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WALTHAM, Mass., June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crescent Biopharma, Inc. (“Crescent” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CBIO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to rapidly advancing the next wave of therapies for cancer patients, today announced that management is scheduled to present at the following investor conferences in June:

Daix (France), New York City (New York, United States), June 2, 2026 – Inventiva (Euronext Paris and NASDAQ: IVA) (“Inventiva” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral therapies for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (“MASH”), today announces that the listing of its ordinary shares on the regulated market of Euronext Paris will be temporarily halted, at the Company's request, from the opening of the market at 9:00 a.m. CEST.

Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 2 June 2026 – Nxera Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Nxera” or the “Company”)　 announces that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) and Global Innovative Products on Fast Track (GIFT) designation to vamorolone for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The Company plans to submit a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for vamorolone in South Korea during 2026.

BOSTON, Mass., June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vor Bio (Nasdaq: VOR), a clinical-stage biotechnology company transforming the treatment of autoimmune diseases, today announced that, on June 1, 2026, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 61,050 shares of Vor Bio’s common stock and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) representing the right to receive an aggregate of 12,900 shares of Vor Bio’s common stock to 10 newly hired employees. The foregoing stock options and RSUs were granted as material inducements to employment with Vor Bio in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and were granted under the Vor Biopharma Inc. 2023 Inducement Plan (the “Inducement Plan”).        

ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, Aug. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascentage Pharma (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855), a global, commercial stage, integrated biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel, differentiated therapies to address unmet medical needs in cancer, announced that it has received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to conduct GLORA-4 study (NCT06641414), a global registrational Phase III study of lisaftoclax (APG-2575), a proprietary Bcl-2 inhibitor, in combination with azacitidine (AZA), for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (HR-MDS).

   
- Successfully initiated enrollment in advanced Phase 2 ovarian cancer trial

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