Tag: diseases

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProKidney Corp. (Nasdaq: PROK) (“ProKidney” or the “Company"), a leading late clinical-stage cellular therapeutics company focused on chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced the completion of the domestication process to change the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company from the Cayman Islands to Delaware. The domestication was approved by shareholders of the Company at its Annual General Meeting held on May 29, 2025. Effective as of July 1, 2025, each (i) Class A ordinary share automatically converted into one share of Class A common stock of ProKidney Corp., a Delaware corporation and (ii) each Class B ordinary share automatically converted into one share of Class B common stock of ProKidney. ProKidney common stock will begin trading on July 2, 2025, and the Company's trading symbol on the Nasdaq Stock Market will remain unchanged as "PROK." The Company’s CUSIP number relating to its Class A common stock changed to 74291D 104. The Company does not anticipate any impact to day-to-day business operations as a result of the domestication.

SARASOTA, Fla., July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that it has entered into a placement agency agreement for the purchase and sale of up to 800,000 shares of the Company’s Series H Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”), no par value, and Warrants to purchase up to an additional 800,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the Company at an exercise price of $25.00 per share (the “Warrants”). The combined public Offering price of each share of Preferred Stock together with an accompanying Warrant is $25.00 (the “Offering”). The Preferred Stock is convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a conversion price of $2.50 per share. The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about July 2, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

CLEVELAND, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced it has granted equity awards to new non-executive employees who joined the Company. The equity awards were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Combined Company Expected to be Listed on NASDAQ Global Market

NEW YORK, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mesoblast (Nasdaq:MESO; ASX:MSB), global leader in allogeneic cellular medicines for inflammatory diseases, today announced alignment with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on items required for filing a Biologics License Application (BLA) for Revascor^® (rexlemestrocel-L) in the treatment of patients with ischemic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and inflammation.

MCLEAN, Va., June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Thought Leadership & Innovation Foundation (TLI), a nonprofit at the forefront of health innovation, today announced the release of a groundbreaking white paper, A Model for Non-Profit Cooperation to Benefit Chronic Disease Communities. This report outlines TLI’s dynamic, multi-sectoral approach to supporting underserved patient populations through collaboration, data innovation, and stakeholder engagement.