Month: December 2020

中国上海, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 云顶新耀 (HKEX 1952.HK)， 是一家专注于创新药研发及商业化的生物制药公司，致力于满足大中华区及亚洲其它市场未被满足的医疗需求，今日公布国家药品监督管理局药品审评中心在其官网上公示Nefecon为拟突破性治疗品种，Nefecon是云顶新耀引进开发用于治疗IgA肾病的创新药物。Nefecon 是布地奈德的口服靶向释放制剂，有潜力成为首个治疗 IgA 肾病的新药，目前正在开展一项全球3期临床研究NefIgArd，评估其对原发性IgA肾病患者的疗效和安全性。 云顶新耀目前正在招募中国IgA肾病患者加入NefIgArd临床研究，以支持Nefecon在中国的注册审批。云顶新耀的合作伙伴Calliditas Therapeutics AB （“Calliditas”，纳斯达克股票代码：CALT)于2020年11月8日公布了全球NefIgArd临床试验A部分获得良好结果，结果显示该试验Nefecon达到了其主要终点，在治疗9 个月后，患者的尿蛋白肌酐比率（或蛋白尿）在统计学上显著降低，在治疗 12 个月后，指标有了显著的持续性改善。此外，Nefecon已被美国食品药品管理局（FDA）和欧洲药品管理局（EMA）认定为治疗IgA肾病的孤儿药物。云顶新耀内科领域首席医学官朱正缨博士表示:“药品审评中心公示Nefecon为拟突破性治疗品种药物，我们深受鼓舞，这将使其有潜力成为中国约200万人IgA肾病患者的首个治疗药物。我们将积极支持配合药品审评中心的工作，尽快将这种创新疗法应用于中国患者。”云顶新耀首席执行官薄科瑞博士表示：“ Nefecon全球临床与注册工作进展迅速，在短短几个月内就取得了显著进展，包括NefIgArd 3期全球临床研究良好结果的公布，实现中国首例患者临床用药，持续开展NefIgArd临床招募，包括此次公示为拟突破性治疗品种药物。我们对此临床进展倍感振奋，我们将致力于加快Nefecon的后期研究，以便将这种创新疗法尽快带给中国的IgA肾病患者。”最新修订的《药品注册管理办法》将突破性治疗药物纳入优先审评审批的适用范围及条件，这有助于加快中国针对严重疾病开发新药，尤其是针对那些尚无现有疗法，或者有初步证据显示比现有疗法更具优势的新药解决方案。有关...

BLACK HAWK, Colo., Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRI) (“Monarch” or “the Company”) today expressed their gratitude to the voters of Black Hawk and the Black Hawk City Council for their support of the November 2020 passage of Amendment 77. At a special meeting earlier today, the Black Hawk City Council approved an ordinance allowing for unrestricted bet limits as well as a resolution authorizing a variety of new casino games including baccarat, keno and pai-gow tiles, along with many popular table game side bets. The changes to bet limits and casino game offerings are expected to go into effect on May 1, 2021.John Farahi, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Monarch, commented: “We recently began the phased opening of our all-new Monarch Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk, which represents...

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), a leading provider of high quality, trusted, local news and information, and a major platform for advertising in 77 markets, has scheduled an audio webcast and conference call for Thursday, December 10, 2020, at 9 a.m. Central Time. Lee plans to issue a news release before market open that day with preliminary results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 27, 2020.The live webcast will be accessible at lee.net and will be available for replay 24 hours later. Several analysts have been invited to ask questions on the call. Questions from other participants may be submitted by participating in the webcast. The call also may be monitored on a listen-only conference line by dialing (toll free) 800-309-1256 and entering a conference pass...

Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VSBLTY Groupe Technologies Corp. (CSE: VSBY) (Frankfurt: 5VS) (OTC: VSBGF) (“VSBLTY”), a leading provider of security and retail marketing technology, along with Mexico’s Grupo Modelo (part of the AB InBev family of companies) and Retailigent Media have signed a Letter of Intent to create an international in-store media network of up to 50,000 Modelorama stores and independent neighborhood bodegas in Mexico, with a potential to expand to other Central and South American countries by the end of 2027, it was announced today. The deployment will start in more than 5,000 Modelorama stores and 15,000 neighborhood bodegas throughout Mexico. Modelorama is Mexico’s second largest convenience store chain and is owned by Grupo Modelo.The project will create the largest digital in-store media...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ValOre Metals Corp. (“ValOre”; TSX‐V: VO; OTC: KVLQF; Frankfurt: KEQ0, “the Company”) today announced assay results for the final eight Trapia 1 drill holes at ValOre’s 100%-owned Pedra Branca Platinum Group Element (“PGE”) Project in northeastern Brazil. The PGE-bearing ultramafic (“UM”, “UMs”) Trapia 1 intrusion was intercepted in all eight core holes drilled to the south of the current NI 43-101 resource area and PGE mineralization remains open along strike and down-dip.“The 2020 drilling at Trapia 1 was a great success, delivering a very strong finish with the assay results received from hole DD20TU20,” stated ValOre’s Chairman and CEO, Jim Paterson. “Importantly, for future recalculations of mineral resource estimates, the drilling results suggest that the ore body...

TORONTO, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ZoomerMedia Limited (TSXV:ZUM) (the “Company”), the leader in serving the interests of the 45+ “Zoomer” market in Canada, today announced stock option grants to its officers, employees and consultants.ZoomerMedia’s compensation philosophy is to foster entrepreneurship at all levels of the organization through, among other things, the granting of stock options, a significant component of executive compensation. As such the Company announces it has granted 15,200,000 stock options to various officers, employees and consultants in accordance with TSX Policy 4.4, the rules of the TSX Venture Exchange and the Corporation’s Stock Option Plan. The options are exercisable at $0.05 per share, one-third vesting on November 25, 2021, one-third on November 25, 2022 and one third on November 25,...

MALVERN, Pa., Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ocugen, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCGN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing transformative therapies to cure blindness diseases, today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) and Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC (“Glass Lewis”), the nation’s leading independent proxy advisory firms, have recommended that Ocugen stockholders vote “FOR” both Proposals 1 and 2 at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on December 11, 2020.Proposal 1 – Approval of an Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio of not less than 1-for-4 and not greater than 1-for-20 (“The Reverse Stock Split Proposal”).Proposal 2 – Approval of an Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to increase the Number...

TORONTO, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Partners Value Investments LP (the “Partnership”, TSXV: PVF.UN TSXV: PVF.PR.U) announced today the results of its previously announced substantial issuer bid (the “Offer”) to purchase up to 5,000,000 Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 1 (the “Preferred Units”) of the Partnership at a price per Preferred Unit of US$25.0894 (the “Purchase Price”). The Offer expired at 5:00 pm (Eastern Time) on November 30, 2020. A total of 3,958,203 Preferred Units have been tendered under the Offer.In accordance with the terms of the Offer, the Partnership will be taking up 3,958,203 Preferred Units at a price per Preferred Unit equal to the Purchase Price. Payments will be made to tendering holders of Preferred Units as soon as possible.This press release is for informational purposes only...