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Bioventus Announces Inducement Equity to President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Claypoole

DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bioventus Inc. (Nasdaq: BVS) (“Bioventus” or the “Company”), a global leader in innovations for active healing, announced today the issuance on January 11, 2024 of previously disclosed inducement equity awards to Robert (Rob) Claypoole in connection with this appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, and Principle Executive Officer of the Company.

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Bioventus Announces Inducement Equity to President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Claypoole

TransCode Therapeutics Reports Further Restructuring to Reduce Expenses and Increased Focus on Planned Phase 1 Clinical Trial, Retirement of CEO

BOSTON, Jan. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TransCode Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAZ), the RNA oncology company committed to more effectively treating cancer using RNA therapeutics, today reported further steps in its previously-announced restructuring. The restructuring is intended to further reduce expenditures and enable greater concentration of company resources on a planned Phase 1 clinical trial for its lead therapeutic candidate, TTX-MC138. The restructuring follows a strategic review of the company’s operations to identify areas in which it could delay or reduce expenditures, including a previously announced reduction in headcount.

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TransCode Therapeutics Reports Further Restructuring to Reduce Expenses and Increased Focus on Planned Phase 1 Clinical Trial, Retirement of CEO

Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. Receives Notice from Nasdaq Regarding Delayed Quarterly Report

CHASKA, Minn., Jan. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFCR) (the “Company”) announced today that it received a notice (“Notice”) on January 10, 2024 from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) stating that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the “Listing Rule”) because the Company failed to timely file its Interim Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended November 29, 2023 (the “Q2 Form 10-Q”), and because the Company remains delinquent in filing its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended May 28, 2023 (the “Form 10-K”) and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 27, 2023 (the “Q1 Form 10-Q” and, together with the Form 10-K and the Q2 Form 10-Q, the “Filings”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. Receives Notice from Nasdaq Regarding Delayed Quarterly Report

Medicenna Announces Appointment of New Auditor

TORONTO and HOUSTON, Jan. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. (“Medicenna” or the “Company”) (TSX: MDNA, OTC: MDNAF), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on the development of Superkines, today announced the appointment of MNP LLP (“MNP” or “Successor Auditor”) as auditor. The board of directors of the Company accepted the resignation of PricewaterhouseCooper LLP (the “Former Auditor”) and appointed MNP as the new auditor until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company.

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Majority of Individuals with Atopic Dermatitis Improved with Arcutis’ Roflumilast Cream 0.15% According to New Data from Phase 3 Program

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Jan. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQT), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing meaningful innovations in immuno-dermatology, today announced new individual patient response data showing the vast majority of individuals (91.5%) treated with investigational roflumilast cream 0.15% had a measurable improvement in Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) in 4 weeks. New pooled analyses from two pivotal Phase 3 studies (INTEGUMENT-1 and INTEGUMENT-2) were presented at the 2024 Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference – Hawaii held January 12-17, 2024, in Honolulu, HI. Roflumilast cream 0.15% is a once-daily, steroid-free cream being investigated for adults and children 6 years of age and older with atopic dermatitis.

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Majority of Individuals with Atopic Dermatitis Improved with Arcutis’ Roflumilast Cream 0.15% According to New Data from Phase 3 Program

ZORYVE® (Roflumilast) Topical Foam, 0.3% Clears Seborrheic Dermatitis in Individuals Who Previously Reported an Inadequate Response to Topical…

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Jan. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQT), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing meaningful innovations in immuno-dermatology, today announced a new subgroup analysis highlighting that adults and adolescents with seborrheic dermatitis who are contraindicated, intolerant, or unresponsive to topical steroids were 3.5 times more likely to achieve IGA Success with ZORYVE® (roflumilast) topical foam, 0.3%, compared to vehicle (78.8% ZORYVE foam; 48.3% vehicle; p<0.001)i. ZORYVE foam is a once-daily steroid-free topical for use in all skin and hair types that effectively clears and controls seborrheic dermatitis. Data were presented at the 2024 Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference – Hawaii held January 12-17, 2024, in Honolulu.

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(Updated) U.S. Legal Cannabis Pioneer Bright Green Corporation Appoints Industry Veteran Groovy Singh as New Chief Executive Officer

Singh’s appointment comes in support of the Company’s next evolution, which will be focused on investing in top talent, commencement of commercial operations, and investing in clinical research and development of plant based therapies, and expanding into cultivation and manufacturing of other scheduled substances.

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(Updated) U.S. Legal Cannabis Pioneer Bright Green Corporation Appoints Industry Veteran Groovy Singh as New Chief Executive Officer

Santhera Launches AGAMREE® (Vamorolone) in Germany as First Market for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Pratteln, Switzerland, January 15, 2024 – Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) announces the launch of AGAMREE® (vamorolone) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients 4 years of age and older, irrespective of the underlying mutation and ambulatory status, in Germany.

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Santhera Launches AGAMREE® (Vamorolone) in Germany as First Market for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy