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Vor Bio Reports Inducement Grant Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vor Bio (Nasdaq: VOR), a clinical-stage cell and genome engineering company, today announced that, effective as of November 29, 2023 the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 22,875 shares of Vor Bio’s common stock and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) representing the right to receive an aggregate of 34,313 shares of Vor Bio’s common stock to four newly hired employees. The foregoing stock options and RSUs were granted as material inducements to employment with Vor Bio in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and were granted under the Vor Biopharma Inc. 2023 Inducement Plan (the “Inducement Plan”).

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Sana Biotechnology Publishes Early Clinical Data Showing that SC291, a CD19-directed Allogeneic CAR T Therapy, Evades Immune Detection in Presence of…

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SEATTLE, Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SANA), a company focused on changing the possible for patients through engineered cells, today announced the publication in Blood of an abstract providing initial clinical data from the first patient treated at the lowest dose in the ongoing ARDENT Phase 1 clinical trial with SC291, a hypoimmune (HIP)-modified allogeneic CD19-directed CAR T cell therapy. SC291 appeared safe and well tolerated, evaded immune detection, and induced a partial response in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). ARDENT is a Phase 1 study evaluating safety and tolerability of SC291 in patients with CLL and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Treatment in this dose escalation study is ongoing, and the company expects to present more data from this study at a later date in an appropriate venue.

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LianBio Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from Concentra Biosciences

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SHANGHAI, China and PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of LianBio (NASDAQ: LIAN), a biotechnology company dedicated to bringing innovative medicines to patients in China and other major Asian markets, today confirmed that Concentra Biosciences, LLC (“Concentra”), of which Tang Capital Partners, LP is the controlling shareholder, has made an unsolicited and non-binding proposal (the “Proposal”) to acquire 100% of the equity of LianBio. According to the Schedule 13D filed on November 30, 2023 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) disclosing the Proposal, Tang Capital1 is currently approximately an 8.6% shareholder of LianBio.

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ORIC Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and SAN DIEGO, Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ORIC), a clinical stage oncology company focused on developing treatments that address mechanisms of therapeutic resistance, today announced that on December 1, 2023 (the “Grant Date”), ORIC granted a total of 23,080 non-qualified stock options and 3,840 restricted stock units to three new non-executive employees who began their employment with ORIC in November 2023.

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Tempest Reports Inducement Grant Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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BRISBANE, Calif., Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage oncology company developing first-in-class1 therapeutics that combine both targeted and immune-mediated mechanisms, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted one employee a nonqualified stock option to purchase 7,650 shares of its common stock under the Company’s 2023 Inducement Plan.

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Arcutis Biotherapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQT), an early commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing meaningful innovations in immuno-dermatology, today reported the grant of an aggregate of 90,500 restricted stock units of Arcutis’ common stock as well as options to purchase an aggregate of 106,500 shares of Arcutis’ common stock to 7 newly hired employees. These awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of Arcutis’ Board of Directors and granted under the Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. 2022 Inducement Plan, with a grant date of December 1, 2023, as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with Arcutis, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

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Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO, Dec. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zentalis® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNTL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing clinically differentiated small molecule therapeutics targeting fundamental biological pathways of cancer, today announced that on December 1, 2023, the Compensation Committee of Zentalis’ Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 42,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and 28,000 restricted stock units to one newly hired employee. The stock options and restricted stock units were granted under the Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (2022 Inducement Plan) as an inducement material to such individual’s entering into employment with Zentalis in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

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Junshi Biosciences Announces New Chemical Entity Application for Toripalimab Accepted by Australia’s TGA

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SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 01, 2023 (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 Therapeutic Goods Administration of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care (TGA) has accepted the New Chemical Entity (NCE) application for toripalimab in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine, for the first-line treatment of adults with metastatic or recurrent locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), and for toripalimab, as a single agent, for the treatment of adults with recurrent, unresectable, or metastatic NPC with disease progression on or after platinum-containing chemotherapy. Additionally, the TGA has also granted an orphan drug designation to toripalimab for the treatment of NPC.

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