Day: June 4, 2021

UV1/pembrolizumab results in 30% complete responses plus 30% partial responses Good safety and tolerability profile supports expanded Phase II combination program Data highlighted at ASCO in poster presentation Oslo, 4 June 2021: Ultimovacs ASA (“Ultimovacs”) (OSE ULTI), a clinical stage leader in immune stimulatory vaccines for cancer, announced that data on its universal cancer vaccine, UV1, in combination with the checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab will be presented as a poster presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2021 Annual Meeting and available today at 9:00 am ET / 15:00 CEST. In a twenty patient cohort of patients with advanced melanoma, the combination of UV1 with pembrolizumab as a first-line treatment demonstrated an objective response rate (ORR) of 60% after a minimum of 18 months....

Survival benefit observed in two treatment settings of previously treated non-small lung cancer patients DURHAM, N.C., June 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Heat Biologics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTBX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing first-in-class therapies to modulate the immune system, today announced that Dr. Roger B. Cohen, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, presented an overview of the latest HS-110 data at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting which is being held from June 4-8, 2021. This poster presentation can be viewed on Heat Biologics’ website at: https://www.heatbio.com/product-pipeline/scientific-publications. The ASCO Annual Meeting is the world’s largest oncology conference showcasing the latest advancements...

Panostaja Oyj       Stock Exchange Bulletin, Changes in Company´s own shares    4th June 2021, 16.00 p.m. Paying Panostaja Oyj Board Members’ Fees in the Form of Shares Held by the CompanyWith reference to Board meeting fees, Panostaja Oyj’s AGM decided on 5th February 2021 that about 40% of the fee paid to a board member should be paid in accordance with the share issue authorisation given to the Board by transferring company shares to each Board member unless a Board member should already own more than one per cent of the total share capital on the date of the AGM. If a Board member’s holding in the company on the date of the AGM should exceed one per cent of the total share capital, the fee shall be paid fully in cash. Panostaja Oyj’s Board also decided at its organisational meeting held upon completion of the AGM to implement the...

Four of nine checkpoint inhibitor-sensitive patients experienced RECIST responses post vaccination; median duration without disease progression after initial GEN-009 vaccination was 15 months Two of seven CPI-refractory patients experienced stable disease for up to 10 months after initial GEN-009 vaccination In the monotherapy cohort, six of eight patients with no measurable disease continue without recurrence for a median duration of 25 months after initial GEN-009 vaccination Augmented T cell responses to ATLAS™-identified vaccine neoantigens were durable for at least 6 months post first GEN-009 vaccination CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Genocea Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNCA), a biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation neoantigen immunotherapies, presents updated immunogenicity and clinical response...

Graham Holdings Makes Clear It Will Not Raise Merger Consideration of $8.50 Per Share SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leaf Group Ltd. (“Leaf Group” or the “Company”) (NYSE: LEAF), a diversified consumer internet company, today announced that it received the following letter from Graham Holdings Company (“Graham Holdings”) (NYSE: GHC) regarding its pending acquisition of the Company: Arlington, Virginia June 3, 2021 Leaf Group Ltd. (“Leaf Group” or the “Company”)1655 26th StreetSanta Monica, CA 90404Attention: Mr. Sean Moriarty, Chief Executive Officer with copies to: the Board of Directors of Leaf Group Ltd. Dear Sean, We are writing to provide clarity to you and to the Leaf Group stockholders, and reiterate that we will not increase the merger consideration of $8.50 in cash per share of Leaf Group common...

Ghent, 4th of June 2021, 15:00 – Press release / Regulated Information  Euronext today congratulates ABO-Group Environment, an engineering company in the environment sector which operates in the activities of geotechnics, soil remediation, energy and water and waste management, on the Compartment C of Euronext’s regulated market in Paris (ticker code: ABO).  ABO helps organisations and local authorities in Belgium, in the Netherlands and in France, face the major challenges of our era, such as risks linked to climate change or the pollution of our soils through multiple origins. After listing on Euronext Brussels in 2014, the listing on Euronext Paris was a natural next step for ABO-Group Environment since the group now derives more than 50% of its revenues from France, following three recent acquisitions. The group’s aim with this dual...

Phil Hardin Joins as Chief Financial Officer Deanna Jurgens Joins as Chief Growth Officer Margaret “Jackie” Trask Joins as Chief People Officer EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), a leader in plant-based meat, today announced the appointments of Phil Hardin as Chief Financial Officer, Deanna Jurgens as Chief Growth Officer and Margaret “Jackie” Trask as Chief People Officer. These seasoned veterans bring extensive experience to the Beyond Meat executive leadership team to support the company’s continued growth and innovation-focused culture. “We are excited to welcome Phil, Deanna and Jackie to the Beyond Meat executive leadership team,” said Ethan Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, Beyond Meat. “In each case, we conducted extensive searches to identify best-in-class...

ominQ to deploy PERCS™️ (Permitting, Enforcement, Revenue and Collection) Cloud-hosted Software PERCS™ represents a SaaS Revenue model Additional Gold Service Level Agreement (SLA) provides 24/7/365 support coverageSALT LAKE CITY, June 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — omniQ Corp (OTCQB: OMQS) (“OMNIQ” or “the Company”), a provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IoT – based solutions, announced today a Phase 1 Software as a Service Agreement with a multi-billion dollar top ranked medical center (Medical Center), to deploy its PERCS™ (Permitting, Enforcement, Revenue and Collection) Cloud-hosted Software for campus parking management.   On an annual basis, the Medical Center generates more than $5 billion in revenue, seeing more than 5 million patients, with more than 50,000 employees and runs a campus on more than 100 acres...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 3-for-1 stock split to be distributed to shareholders as a stock dividend.   Each shareholder of record at the close of business on June 18, 2021, will receive two additional shares of CSX common stock for each share held as of this record date. The new shares will be distributed on June 28, 2021. The regular, quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share payable on June 15, 2021, will not be impacted by the stock split.   Based on the current dividend rate, the post-split quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock would be $0.093* per share. *On a post-split basis, the dividend will be carried out six decimal places to most closely approximate the current dividend amount. About...