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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rakovina Therapeutics Inc. (TSXV: RKV) (FSE: 7JO0) (the “Company” or “Rakovina”), a biopharmaceutical company advancing cancer therapies through artificial intelligence (AI)-powered drug discovery, is pleased to announce that its board of directors has approved the grant of an aggregate of 540,000 stock options (the “Options”) to certain consultants, employees, officers and directors of the Company pursuant to the Company’s Long Term Incentive Plan.

WALTHAM, Mass., July 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved EMPAVELI^® (pegcetacoplan) as the first treatment for C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) or primary immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN) in patients 12 years of age and older, to reduce proteinuria. C3G and primary IC-MPGN are rare kidney diseases, affecting 5,000 people in the United States.¹

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLGN) (the “Company”) received two different communications from the staff of the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications office of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC. The Company received the first notice from the Nasdaq Listings Qualifications office of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on July 23, 2025, informing the Company that as reflected in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on July 21, 2025, the Company failed to comply with the $2.5 million stockholder’s equity required under Nasdaq Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Equity Rule”) or any alternative standard under Nasdaq 5550(b).

Carlsbad, CA, July 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLGN) ("Qualigen" or the "Company"), a life sciences company focused on developing platform treatments for adult and pediatric cancers with the potential for orphan drug designations, today announced that it has entered into definitive securities purchase agreements with several institutional and accredited investors for the sale of its Series A-3 Preferred Stock. The private placement closed on July 28, 2025. The Company issued and sold an aggregate of 4,500 shares of Series A-3 Preferred Stock, with a stated value of $1,000 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $4.5 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The Series A-3 Preferred Stock is initially convertible into an aggregate of 1,607,143 shares of common stock of the Company at a conversion price of $2.80 per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Series A-3 Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation.

– Phase 1a clinical data in healthy participants presented for both ABI-5366 and ABI-1179, novel long-acting herpes simplex virus helicase-primase inhibitor candidates –