Month: March 2020

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apergy Corporation (“Apergy”) (NYSE: APY) announced today that Soma Somasundaram, President and Chief Executive Officer, will host a business update call facilitated by David Anderson of Barclays on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time). Deric Bryant, Executive Vice President of Ecolab Inc. and President of ChampionX, will join as an invited guest to discuss the pending merger between Apergy and ChampionX.The call will be available by live webcast on Apergy’s website at www.apergy.com or by dialing in as follows:Please register for the webcast or dial into the call approximately 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.A replay of the conference call will be available for approximately 30 days on Apergy’s website or by dialing 1-888-843-7419...

RAPID CITY, S.D., March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH) today announced that members of its senior management team will visit with equity investors March 30 and March 31 during the virtually- hosted Mizuho Energy Summit 2020. The materials produced for these meetings will be available on the Black Hills Corp. website at www.blackhillscorp.com under the “Investor Relations” section prior to the meetings. In preparation for the equity investor meetings, Black Hills is providing a business update regarding its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and related impacts on the company’s business.The company is continuing to execute its business continuity plan and has implemented a comprehensive set of actions for the health and safety of its customers, employees, business partners and the communities it serves....

SUGAR LAND, Texas, March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the internet datacenter, cable broadband, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced the release of a high power and narrow linewidth laser specifically designed for Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) applications, particularly for automotive use.Current automotive LIDAR systems are based on near infrared lasers, however these lasers are not eye safe and therefore are limited in terms of emitted power.  This power limitation, in turn, restricts the effective sensing range of the LIDAR system.  AOI’s laser operates at longer wavelengths near 1550-nm where eye-safe emission limits are much higher and therefore detection distances are longer, making them...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 30, 2020 – Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA, OTC: BVNRY) today publishes a revised financial calendar for 2020 due to postponement of the annual general meeting, which was scheduled, but not yet convened, for April 21, 2020. The dates for announcement of the financial reports for the remainder of 2020 remain unchanged.In light of the current COVID-19 situation, and the Danish Government’s decision to ban public gatherings of more than 10 people, Bavarian Nordic does not find it appropriate to conduct the annual general meeting under these conditions. Moreover, as the Company’s Articles of Association do not allow for conducting the general meeting electronically, the Board of Directors has decided to postpone the general meeting.The postponement is being made in accordance with the executive order no. 223 of March...

KØBENHAVN, Danmark, 30. marts 2020 – Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) offentliggør i dag en opdateret finanskalender for 2020, som følge af udskydelse af den ordinære generalforsamling, der endnu ikke har været indkaldt, men var planlagt til afholdelse den 21. april 2020. Datoerne for de finansielle regnskaber for resten af 2020 forbliver uændrede.I lyset af den nuværende situation omkring COVID-19 samt den danske regerings beslutning om at forbyde forsamlinger med flere end 10 personer, finder Bavarian Nordic det ikke passende at gennemføre generalforsamlingen under disse forhold. Da selskabets vedtægter endvidere ikke muliggør elektronisk afholdelse af generalforsamlingen, har bestyrelsen besluttet at udskyde denne.Udskydelsen sker i overensstemmelse med bekendtgørelse nr. 223 af 17. marts 2020 fra Sundheds- og Ældreministeriet, i henhold...

PRESS RELEASEErgomed’s PrimeVigilance Announces Provision of Clinical Safety Services for COVID-19 Clinical Trial ProgramGuildford, UK – 30 March 2020: Ergomed plc (LSE: ERGO) (‘Ergomed’ or the ‘Company’), a company focused on providing specialised services to the pharmaceutical industry, today announces that it will provide drug safety services through its specialist pharmacovigilance provider, PrimeVigilance, for an ongoing US clinical trial to assess the effect of a rheumatoid arthritis treatment on patients with severe COVID-19 infection.Dr Miroslav Reljanović, Executive Chairman of Ergomed, said: “COVID-19 represents a severe and pressing challenge for all involved in the development of new medicines and we are proud to be expanding our involvement in the field by bringing our expertise in drug safety and...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated its marketing authorization application (MAA) submission for approval of oral, once-daily berotralstat (BCX7353) for the prevention of hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks.With this validation, the EMA has begun their formal review of the MAA under the centralized procedure for all member states of the European Union, and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.An opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) is expected within approximately 12 months.“Berotralstat would represent the first targeted oral therapy approved for HAE prophylaxis in Europe and would deliver a major advance in therapy to HAE patients,” said Jon Stonehouse, chief...