Month: April 2021

Dicerna to receive $180 million upfront and up to $60 million in potential additional milestone paymentsNEW YORK and LEXINGTON, Mass., April 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX) (“Royalty Pharma”) and Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRNA) (“Dicerna”) today announced that Royalty Pharma has acquired Dicerna’s royalty interest in OXLUMO™ (lumasiran) for an upfront cash payment of $180 million and up to $60 million in contingent sales-based milestone payments. OXLUMO, which has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria (PH) type 1, is marketed by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Alnylam”). “We are very pleased to have entered into this agreement with Royalty Pharma, which is recognized as the leader in...

LAS VEGAS, April 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — THC Therapeutics, Inc. (THCT), a forward-thinking, publicly-traded health and technology company, whose mission statement is “Better Health through the Science of Nature,” announced it has finalized an agreement to engage Milestone Management Services to lead their Corporate Communications and Investor Awareness program. “We are seeing retail and institutional investors shift their focus to four industries—in particular, Technology, Cannabis, Cryptocurrency, and Precious Metals. It’s an honor to work with a company like THC Therapeutics that is fully SEC reporting, fully audited, and focused on securing assets in multiple sectors,” said Jon Olson, CEO at Milestone Management Services. Brandon Romanek, the Founder and CEO of THC Therapeutics, stated, “This partnership is a...

Today, The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S (“Maersk Drilling”) adopted the following resolutions at its Annual General Meeting: Financial year 2020Annual Report for 2020 was adopted Loss for 2020 will be carried forward and no ordinary dividend will be paid for 2020 Board of Directors and Executive Management were discharged of liabilityRemunerationAnnual Remuneration Report for 2020 was adopted Remuneration level of the Board of Directors for 2021 was approvedComposition of the Board of DirectorsClaus V. Hemmingsen was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors Alastair Maxwell, Ann-Christin G. Andersen, Kristin H. Holth, Martin Larsen and Robert M. Uggla were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors. Kathleen McAllister did not stand for re-electionAmendments to the Articles of AssociationA new authorisation...

All amounts expressed in US dollars TORONTO, April 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) is committed to being a good neighbour, a responsible corporate citizen and a conscientious caretaker of the environment.   We believe these traits are the very foundation on which to build a modern mining company and are as important as geotechnical expertise and free cash flow, president and chief executive Mark Bristow says in the company’s 2020 Sustainability Report, published today. Bristow said Barrick’s approach to climate risk was led by site-specific strategies based on science and operational realities, rather than hopeful aspirations, and it was constantly reviewed in the light of technological advances. Identification and realization of the opportunities these offered enabled the company to update...