Tag: antibody

Essential Pharma appoints experienced pharmaceutical leaders Simon Ramsden and Rob Smith to leadership team

Data show confirmed ORR of 83% (10/12) at doses selected for ongoing expansion study

Lynozyfic is a bispecific antibody directing T cells to kill multiple myeloma cancer cells; multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer 

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa., July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArriVent BioPharma, Inc. (“ArriVent”) (Nasdaq: AVBP), a clinical-stage company dedicated to accelerating the global development of innovative biopharmaceutical therapeutics, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 2,482,692 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $19.50 per share and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 1,363,469 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $19.4999, which represents the per share public offering price for the shares of common stock less $0.0001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant. The gross proceeds to ArriVent from the offering, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $75 million. In addition, ArriVent has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 576,923 shares of its common stock on the same terms and conditions. All of the securities are being offered by ArriVent.

SAN DIEGO, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDTX), a biotechnology company applying its proprietary Cloudbreak^® platform to develop drug-Fc conjugate (DFC) therapeutics, today announced that the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of its Board of Directors (Compensation Committee) granted non-qualified stock option awards and restricted stock units (RSUs) for an aggregate of 12,100 shares of its common stock to two new employees, pursuant to the Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Inducement Incentive Plan, as amended (the Inducement Plan), with a grant date of June 30, 2025. The stock option has an exercise price of $48.71 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Cidara’s common stock on the grant date. The shares subject to the option will vest over four years, with 25% of the shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the vesting commencement date and the balance of the shares vesting in a series of 36 successive equal monthly installments thereafter. All RSUs vest in four equal annual installments, with 1/4 vesting on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Quarterly Vesting Date (as defined below) that occurs during the calendar quarter that includes the date of grant. “Quarterly Vesting Date” means March 10, June 10, September 10 or December 10. The awards are subject to the award holder’s continuous service through each vesting date and to the terms and conditions of the Inducement Plan and the standard forms of grant agreements thereunder.