NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following the formation of Mayflower Bioventures, a cell and gene therapy accelerator stood up from Hibiscus BioVentures and Mayo Clinic, comes the launch of their first start-up, Primera Therapeutics, Inc. (Primera). Cellectis (Euronext Growth: ALCLS - Nasdaq: CLLS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company using its gene editing platform to deliver life-saving cell and gene therapies, and Primera announced today the execution of a Collaboration Agreement under which the Parties will work collaboratively to edit mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in vivo to treat the root cause of associated diseases.

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LONDON, Dec. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd (“Tiziana”, NASDAQ: TLSA), a biotechnology company enabling breakthrough CNS immunomodulation approaches to enhance the functionality of Treg-based therapies, today announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2022.

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WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Disc Medicine, Inc. (“Disc”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel treatments for patients suffering from serious hematologic diseases, announced today that its previously-announced merger with Gemini Therapeutics, Inc. (“Gemini”) closed on December 29, 2022, following the approval of Gemini shareholders. The combined company, focused on advancing Disc’s pipeline of hematology programs, will operate under the name Disc Medicine, Inc. and its shares will commence trading on a 1-10 reverse split adjusted basis effective with the open of business on December 30, 2022 on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol IRON.

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kane Biotech Inc. (TSX- V:KNE; OTCQB:KNBIF) (the “Company” or “Kane Biotech”) today announces that it has reached an agreement to obtain loans (the “Loans”) in the aggregate amount of $2,000,000 from two lenders (the “Lenders”). The Loans will bear interest at 12% per annum and mature on March 31, 2024.

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LONDON and NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OKYO Pharma Limited (LSE: OKYO, NASDAQ: OKYO), an ophthalmology-focused bio-pharmaceutical company developing OK-101 to treat Dry Eye Disease (DED) to address the significant unmet need in this multi-billion-dollar market, today announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2022.

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OKYO Pharma Limited - Interim Results for the Six Months Ending 30 September 2022

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JERUSALEM, Dec. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via InvestorWire – BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Nasdaq: BVXV), a biotechnology company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing innovative immunotherapeutic products for the treatment of infectious and autoimmune diseases, today published a letter from its CEO, Amir Reichman, addressing 2022 accomplishments, successful preclinical trial results of the inhaled COVID-19 NanoAb therapy as well as recent financing activities to support 2023 objectives. The letter reads as follows:

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Cash runway now expected to extend into at least 2025 as a result of revised timeline of global Phase 3 program of CBP-201 in atopic dermatitis (AD); Longer cash runway permits continued evaluation of potential partnership opportunities to advance the global AD Phase 3 program

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Connect Biopharma Provides Business and Clinical Development Program Update

The Phase 2 multicenter, open-label combination trial builds upon the promising results of monotherapeutic activity of ONC-392 seen in previous clinical trial

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OncoC4 Announces First Patient Dosed in PRESERVE-004, a Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ONC-392 in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (Pembrolizumab) in Patients...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Biora Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOR), the biotech company that is reimagining therapeutic delivery, today announced it will effect a reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of the company’s common stock at a ratio of 25 to 1. The company expects its common stock to begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on the Nasdaq Global Market as of the commencement of trading on January 3, 2023.

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The Phase 2 multicenter, open-label combination trial builds upon the promising results of monotherapeutic activity of ONC-392 seen in previous clinical trial The Phase 2 multicenter, open-label combination trial builds upon the promising results of monotherapeutic activity of ONC-392 seen in previous clinical trial

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Saint-Herblain (France), December 30, 2022 – Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company, today reported further heterologous booster data from an exploratory, small clinical study for its inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, VLA2001.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM) (FSE: ZSB) (OTC: SRBCF) (“Sirona”) announces the voting results from its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"), held in Vancouver, British Columbia on December 30, 2022. The total number of shares represented by shareholders present in person and by proxy at the Meeting was 23,664,112, representing 9.39% of Sirona's issued and outstanding Common Shares.

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Sirona Biochem Announces 2022 Annual Meeting Results

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, Dec. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Astex Pharmaceuticals, UK, congratulates Harren Jhoti, PhD, FRS, FMedSci, its co-founder, President and CEO on being honoured in the 2023 King’s New Year Honours list. Dr. Jhoti has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Cancer Research and Drug Discovery.

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Media ReleaseCOPENHAGEN, Denmark; January 2, 2023Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) announced today that its CEO, Jan van de Winkel, Ph.D., will present a company update at the 41st?Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM CET on January 11, 2023.?The live and archived webcast of the presentation will be available on Genmab’s website at?https://ir.genmab.com/events-and-presentations#content.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRSN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting cancers in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced a research collaboration and commercial license agreement with a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to discover novel Immunosynthen ADCs directed against up to two targets. Immunosynthen, Mersana’s proprietary STING-agonist ADC platform, is designed to generate systemically administered ADCs that locally activate STING signaling in both ?tumor-resident immune cells and in antigen-expressing tumor cells, unlocking the anti-tumor potential of innate immune stimulation.?

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NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellectis (the “Company”) (Euronext Growth: ALCLS - NASDAQ: CLLS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company using its pioneering gene-editing platform to develop life-saving cell and gene therapies, today announced that for the first time, a patient was dosed in the United States with its in-house manufactured product candidate UCART22, and completed the 28 day DLT period on December 14th, 2022, without complication.

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Cellectis Announces First Dosing of a Patient with its In-house Manufactured Product Candidate UCART22 for the treatment of r/r B-cell ALL

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTMX), a leader in the field of conditionally activated oncology therapeutics, today announced that it plans to outline its pipeline priorities for 2023 and provide a data update for the CX-2029 Phase 2 cohort expansion study, on Thursday, January 5, 2023, after the close of U.S. markets. Following the announcement, the Company will host a conference call and webcast at 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT to discuss updates.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intelligent Bio Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: INBS) (the “Company”), a life sciences company developing non-invasive, real-time diagnostic testing for patients and their primary health practitioners at point of care, today announced that it has closed a Regulation S private placement (the “Transaction”) for expected aggregate gross proceeds of $220,585.

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Intelligent Bio Solutions Inc. Announces Closing of Private Placement Offering