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Travere Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

SAN DIEGO, June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Travere Therapeutics, Inc., (NASDAQ: TVTX) today announced that on June 10, 2024, the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors granted inducement equity grants to three new employees, consisting of inducement restricted stock units, or RSUs, covering an aggregate of 10,500 shares of its common stock. These inducement RSUs are subject to the terms of Travere’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (“2018 Plan”), but were granted outside of the 2018 Plan and were granted as inducements material to the new employees entering into employment with Travere in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

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QIAGEN launches new QIAcuity digital PCR assays for microbial applications, enhancing infectious disease research and surveillance

35 new wet-lab tested digital PCR Microbial DNA Detection Assays on research platform GeneGlobe target a wide range of pathogens causing tropical diseases, sexually transmitted and urine tract infections // QIAcuity digital PCR technology enables precise and sensitive detection of pathogens, supporting infectious disease research and public health efforts // New assays add to QIAGEN’s comprehensive portfolio for microbial research showcased at ASM Microbe conference from June 13-17 35 new wet-lab tested digital PCR Microbial DNA Detection Assays on research platform GeneGlobe target a wide range of pathogens causing tropical diseases, sexually transmitted and urine tract infections // QIAcuity digital PCR technology enables precise and sensitive detection of pathogens, supporting infectious disease research and public health efforts // New assays add to QIAGEN’s comprehensive portfolio for microbial research showcased at ASM Microbe conference from June 13-17

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Scilex Holding Company Announces 5-Year Term of $100 Million Financing with Royalty-Based Payments and Potential Strategic Transactions with Perigrove…

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex” or the “Company”), an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing non-opioid pain management products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain, today announced that it has entered into a commitment letter (the “Commitment Letter”) with Perigrove LLC and Graf Holdings (collectively the “Lender”) for a $100 million 5-year term financing with royalty-based payments (“Commitment”). The Company intends to use the funds to repay the outstanding amount of its existing senior secured loan provided by Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is approximately $85 million. The Company intends to use the rest of the funds raised, which is estimated to be $15 million, for general corporate purposes.

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Tonix Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering

CHATHAM, N.J., June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) (“Tonix” or the “Company”), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it intends to offer and sell shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof). All of the securities to be sold in the offering are to be offered by Tonix. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.

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ProKidney Announces Pricing of its Upsized $130 Million Public Offering of Class A Ordinary Shares and Concurrent Registered Direct Offering

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProKidney Corp. (Nasdaq: PROK) (“ProKidney” or the “Company”), a leading late clinical-stage cellular therapeutics company focused on chronic kidney disease, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering and a concurrent registered direct offering of 53,719,009 shares of its Class A ordinary shares at a price of $2.42 per share, before applicable underwriting discounts and commissions. In addition, the underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Class A ordinary shares sold in the underwritten public offering. All of the Class A ordinary shares in the underwritten public offering and concurrent registered direct offering are being sold by the Company. The public offering and the concurrent registered direct offering are each expected to close on or about June 13, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. The underwritten public offering is not contingent on the closing of the concurrent direct offering, and the concurrent direct offering is not contingent on the closing of the underwritten public offering.

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ProKidney Announces Pricing of its Upsized $130 Million Public Offering of Class A Ordinary Shares and Concurrent Registered Direct Offering

Junshi Biosciences Announces Phase 3 Study of Toripalimab Combined with Bevacizumab for the First-line Treatment of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma…

SHANGHAI, June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences”, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced that the primary endpoints of progression-free survival (“PFS,” based on independent radiographic review) and overall survival (“OS”) of a multi-center, randomized, open-label, active-controlled phase III clinical study (the “HEPATORCH study,” NCT04723004) of the company’s product, toripalimab (trade name: TUOYI®, product code: JS001), in combination with bevacizumab for the first-line treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (“HCC”) has met the pre-defined efficacy boundary. Junshi Biosciences plans to submit a supplemental new drug application (“NDA”) for this indication to the regulatory authorities in the near future.

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Junshi Biosciences Announces Phase 3 Study of Toripalimab Combined with Bevacizumab for the First-line Treatment of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma...