Rapport Therapeutics Hosts Investor and Analyst Day; Provides Corporate Updates
By Dr. Matthew Watson
Phase 2a trial of RAP-219 in refractory focal epilepsy fully enrolled and on track for topline results in September 2025 Phase 2a trial of RAP-219 in refractory focal epilepsy fully enrolled and on track for topline results in September 2025
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Abivax Presents First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
By Dr. Matthew Watson
Abivax Presents First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
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Cronos Group Inc. to Speak at the TD Cowen 9th Annual Future of the Consumer Conference
By Dr. Matthew Watson
TORONTO, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cronos Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CRON) (TSX: CRON) (“Cronos” or the “Company”), an innovative global cannabinoid company, today announced that Mike Gorenstein, Chairman, President and CEO, will speak at the TD Cowen 9th Annual Future of the Consumer Conference on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. EST.
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Cardiff Oncology Announces Positive Data from Investigator-Initiated Trial of Onvansertib in Combination with Paclitaxel in Metastatic Triple-Negative…
By Dr. Matthew Watson
– Results from Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating onvansertib + paclitaxel for metastatic triple negative breast cancer demonstrated 40% objective response rate –
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Cardiff Oncology Announces Positive Data from Investigator-Initiated Trial of Onvansertib in Combination with Paclitaxel in Metastatic Triple-Negative...
Ardelyx Appoints Mike Kelliher Chief Business Officer and James P. Brady Chief Human Resources Officer
By Dr. Matthew Watson
WALTHAM, Mass., June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ardelyx, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDX), a biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover, develop and commercialize innovative, first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs, today announced that Mike Kelliher, formerly Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, has been promoted to Chief Business Officer, and James P. Brady has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer.
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Vaxart Announces Adjournment of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
By Dr. Matthew Watson
Meeting adjourned to June 13, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time
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Sernova Appoints Jonathan Rigby as Interim Chair
By Dr. Matthew Watson
LONDON, Ontario and BOSTON, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sernova Biotherapeutics, (TSX: SVA) (OTCQB: SEOVF) (FSE/XETRA: PSH), a leading regenerative medicine company focused on developing its Cell Pouch Bio-hybrid Organ as a functional cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D), today announced the appointment of Sernova’s Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Rigby as Interim Chair of the board of directors. Mr. Rigby will assume the Chair role, effective immediately, until a new independent director is appointed to serve as the next Chair of the Board.
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Neuronetics Set to Join Russell 2000® and Russell 3000® Indexes
By Dr. Matthew Watson
MALVERN, Pa., June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Neuronetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: STIM), a vertically integrated, commercial stage, medical technology and healthcare company with a strategic vision of transforming the lives of patients whenever and wherever they need help, with the leading neurohealth therapies in the world, today announced that it is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000® Index and the small-cap Russell 2000® Index at the conclusion of the Russell indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the US market opens on June 30, 2025.
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Harvard Bioscience Appoints John Duke to Board of Directors
By Dr. Matthew Watson
HOLLISTON, Mass., June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: HBIO) (the “Company”) today announced the appointment of John Duke to its board of directors, effective June 2, 2025. Mr. Duke will also serve on the audit and nominating and governance committees. The Company also announced that Katherine Eade has been named Lead Independent Director of the Company’s board of directors.
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Entrada Therapeutics Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
By Dr. Matthew Watson
BOSTON, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entrada Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRDA) today announced that the Company granted an aggregate of 23,820 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to six newly-hired non-executive employees under the Company’s 2025 Inducement Equity Plan (the “Inducement Plan”), effective as of June 1, 2025. The inducement grants were previously approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, as a material inducement to the new employees’ entry into employment with the Company in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
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Quest PharmaTech Provides Corporate Update
By Dr. Matthew Watson
EDMONTON, Alberta, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quest PharmaTech Inc. (TSX-V: QPT) (“Quest” or the “Company”), a Canadian based pharmaceutical company developing products to improve the quality of life through investee companies and proprietary technologies, today provided a corporate update and announced that it has filed its annual audited financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2025, Management’s Discussion and Analysis and related filings on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca). The Company reported a net loss of $1.8 million, total liabilities of $1.2 million and total assets of $22.6 million, including the Company’s bonds of OQP Bio Inc. (“OQP Bio”) that were valued at $17 million as at January 31, 2025.
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Kura Oncology and Kyowa Kirin Report Positive Pivotal Ziftomenib Monotherapy Data at 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting
By Dr. Matthew Watson
– CR/CRh rate of 23% in pivotal Ph 2 cohort of R/R NPM1-m AML patients –
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Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Announces Voting Results from Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders
By Dr. Matthew Watson
VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Eupraxia” or the “Company”) (TSX: EPRX) (NASDAQ: EPRX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary DiffuSphere™ technology designed to optimize drug delivery for applications with significant unmet need, is pleased to announce the results from its Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) held on June 2, 2025.
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Nxera Pharma to Receive US$15 Million from Neurocrine Biosciences Following Dosing of First Patient in Phase 3 Trial of NBI-1117568
By Dr. Matthew Watson
Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 3 June 2025 – Nxera Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Nxera” or “the Company”; TSE 4565) today announces that its partner, Neurocrine Biosciences (“Neurocrine”) has dosed the first patient in its Phase 3 registrational program of NBI-1117568 (NBI-’568) as a potential treatment for schizophrenia, resulting in a payment of US$15 million to Nxera (Clinical Trial ID: NCT06963034). The US$15 million payment will be fully recognized as revenue in the second quarter of 2025.
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Live from ASCO 2025 | Ascentage Pharma Presents Clinical Data on Bcl-2 Inhibitor Lisaftoclax in Venetoclax-Refractory Patients in Oral Report
By Dr. Matthew Watson
ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascentage Pharma (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs in cancers, announced that it has released the latest data from a Phase Ib/II study of the investigational Bcl-2 inhibitor, lisaftoclax (APG-2575), in combination with hypomethylating agent azacitidine in patients with treatment-naïve (TN) or prior venetoclax-exposed myeloid malignancies, in an oral presentation at the 61st American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
Live from ASCO 2025 | Ascentage Pharma Releases Promising Clinical Data on Alrizomadlin Monotherapy and Combinations in Solid Tumors
By Dr. Matthew Watson
ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascentage Pharma (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs in cancers, announced that it has released the latest clinical data from its Phase II study of the MDM2-p53 inhibitor alrizomadlin (APG-115) as a single agent or in combination with PD-1 inhibitor toripalimab in patients with advanced adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) or other solid tumors in a poster presentation at the 61st American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. Alrizomadlin is the first MDM2-p53 inhibitor to enter clinical development in China and a key investigational drug candidate in Ascentage Pharma’s apoptosis-targeted pipeline with global first-in-class potential.
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argenx to Present at Goldman Sachs 46th Annual Global Healthcare Conference
By Dr. Matthew Watson
June 3, 2025Amsterdam, the Netherlands – argenx (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a global immunology company committed to improving the lives of people suffering from severe autoimmune diseases, today announced that Karl Gubitz, Chief Financial Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Goldman Sachs 46th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM ET in Miami, FL.
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Press Release: Rilzabrutinib granted orphan drug designation in the US for sickle cell disease
By Dr. Matthew Watson
Rilzabrutinib granted orphan drug designation in the US for sickle cell disease
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Roche’s Tecentriq combined with lurbinectedin shows significant survival benefit in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
By Dr. Matthew Watson
Basel, 3 June 2025 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today positive results from the Phase III IMforte study of Tecentriq® (atezolizumab) in combination with lurbinectedin (Zepzelca®) as a first-line maintenance treatment for people with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), following induction therapy with carboplatin, etoposide and Tecentriq. The data showed that this combination reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 46% and the risk of death by 27%, compared to Tecentriq maintenance therapy alone. Safety was consistent with the known safety profiles of Tecentriq and lurbinectedin. These data were presented in an oral session at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting and simultaneously published in The Lancet.1,4
Addex Convenes Annual General Meeting 2025
By Dr. Matthew Watson
Geneva, Switzerland, June 3, 2025 - Addex Therapeutics (SIX: ADXN and Nasdaq: ADXN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a portfolio of novel small molecule allosteric modulators for neurological disorders, announced today that its 2025 Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday June 24, 2025, at 11:00 am CEST at the Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, 1202 Geneva (doors open at 10:30 am).
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