Health Care

BEDMINSTER, N.J., June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE American: MTNB) announced today that on June 24, 2026, it received a notice (the “Notice”) from the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE American”) stating that the Company is not in compliance with the NYSE American continued listing standards set forth in Section 1003(a)(ii) of the NYSE American Company Guide (the “Company Guide”) requiring a company to have stockholders’ equity of at least $4.0 million if it has reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in three of its four most recent fiscal years. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had stockholders’ equity of $3.02 million and has had losses in the most recent five fiscal years ended December 31, 2025. As previously disclosed, the Company is also not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(iii) of the Company Guide requiring a company to have stockholders’ equity of at least $6.0 million if it has reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in its five most recent fiscal years. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had stockholders’ equity of $4.83 million and has had losses in the most recent five fiscal years ended December 31, 2025. Due to its non-compliance with Sections 1003(a)(ii) and 1003(a)(iii) of the Company Guide, the Company is subject to the procedures and requirements of Section 1009 of the Company Guide.

Watsonville, CA, June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nordic Naturals, the #1 selling fish oil brand in the U.S.‡, today announced that its award-winning Ultimate Omega® is a featured ingredient in Erewhon's newly launched, limited-edition “Chimba de Smoothie by J Balvin.”

TORONTO, June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vitalhub Corp. (TSX:VHI) (OTCQX:VHIBF) (the “Company” or “VitalHub”) announced today the voting results from its annual general meeting of shareholders held virtually on June 26, 2026. All director nominees were elected to the Company’s board of directors and Ernst & Young LLP was appointed as auditors, as further described in the Company’s management information circular dated May 7, 2026.

Neuphoria Therapeutics confirms it is in talks with Scancell Holdings plc about a possible combination

WALTHAM, Mass., June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crescent Biopharma, Inc. (“Crescent” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CBIO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to rapidly advancing the next wave of therapies for cancer patients, today announced that the independent Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors approved the grant of options to purchase an aggregate of 65,100 shares of the Company’s ordinary shares to three non-executive employees as equity inducement awards under the Crescent Biopharma, Inc. 2025 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan, as amended (the “Inducement Plan”). The options were approved on June 25, 2026 and were material to each employee's acceptance of employment with Crescent, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Ji'an, Jiangxi, China, June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Universe Pharmaceuticals INC (NASDAQ: UPC) (“Universe Pharmaceuticals” or the “Company”), a pharmaceutical producer and distributor in China, today announced that the Company has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the issued shares of Best Praise International Limited (“Best Praise”), a company that holds five patents in China with potential applications in pharmaceutical development, for a total purchase price of US$10,751,000, payable in the form of 4,376,552 Class A ordinary shares of the Company.

BALA CYNWYD, Pa., June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. (Larimar) (Nasdaq: LRMR), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for complex rare diseases, today announced that the Company will host an investor event to discuss updates for the Company’s nomlabofusp clinical development program including a regulatory update and data from the ongoing long-term open label study for the treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia on Monday, June 29, 2026 at 7:45 am ET.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascendis Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ASND) today announced that the Company has been added to the broad-market Russell 3000^® Index, the large-cap Russell 1000^® Index, the small-to-mid-cap Russell 2500^® Index, and the Russell Midcap^® Index as a part of the 2026 Russell U.S. Indexes semi-annual reconstitution, effective at the close of U.S. equity markets on June 26, 2026.