Health Care

MONTREAL, Quebec and CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Milestone^® Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Milestone”) (Nasdaq: MIST) today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of its common shares, accompanying Series A warrants to purchase common shares (the “Series A Warrants”) and accompanying Series B warrants to purchase common shares (the “Series B Warrants”), and, in lieu of common shares to certain investors that so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase common shares, accompanying Series A Warrants and accompanying Series B warrants. All securities to be sold in the Offering will be sold by Milestone. The Offering is subject to market and other conditions and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the Offering.

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BRISBANE, Calif. , July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vera Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERA) today announced that on July 6, 2025, the Compensation Committee granted inducement awards consisting of non-qualified stock options to purchase 133,500 shares of Class A common stock and restricted stock units (RSUs) for 73,695 shares of Class A common stock to fifteen (15) new employees under the Inducement Plan. The Compensation Committee approved the awards as an inducement material to the new employees’ employment in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

SANTA ANA, Calif., July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NKGen Biotech, Inc. (OTC: NKGN) (“NKGen” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous and allogeneic natural killer (“NK”) cell therapeutics, today announced the administration of the first dose of troculeucel, an expanded autologous NK cell therapy, under a single compassionate use, Investigational New Drug (“IND”) authorization cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), to a patient with mild-stage Alzheimer’s disease who exhibited continued cognitive decline despite ongoing treatment with lecanemab, an amyloid targeting therapy. This exploratory work is being conducted in collaboration with Anita Fletcher, M.D., a board-certified neurologist with specialized training in neuroimmunology, who also serves as Director of Neuroscience Clinical Research at AdventHealth Neuroscience Institute in Orlando, Florida.

SAN DIEGO, July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX) today announced that on July 10, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock option awards to purchase an aggregate of 102,350 shares of its common stock and granted an aggregate of 77,875 restricted stock unit (“RSU”) awards to 46 new non-executive employees, in each case, under the Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2021 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “2021 Inducement Plan”). The stock options and RSUs were granted as inducements material to the employees entering into employment with Crinetics in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).