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ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascentage Pharma Group International Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855) (“Ascentage” or the “Company”), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs in cancers, today announced the pricing of 22 million ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Placement Shares”), at a price of HKD68.60 per share, in the offering by Dajun Yang Dynasty Trust, an affiliate of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dajun Yang, M.D., Ph.D. (the “Vendor”) in an offshore transaction outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)(the “Offshore Placement”), for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately HKD1,509.2 million (or approximately US$192.3 million based on exchange rate of 1 USD to 7.85 HKD), before deducting placing fees and other offering expenses. The Offshore Placement, which was oversubscribed by eight times, is expected to close on July 17, 2025.

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ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascentage Pharma Group International Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855) (“Ascentage” or the “Company”), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs in cancers, announced that Dajun Yang Dynasty Trust, an affiliate of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dajun Yang, M.D., Ph.D. (the “Vendor”), proposes to offer ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Placement Shares”) in an offshore transaction outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), subject to market conditions and other factors (the “Offshore Placement”). At the time of the closing of the Offshore Placement, the Vendor would subscribe for, and the Company would issue to the Vendor new ordinary shares of the Company (the “Replacement Shares”) at the same number as the number of the Placement Shares offered in the Offshore Placement and at the same price per share as the price per share for the Placement Shares. The closing of the transaction involving the issuance of the Replacement Shares will be subject to customary closing conditions and take place after the closing of the Offshore Placement. In connection with the Offshore Placement, the representatives in the Company’s U.S. initial public offering in January 2025 waived a lock-up restriction with respect to the Placement Shares held by the Vendor.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Specialty cancer diagnostics company Precipio, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRPO) has entered into an agreement with its largest warrant holder, amending the existing structure from cash exercise of warrants, to a revised structure whereby 100,000 warrants (approximately ⅓) shall be exercised with cash, and the remainder (approximately 200,000 warrants) to be exercised in a cashless manner.

EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 4D Molecular Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FDMT, 4DMT or the Company), a leading late-stage biotechnology company advancing durable and disease-targeted therapeutics with potential to transform treatment paradigms and provide unprecedented benefits to patients, today announced that on July 8, 2025, the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors granted one new non-executive employee 4,600 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The RSUs were granted pursuant to the Company’s 2025 Employment Inducement Award Plan, which was approved by the Company’s board of directors in February 2025 under Rule 5635(c)(4) of The Nasdaq Global Market for equity grants to induce new employees to enter into employment with the Company.

WOBURN, Mass., July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Replimune Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: REPL), a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of novel oncolytic immunotherapies, today announced the grant of inducement equity awards to newly hired non-executive employees.