiled Project Aura at the Google I/O developer conference — XREAL’s next-generation extended reality (XR) device designed specifically for the Android XR platform.

Project Aura is the second official device announced for Android XR and marks a major milestone for the platform: the introduction of an optical see-through (OST) XR device. A lightweight and tethered, cinematic, and Gemini AI-powered device, Project Aura brings a large field-of-view experience to the Android XR family — setting a new standard for immersive, wearable computing.

This collaboration also includes Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., bringing together leading innovation across hardware, silicon, and software to build the next wave of XR experiences. Project Aura uses XREAL’s proven track record in lightweight XR hardware, the Android XR software stack, and Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon® XR chipsets optimized for spatial computing.

“Google is thrilled to welcome XREAL to the Android XR family and to build great XR experiences on Project Aura,” said Shahram Izadi, General Manager and Vice President of XR at Google. “Android XR is the first Android platform built in the Gemini era, and it will support a rich ecosystem of immersive devices, both Virtual see-through (VST) and Optical see-through (OST). By combining our platform with XREAL’s leadership in portable XR hardware, we’re expanding spatial experiences to OST form-factors that are truly intuitive and accessible, representing a pivotal moment in our ecosystem.”

“At XREAL, we’ve always pushed the boundaries of what XR hardware can do — combining performance, comfort, and design into something people can wear every day,” said Chi Xu, Co-founder and CEO of XREAL. “Partnering with Google on Android XR takes this vision to the next level. Project Aura reflects the power of this collaboration — merging a robust platform with advanced chipsets and our expertise in optical systems. We believe this is a breakthrough moment for real-world XR.”

“Qualcomm Technologies is excited to have Snapdragon play a significant role in XREAL’s new Android XR solution,” said Ziad Asghar, Senior Vice President and General Manager of XR at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “This collaboration marks a significant step forward in the expansion of the Android XR ecosystem. Working with XREAL, Snapdragon allows amazing immersive experiences to come to life in a unique optical see-through product. We are thrilled to see immersive experiences coming to more verticals opening up new possibilities for both consumers and developers.”

The unveiling of Project Aura marks a call-to-action for developers. XREAL, Google, and Qualcomm Technologies invite the developer community to begin envisioning new applications and use cases for this next generation of XR. Developers already building for headsets on the platform will be able to easily bring their apps to Project Aura.

While Project Aura makes its public debut today, further details will be announced at Augmented World Expo (AWE) in June 2025, and later this year.

To learn more about Project Aura and stay updated, please visit: xreal.com/aura.

About XREAL

XREAL is a global leader in augmented reality, creating lightweight AR glasses and spatial computing platforms that blend the digital and physical worlds. Known for its XREAL Air series and Nebula interface, the company is expanding into enterprise and AI-powered experiences — backed by collaborations with Google, Qualcomm Technologies, and a global developer ecosystem.

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SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Runloop, a comprehensive solution provider for AI-assisted software development, announced today the general availability of its Devboxes platform. This enterprise-grade sandbox solution features powerful environment management capabilities through Blueprints and Snapshots to address the critical “Production Gap” between prototype AI coding agents and production-ready applications.

Runloop Devboxes provide isolated, cloud-based development environments designed for safely building, testing, and deploying AI coding agents at scale. The platform enables organizations to securely experiment with AI-assisted development while maintaining enterprise security standards and operational reliability. The platform accelerates AI development across multiple use cases, from research teams evaluating experimental agents to enterprises deploying production-ready AI coding assistants.

Key capabilities of the Devboxes platform include:

Isolated Execution Environments: Secure sandboxes where AI agents can safely run code with full filesystem and build tool access, isolated from production systems
Environment Standardization via Blueprints: Pre-installed tools and dependencies ensure consistent environments across teams while eliminating setup time
State Management with Snapshots: Instant capture and restoration of development states for efficient experimentation, rollback, and team collaboration
Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure: SOC2-compliant platform with 24/7 support, optimized resource allocation, and comprehensive API access

Organizations benefit from reduced environment setup time, improved collaboration through shared states, cost optimization via efficient resource utilization, and enhanced security through isolated compute—all while maintaining their existing development workflows through Runloop’s comprehensive API. Companies building AI agents to augment code review, unit testing, and more, are using Runloop’s platform to scale their agents beyond their own computers.

For more information about Runloop Devboxes or to request a demonstration, visit runloop.ai or contact sales@runloop.ai. Media contact: abigail@runloop.ai.

About Runloop.ai

Runloop provides infrastructure and tooling for building, testing, refining and deploying AI coding agents at scale. Founded by engineers with deep experience building large-scale systems, Runloop enables organizations to harness AI for software development while maintaining security, reliability, and compliance standards.

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