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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ORIC), a clinical stage oncology company focused on developing treatments that address mechanisms of therapeutic resistance, presented three preclinical poster presentations and one preclinical oral presentation at the 2022 American Cancer Research Association (AACR) Annual Meeting.

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ORIC Pharmaceuticals Presents Promising Preclinical Data on Three Programs at the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting

-The combination of intratumoral sotigalimab and systemic pembrolizumab induced broad innate and adaptive immune activation in local and distant tumors-

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Apexigen Announces New Data from a Phase 2 Trial Evaluating its CD40 Antibody, Sotigalimab, in Combination with Pembrolizumab in Patients with...

SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TVTX) today announced that on April 10, 2022, the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors granted inducement equity grants to 13 new employees, consisting of inducement restricted stock units, or RSUs, covering an aggregate of 51,750 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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Travere Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTX), a clinical-stage precision oncology company developing next-generation therapies that target genetic drivers of cancer, today announced positive topline results from the registrational TRIDENT-1 study across all four ROS1-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cohorts, as reported by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR).

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Turning Point Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Data by Blinded Independent Central Review for Repotrectinib Across All ROS1-Positive NSCLC...

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scilex Holding Company (“Scilex”), a nearly 100% (or over 99.9%) majority-owned subsidiary of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, “Sorrento”), a commercial biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing non-opioid therapies for patients with acute and chronic pain, announced the appointment of Laura Hamill, an accomplished pharmaceutical and biotechnology executive, to its Board of Directors. Ms. Hamill brings to the Scilex board more than three decades of experience in the biopharma industry, serving most recently as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Commercial Operations at Gilead Sciences, Inc. Prior to Gilead, she spent 18 years at Amgen Inc. in a number of leadership roles in the U.S. and internationally, concluding her time there as Senior Vice President and General Manager, with strategic oversight of Amgen’s U.S. commercial operations. During her career, Ms. Hamill has worked across a vast array of therapeutic areas, including inflammation, oncology, pain, virology and cardiovascular disease. She is a member of the boards of directors of BB Biotech, AnaptysBio, Inc., Pardes Biosciences, Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc., and Unchained Labs, a private company of Carlyle Group. Ms. Hamill also served on the board of director at Acceleron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. before it was acquired by Merck in 2021. Ms. Hamill holds a B.A. in business administration from the University of Arizona.

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Scilex Holding Company, a majority-owned subsidiary of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., Strengthens Board of Directors with Appointment of Highly...

LA JOLLA, Calif., April 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ: MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that the Phase 2 clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients at risk for developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has completed enrollment.

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MediciNova Announces Completion of Enrollment in the Phase 2 Clinical Trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients at Risk for Acute...