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Cardiff, United Kingdom – 15 July 2025 – Draig Therapeutics (“Draig”), a clinical-stage company aiming to transform the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases, today announces the appointment of Douglas E. Williams, Ph.D. as independent Chair of its Board of Directors. He takes over from Ruth McKernan, who retains her role on the Board as a Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascentage Pharma Group International Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855) (“Ascentage” or the “Company”), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs in cancers, today announced the pricing of 22 million ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Placement Shares”), at a price of HKD68.60 per share, in the offering by Dajun Yang Dynasty Trust, an affiliate of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dajun Yang, M.D., Ph.D. (the “Vendor”) in an offshore transaction outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)(the “Offshore Placement”), for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately HKD1,509.2 million (or approximately US$192.3 million based on exchange rate of 1 USD to 7.85 HKD), before deducting placing fees and other offering expenses. The Offshore Placement, which was oversubscribed by eight times, is expected to close on July 17, 2025.

ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascentage Pharma Group International Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855) (“Ascentage” or the “Company”), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs in cancers, announced that Dajun Yang Dynasty Trust, an affiliate of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dajun Yang, M.D., Ph.D. (the “Vendor”), proposes to offer ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Placement Shares”) in an offshore transaction outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), subject to market conditions and other factors (the “Offshore Placement”). At the time of the closing of the Offshore Placement, the Vendor would subscribe for, and the Company would issue to the Vendor new ordinary shares of the Company (the “Replacement Shares”) at the same number as the number of the Placement Shares offered in the Offshore Placement and at the same price per share as the price per share for the Placement Shares. The closing of the transaction involving the issuance of the Replacement Shares will be subject to customary closing conditions and take place after the closing of the Offshore Placement. In connection with the Offshore Placement, the representatives in the Company’s U.S. initial public offering in January 2025 waived a lock-up restriction with respect to the Placement Shares held by the Vendor.

Tel-Aviv, Israel, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ellomay Capital Ltd. (NYSE American; TASE: ELLO) (“Ellomay” or the “Company”), a renewable energy and power generator and developer of renewable energy and power projects in Europe, USA and Israel, today announced that it received and accepted, following the approval of its Board of Directors, commitments from several Israeli institutional and classified investors to buy 926,000 ordinary shares of the Company in a private placement (the “Private Placement”). As a result of the Private Placement, an affiliate of Menora Mivtachim Holdings Ltd. (one of Israel’s largest institutional investors), which holds securities for the benefit of members of provident funds or pension funds, is expected to become an interested party in the Company, holding approximately 6% of the Company’s outstanding shares.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQB:VRSSD) ("VERSES'' or the "Company”), a cognitive computing company specializing in next-generation intelligent software systems, is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced public offering of 1,007,764 units (the “Units”) of the Company at a price of C$9.50 (US$6.946) per Unit (the “Offering”). Pursuant to the Offering, the Company raised gross proceeds of approximately C$9,573,758 (US$7,000,331), before deducting commissions and estimated expenses incurred in connection with the Offering.

CEDAR PARK, Texas, July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced its filing of a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.

Hong Kong, July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Happy City Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: HCHL) (the “Company”), an established all-you-can-eat hotpot restaurant operator in Hong Kong, today announced that the underwriters of its previously announced initial public offering (the “Offering”) have partially exercised their over-allotment option (the “Over-Allotment Option”) to purchase an additional 112,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at the public offering price of $5.00 per share, resulting in additional gross proceeds of $0.56 million. After giving effect to the partial exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, the total number of Class A Ordinary Shares sold by the Company in the Offering increased to 1,212,000 shares and the gross proceeds increased to $6.06 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and other related expenses. The Over-Allotment Option closing date was July 11, 2025. The Class A Ordinary Shares began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market June 24, 2025 under the symbol “HCHL.”

MONTREAL and CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Milestone^® Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Milestone”) (Nasdaq: MIST), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative cardiovascular medicines, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of (i) 31,500,000 of its common shares (the “Shares”), accompanying Series A common warrants (the “Series A Common Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 31,500,000 common shares and accompanying Series B common warrants (the “Series B Common Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 31,500,000 common shares , at a combined public offering price of $1.50 per share and accompanying Series A Common Warrant and Series B Common Warrant and (ii) in lieu of common shares to certain investors that so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase 3,502,335 common shares, accompanying Series A Common Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,502,335 common shares and accompanying Series B Common Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,502,335 common shares, at a combined public offering price of $1.499 per pre-funded warrant and accompanying Series A Common Warrant and Series B Common Warrant, which represents the combined public offering price for the Shares and accompanying common warrants less the $0.001 per share exercise price for each such pre-funded warrant. The proceeds to Milestone from the Offering, before deducting underwriting commissions and offering expenses payable by Milestone, are expected to be approximately $52.5 million. The Offering is expected to close on or about July 14, 2025, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.