Day: June 8, 2021

Industry veteran Jane Gerhard retiring NEW YORK, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) (“Cowen” or the “Company”) today announced that Jenny Killeen has joined the company as Managing Director, Head of Human Resources, succeeding Jane Gerhard, who is retiring from the Company. In her role, Ms. Killeen will be responsible for the Company’s people strategy, including talent acquisition, retention and development. In addition, Ms. Killeen is joining Cowen’s Management Committee, comprised of senior executives from across the organization and responsible for the development and execution of Cowen’s long-term strategy. She will be based in New York and will have a dual reporting line to Jeffrey M. Solomon, Chief Executive Officer, and John Holmes, Chief Operating Officer. “At Cowen, our people are our greatest asset,”...

Figure 1P17 Area Plan MapFigure 2P17 Long Section 730270 EVANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orezone Gold Corporation (TSX.V: ORE, OTCQX: ORZCF) (the “Company” or “Orezone”) is pleased to announce initial results from its ongoing drilling program to test the expansion potential at the P17S deposit at its Bomboré Gold Project, located in Burkina Faso. The drilling program has been very successful returning the best hole to date at P17S with several other wide, multigram gold intercepts near surface outside of the current reserves and resource envelopes (see Figure 1). These drill results intersected multiple high-grade stacked zones of mineralization to the north of the P17S reserves including a new wide, shallowly dipping zone with excellent down-plunge continuity (see...

nCino’s robust, cloud-based platform to provide a seamless application experience for forward-looking Pacific-Northwest Bank WILMINGTON, N.C., June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that $761 million-asset, Oregon-based Summit Bank selected nCino’s Bank Operating System to transform its operations and digitize its commercial lending business. Summit Bank will be utilizing nCino’s Commercial Banking and Automated Spreading solutions to empower the bank to gain insights faster and make proactive, impactful decisions that best serve its client base. nCino’s Automated Spreading, powered by nCino IQ (nIQ), can seamlessly spread financials to accurately and efficiently automate tasks and provide...

Proof-of-concept trial will evaluate vilobelimab alone and in combination with pembrolizumabJENA, Germany, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InflaRx N.V. (Nasdaq: IFRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing anti-inflammatory therapeutics by targeting the complement system, today announced the enrollment of the first patient in an open-label, multicenter Phase II clinical study evaluating vilobelimab alone and in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor resistant/refractory locally advanced or metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). The Phase II clinical trial is expected to enroll approximately 70 patients at sites in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere. The study will investigate two independent arms: vilobelimab alone and vilobelimab in combination with pembrolizumab....

MediPharm and ADREXpharma continue to lead the way addressing rising patient demand in the burgeoning German Medical Cannabis Market that saw sales increase 34% last year128,000 active patients at end of 2020; German patients spent an average of $500EUR per month, finished products and extract sales continue to gain market shareMediPharm and ADREXpharma on track to deliver subsequent shipments to Germany in Q2 2021, completed first shipments in Q1 2021ADREXpharma is Germany’s largest independent privately owned Medical Cannabis company with deep pharma market expertise.TORONTO, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MediPharm Labs Corp. (TSX: LABS) (OTCQX: MEDIF) (FSE: MLZ) (“MediPharm” or the “Company”), a global leader in specialized, research-driven pharmaceutical-quality development and manufacture of cannabis API and...

NICOSIA, Cyprus, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — QIWI plc (NASDAQ: QIWI) (MOEX: QIWI) (“QIWI” or the “Company”), a leading provider of next generation payment and financial services in Russia and the CIS, today announced the appointment of Andrey Protopopov as Chief Executive Officer effective June 2, 2021. As Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Protopopov will take over the responsibilities of Boris Kim. Mr. Protopopov has long played a vital role at QIWI, in particular, its product development function. Prior to his current position as the Chief Executive Officer of Payment Services Segment, Mr. Protopopov has served as Head of IT and Product from June 2015 to August 2019 and Head of Product Management from September 2013 to June 2015. Mr. Protopopov has over 12 years of commercial and product managing experience. Before joining QIWI,...

CARLSBAD, Calif., June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aurora Spine Corporation (“Aurora Spine” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ASG) (OTCQB: ASAPF), a designer and manufacturer of innovative medical devices that improve spinal surgery outcomes, today announced that it will participate in the Lytham Partners Summer 2021 Investor Conference from June 14-16. Aurora’s President and CEO Trent Northcutt, will deliver the company’s investor presentation on Monday, June 14, 2021 at 12:30pm ET. A webcast of the presentation will be available on the Company’s website at www.aurora-spine.com or https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2422/41451. The webcast will be archived and available for replay following the live event. Mr. Northcutt and Mr. Chad Clouse, CFO of Aurora Spine, will also be available for one-on-one meetings throughout the event, which...