Jan. 02, 2024 -- Verona Pharma plc (Nasdaq: VRNA) (“Verona Pharma”), announces it and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Verona Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”), have entered into a debt financing facility (“debt facility”) providing the Company with access to up to $400 million from funds managed by Oxford Finance LLC (“Oxford”) and Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) (“Hercules”) (collectively, the “Lenders”). The debt facility provides non-dilutive capital and further financial flexibility to support

Dec. 28, 2023 -- MedBright AI Investments Inc. (the “Company” or “MedBright”) (CSE:MBAI, OTCQB:MBAIF, FSE:1V7) today announced that further to its press releases dated September 8, 2023 and October 17, 2023, Vinergy Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned US subsidiary of MedBright (“MB Acquisition Co.”), has issued 350 common shares of MB Acquisition Co. (the “MBAC Shares”) to Mentorhead Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, dba Limmi (“Limmi”)‎ pursuant to the intellectual property license and opti

Medicovestor, Inc, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel antibody drug-conjugate (ADC) therapies, proudly announces the successful completion of its oversubscribed Seed financing round. This momentous achievement propels the company forward in advancing pioneering research, expanding its patent portfolio, and enhancing the capabilities of Medicovestor's two state-of-the-art ADC platforms. Founded by CEO Seah H Lim, MD, PhD, and fueled by a mission to res

Gradalis, Inc., a leader in the development of personalized anti-cancer cellular therapies for patients with solid tumors, announced today that it has been awarded a $9.9 million Product Development Research grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The funds will be used to support the company's Phase 2 clinical study of Vigil® in platinum-sensitive patients who have recurrent ovarian cancer with a homologous recombination proficient (HRP) molecular profile. Thes

ViaNautis’s proprietary drug delivery platform polyNaut® is designed to deliver genetic therapeutic payloads across difficult-to-penetrate biological barriers, developing new medicines for diseases with unmet clinical need Series A led by 4BIO Capital, BGF, and UCB Ventures with participation from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company and existing investors including Origin Capital, Meltwind and O2H ViaNautis Bio (“ViaNautis” or the “Company”), a groundbreaking nanomedicine compa

AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AMN), the leader and innovator in total talent solutions for healthcare organizations across the United States, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire MSDR for a purchase price of $300 million. MSDR consists of two healthcare staffing companies that specialize in locum tenens and advanced practices, Medical Search International (MSI) and DRW Healthcare Staffing (DRW). MSI, founded in 2002, serves healthcare systems across the United States by placing high-qualit

Combined Company to Trade on Nasdaq Under Ticker “TRML” Talaris Announces 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split of Common Stock Talaris Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TALS) (“Talaris”) today announced the results of the special meeting of its stockholders held on October 17, 2023. At the special meeting, Talaris’ stockholders voted in favor of all proposals, including the proposal to approve the issuance of shares of Talaris’ common stock to the stockholders of Tourmaline Bio, Inc. (“Tourmaline”) pursuant t

MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it has received a milestone payment under MediciNova’s assignment agreement with Genzyme Corporation, a subsidiary of Sanofi. The milestone payment of $1 million is the result of the successful achievement of a clinical development milestone for a gene therapy product based on AAV (adeno-associated virus) vect

Clene Inc. (Nasdaq: CLNN), through its wholly owned subsidiary Clene Nanomedicine Inc. in collaboration with Columbia University and Synapticure, has been awarded a four-year grant totaling $45.1 million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support an Expanded Access Protocol (EAP) for the Company’s investigational drug, CNM-Au8®, in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). An EAP is also referred to as Co

Brief: Cancer drug developer Adlai Nortye on Thursday raised $57.5 million in an initial public offering, becoming the 16th biotechnology company to debut on a U.S. stock exchange this year, according to BioPharma Dive data. The company sold 2.5 million shares at $23 apiece — a smaller offering than it had pitched in early August. Nippon Kayaku, a licensing partner and Japan-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, also agreed to acquire $40 million in additional shares in a concurrent private financi