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POWER1 Study in highly refractory patients with focal onset seizures did not meet its primary success measure

AB “Ignitis grupė” (hereinafter – the Group) has announced a Group CEO selection, as the second term of the current CEO, Darius Maikštėnas, ends on February 28, 2027. According to the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania, the same person may be appointed as the CEO of a state-owned company for no more than two consecutive terms.

AB “Ignitis grupė” (hereinafter – the Group) has announced a Group CEO selection, as the second term of the current CEO, Darius Maikštėnas, ends on February 28, 2027. According to the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania, the same person may be appointed as the CEO of a state-owned company for no more than two consecutive terms.

Saint Herblain (France), August 18, 2025 – Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company, today announced that Health Canada has granted marketing authorization for its single-dose vaccine, IXCHIQ^®, for the prevention of disease caused by the chikungunya virus in individuals aged 12 years and older. This announcement adds to the adult marketing authorization already received in Canada¹ and complements the adolescent label extension received in Europe in April 2025².

ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, Aug. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascentage Pharma (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855), a global, commercial stage, integrated biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel, differentiated therapies to address unmet medical needs in cancer, announced that it has received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to conduct GLORA-4 study (NCT06641414), a global registrational Phase III study of lisaftoclax (APG-2575), a proprietary Bcl-2 inhibitor, in combination with azacitidine (AZA), for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (HR-MDS).

NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Biohaven Ltd. (“Biohaven” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BHVN) and certain officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, and docketed under 25-cv-01120, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Biohaven securities between March 24, 2023 and May 14, 2025, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants’ violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 sand Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 15, 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 August 12, 2025, the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors granted three new non-executive employees 58,900 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.

Tonmya is the first FDA-approved therapy for the treatment of fibromyalgia in over 15 years

Jennifer Callahan, Chief Financial Officer, appointed Interim CEO