Month: September 2020

Project includes supply of mobile devices, software and services for the implementation of an advanced logistics program for product deliveriesAward follows over $7.5 million in orders from the Healthcare and Logistic Services verticals announced during Q3SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OMNIQ Corp. (OTCQB: OMQS) (“OMNIQ” or “the Company”), a provider of Supply Chain and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a project with a total value of approximately $1.8 million by a global metal solutions provider and one of the largest metals services companies in North America. The project consists of approximately $1.2 million for the supply of Android-based mobile computing devices with communication capabilities and approximately $0.6 million for software and services. It...

WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that $5.3 billion-asset Origin Bank has implemented the nCino Bank Operating System to create better efficiency in its loan origination process and a more streamlined client experience through enhanced digital engagement capabilities.Headquartered in Choudrant, Louisiana and serving communities throughout Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, Origin Bank places a strong focus on client service. Origin recognized that in a competitive banking landscape with numerous options for clients to choose from, it needed a strong digital presence to meet existing and future clients’ needs and expectations. By implementing nCino’s Commercial Banking...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced continued investment in its healthcare valuation capabilities with the appointment of Todd Mello as a Senior Managing Director and Leader of the Valuation Services group within the firm’s Health Solutions practice.Based in Brentwood, Tenn., Mr. Mello brings 30 years of valuation and transactions experience, 10 of which were spent in the managed care, physician practice management and investment banking fields.“Valuation is a complex process that requires a skillful blend of analysis, industry experience and well-founded judgment,” said Tim Renjilian, a Senior Managing Director in the Health Solutions practice at FTI Consulting. “Our Valuation Services team has assisted some of the largest healthcare systems, pharmaceutical companies and...

TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Auxly Cannabis Group Inc. (TSX.V – XLY) (“Auxly” or the “Company”), a consumer packaged goods company in the cannabis products market, is thrilled to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, KGK Science Inc. (“KGK”) has received its second Cannabis Research Licence from Health Canada pursuant to the Cannabis Act. This licence permits KGK to administer cannabis extracts, edible cannabis and cannabis topicals to human subjects for purposes of palatability and sensory testing at its clinical research facility located in London, Ontario.Sensory evaluation measures, analyzes and interprets the reaction of human subjects to products as perceived by the senses, it is an incredibly valuable tool in understanding and determining consumer preferences and the basis for those differences....

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Genocea Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNCA), a biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation neoantigen immunotherapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for GEN-011, an adoptive T cell therapy targeting neoantigens and designed to improve upon the limitations of TIL and TCR therapies. The IND allows Genocea to initiate a Phase 1/2a clinical study of GEN-011 in patients who have failed standard-of-care checkpoint inhibitor therapy. The trial will evaluate safety, T cell proliferation and persistence as well as clinical activity.“GEN-011 builds on the power of our ATLAS™ platform, as demonstrated in our GEN-009 clinical trial, to identify the relevant neoantigens which drive...

Key cognitive endpoints trending towards but did not reach statistical significance in early manifest population. Overall study does not meet pre-specified co-primary endpointsResults support continued development in Alzheimer’s disease and in mid-stage Huntington’s disease patients with greater cognitive deficitsCompany to host investor conference call today, September 22, at 8:30 a.m. EDTTo access the call and webcast, please click here.ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vaccinex, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCNX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a differentiated approach to treating cancer and neurodegenerative disease through the inhibition of SEMA4D, today announced topline results from the early manifest treatment arm (Cohort B1, N=179) of the Phase 2 double-blind, placebo-controlled SIGNAL trial of its...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases and cancers with clear genetic drivers, today announced that it will host its first R&D Day on Tuesday, September 29, at 8:30 am E.T.The virtual event will feature presentations from BridgeBio founder and CEO, Neil Kumar, Ph.D., senior scientists and physicians leading BridgeBio’s drug discovery and development programs, and top academic physicians and scientists from outside the company.The program will focus on BridgeBio’s drug engineering platform, its targeted oncology portfolio, and four highlighted programs with clinical data anticipated in the next 12-24 months – acoramidis (AG10, TTR stabilizer) for transthyretin amyloidosis, low-dose infigratinib (FGFR...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATESTORONTO, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — QuestCap Inc. (“QuestCap” or the “Company”) (CSE:QSC; FRA:34C1) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Collection Sites, LLC is working with Art Angels Gallery, Los Angeles, California to launch COVID-19 testing protocols to help safely return art exhibitions for artists and consumers. This event will feature world-renown artist Russell Young September 24th, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.The COVID-19 testing and operating protocols have been developed by medical experts and QuestCap advisors, Dr. Glenn Copeland and Dr. Lawrence Steinman, and will help ensure the safety of employees, artists, and viewers. The testing consist of both digital temperature checks and rapid serology tests using...

TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GOLD’N FUTURES MINERAL CORP. (CSE: FUTR) (FSE: G6M), (the “Company”), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Argonaut Gold Inc. (“Argonaut”) to acquire up to a 90% interest in the Hercules – Elmhurst property (the “Property”) located 120 kilometers northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario in the townships of Elmhurst and Rickaby, within the Thunder Bay North Mining District (the “LOI”).   The Property lies within an Archean greenstone belt that extends from the Longlac area in the east to Lake Nipigon in the west, a distance of some 130 kilometers. The property consists of 372 contiguous claim cells (6951 hectares).To date, the work completed on the Property forms an extensive database including reconnaissance grab samples; channel samples; a variety...

Boca Raton, FL, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SYQH acquired EVGI through reverse merger and acquisition.The assets of Liaoning Shuiyun Qinghe Rice Industry Co., LTD. (stock code: SYQH) will be loaded into the listed company in the form of reverse merger. The company will issue 1 billion shares and appoint Cui Weiming as the chairman and director and Chang Xu as the director.Founded in 2013, SYQH has been deeply engaged in the rice industry for more than a decade, and is a national enterprise integrating production and processing, chain sales and new retail. The company’s two brands, Shuiyun Qinghe and Shuiyun Daoxiang, have sold more than 100 series of products to more than 100 cities in China, and have deep cooperation with petrochina and Huilian. In addition to selling products, the company introduced food-related knowledge...