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Cardiff, United Kingdom – 18 June 2025 – Draig Therapeutics (“Draig”), a clinical-stage company aiming to transform the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases, today launches from stealth having raised a total of $140 million (£107 million) in the last nine months. The oversubscribed Series A financing was led by Access Biotechnology, with participation from Canaan Partners, SR One, Sanofi Ventures, Schroders Capital along with seed investors SV Health Investors, which co-founded the company, and ICG.

SOUTH SAN FRANSCISCO, Calif., June 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CERo Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., (Nasdaq: CERO) (“CERo” or the “Company”) an innovative immunotherapy company seeking to advance the next generation of  engineered T cell therapeutics that deploy phagocytic mechanisms, announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted CERo’s Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for the company's lead drug candidate CER-1236, for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). CER-1236 is an innovative therapy that engineers a cancer patient's own T cell therapeutics that deploy phagocytic (i.e., target-cell eating) mechanisms alongside the array of built-in target cell destroying mechanisms used by T cells.

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New Taipei City, Taiwan, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jyong Biotech Ltd. (the “Company”), a science-driven biotechnology company based in Taiwan committed to developing and commercializing innovative and differentiated new drugs (plant-derived) mainly specializing in the treatment of urinary system diseases, with an initial focus on the markets of the U.S., the EU and Asia, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering (the “Offering”) of 2,666,667 ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”) at a public offering price of $7.50 per share. The Company expects to receive aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $20 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and other offering expenses. The Ordinary Shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market and are expected to commence trading on June 17, 2025 under the ticker symbol “MENS”. The Offering is expected to close on June 18, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters an option (the "Over-Allotment Option"), within 45 days from the date of the final prospectus, to purchase up to an additional 400,000 Ordinary Shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts, to cover the Over-Allotment Option, if any.

NEW YORK, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized shareholder rights law firm, reminds investors that class actions have been commenced on behalf of stockholders of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (OTC:RBGLY), UroGen Pharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:URGN), Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCAT) and Fortrea Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:FTRE). Stockholders have until the deadlines below to petition the court to serve as lead plaintiff. Additional information about each case can be found at the link provided.

PETACH TIKVA, Israel, June 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PolyPid Ltd. (Nasdaq: PYPD) (“PolyPid” or the “Company”), a late-stage biopharma company aiming to improve surgical outcomes, today announced that following its recently announced successful SHIELD II phase 3 topline results, it has secured additional funding through the exercise of warrants with aggregate gross proceeds of $26.7 million. The Company anticipates that with this additional funding, PolyPid’s runway would be extended beyond anticipated FDA approval of D-PLEX₁₀₀.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AirSculpt Technologies, Inc. (“AirSculpt”) (NASDAQ: AIRS), a national provider of premium body contouring procedures, today announced the voluntary prepayment of $10.0 million of its outstanding term loan debt using cash on hand, following the successful completion of its offering of 3,634,000 shares of common stock, which generated net proceeds, after estimated expenses, of approximately $13.8 million. The Company noted that with this financing and assuming no significant changes in the current macroeconomic environment, it does not anticipate the need for additional material capital raises this year.