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SAN DIEGO, July 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Calidi” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: CLDI), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of targeted therapies with the potential to deliver genetic medicines to distal sites of disease, announced today that it will effect a reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock at a ratio of 1-for-12 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). The Company’s common stock is expected to commence trading on a split-adjusted basis when the NYSE American market opens on August 5, 2025 under the existing symbol of “CLDI.” The new CUSIP number for the Company’s common stock following the Reverse Stock Split will be 320703 408.

The combined company will operate under the name “ImageneBio, Inc.” and will begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “IMA” at market open on Monday, July 28, 2025

The combined company will operate under the name “ImageneBio, Inc.” and will begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “IMA” at market open on Monday, July 28, 2025

VYJUVEK approved for the treatment of DEB from birth with flexible administration options including home dosing and the option for administration by the patient or their family

NEW YORK and MAINZ, GERMANY, July 25, 2025 — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE, “Pfizer”) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, “BioNTech”) announced today that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing authorization for the companies’ LP.8.1-adapted monovalent COVID-19 vaccine (COMIRNATY^® LP.8.1) for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in individuals 6 months of age and older. The adaptation is based on the recommendation from the EMA’s Emergency Task Force (ETF) to update COVID-19 vaccines to target the LP.8.1 variant for the 2025-2026 season. The ETF stated that “targeting LP.8.1 will help maintain the effectiveness of the vaccines as SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve.”²

NEW YORK und MAINZ, Deutschland, 25. Juli 2025 — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE, „Pfizer“) und BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, „BioNTech“) gaben heute bekannt, dass der Ausschuss für Humanarzneimittel (Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, „CHMP“) der Europäischen Arzneimittel-Agentur (European Medicines Agency, „EMA“) eine positive Beurteilung für die Marktzulassung (Marketing Authorization) des an LP.8.1 angepassten monovalenten COVID-19-Impfstoffs (COMIRNATY^® LP.8.1) der Unternehmen für die aktive Immunisierung zur Vorbeugung von COVID-19 verursacht durch SARS-CoV-2 bei Personen ab 6 Monaten ausgesprochen hat. Die Anpassung basiert auf der Empfehlung der Notfall-Taskforce (Emergency Task Force, „ETF“) der EMA, die vorschlägt, COVID-19-Impfstoffe zu aktualisieren, um die LP.8.1-Variante für die Impfkampagne 2025-2026 abzudecken. Die Notfall-Taskforce erklärte: „Eine Anpassung an LP.8.1 wird dabei helfen, die Wirksamkeit der Impfstoffe gegen das sich fortlaufend weiterentwickelnde SARS-CoV-2 aufrechtzuerhalten.“² 

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”).

PARIS, FRANCE, 24 July 2025 - Ipsen announced today that the European Commission has approved Cabometyx^® (cabozantinib) for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic, well differentiated pancreatic (pNET) and extra-pancreatic (epNET) neuroendocrine tumors who have progressed following at least one prior systemic therapy other than somatostatin analogues.

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brandon Capital, Australasia’s leading life sciences venture capital firm, today announced the final close of its sixth fund at A$439 million.