Tag: medicine

DALLAS, Aug. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSHA) (Taysha or the Company), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on advancing adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for severe monogenic diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), today announced that, on August 1, 2025, the Compensation Committee of Taysha's Board of Directors granted one new employee an option to purchase 90,000 shares of the Company's common stock in connection with their employment. The stock option was granted under the Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. 2023 Inducement Plan as an inducement material to the individual entering employment with Taysha in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRME), a biotechnology company committed to delivering a new class of differentiated one-time curative genetic therapies, today announced the closing of its underwritten public offering of 43,700,000 shares of its common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase 5,700,000 additional shares of its common stock, at a public offering price of $3.30 per share. The underwriters did not receive any discounts or commissions with respect to an aggregate of 1,818,181 shares of common stock sold to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. All of the shares of common stock in the offering were sold by Prime Medicine. The gross proceeds to Prime Medicine from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, were approximately $144.2 million.

Basel, 01 August 2025 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today new, five-year efficacy, safety and durability data from the Phase III Portal study, a long-term extension of the Phase III Archway study, of Susvimo® (ranibizumab injection) for the treatment of people with nAMD.¹ Results show that Susvimo’s immediate and predictable durability was sustained over five years, with approximately 95% of people receiving treatment every six months requiring no supplemental treatment before each refill. The data were presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) 2025 Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California, United States.

Vast majority of patients dosed completed the full 12-week study