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Wuppertal, Germany, August 5, 2025 - Aicuris Anti-infective Cures AG today announced initial clinical data from its ongoing first-in-human Phase 1 trial with AIC468. The novel antiviral antisense oligonucleotide is in development for the treatment of BK virus (BKV) infections in kidney transplant recipients. The interim results, presented at the World Transplant Congress in San Francisco on August 4, 2025, provide an overview of PK characteristics of AIC468 from the Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akebia Therapeutics^®, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, granted four newly-hired employees options to purchase an aggregate of 238,500 shares of Akebia’s common stock on July 31, 2025. The options were granted as an inducement material to each employee entering into employment with Akebia. The options were granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

According to Towards FnB, the global fruit and vegetables market size is evaluated at USD 244 billion in 2025 and is forecasted to hit around USD 388.37 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 5.3% during the forecast period from 2025 to 2034.

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

July 28, 2025
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Schlieren / Zurich, Switzerland, 25 July, 2025 – Memo Therapeutics AG ("MTx”), a late-stage biotech company translating unique immune responses into superior medicines to treat viral infections and cancer, today announced results from its Phase II clinical trial evaluating potravitug, a highly potent human BK polyomavirus (“BKPyV”)-neutralizing monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of BKPyV infection in kidney transplant recipients (“KTR”).