Day: July 6, 2021

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC, OTCQX: KCCFF) (“Kutcho Copper” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has agreed to buy back the royalty held by Sumac Mines (now Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada) (the “Sumac Royalty”) and terminate Sumac’s Right of First Refusal to purchase concentrates (the “Sumac ROFR”) from the Kutcho copper-zinc project, both of which rights were granted under an Acquisition Agreement between Sumac Mines Ltd. and Western Keltic Mines Inc. dated August 29, 2003. The total purchase price of the Sumac Royalty buyback and Sumac ROFR termination is USD $3.2 million to be paid as follows:An initial payment of USD $1,000,000 (paid) A second payment of USD $500,000 on or before October 5, 2021; and A final payment of USD $1,700,000 on or before December...

BUFFALO, N.Y., July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Athenex, Inc., (NASDAQ: ATNX), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of cancer and related conditions, today announced that the Company held a Type A meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during the second quarter of 2021 to discuss the deficiencies raised in the Complete Response Letter (CRL) received in February. At the meeting, Athenex provided additional analyses, including overall survival (OS) data on patient subgroups, to provide a more comprehensive summary of the risk/benefit assessment. Athenex also proposed to collect additional OS data that could inform the design of a new clinical study. The FDA was supportive and encouraged the Company to continue development...

North America’s largest biogas upgrading supply agreement for U.S. animal livestock operations MONTREAL, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xebec Adsorption Inc. (TSX: XBC) (“Xebec”), a global provider of clean energy solutions, is pleased to announce today that it has signed a Master Service Agreement (“MSA”) with a leading U.S.-based renewable natural gas (“RNG”) dairy farm project developer for the purchase of BGX Biostream™ (“Biostream”) units. The MSA will support the order of an initial 18 units, with the potential for additional orders under the same service agreement. This agreement represents the single largest unit order the company has received to date for Biostream and the largest in number of systems ever awarded in North America for dairy farm biogas upgrading projects. As a result of the MSA and additional expected...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V., (NYSE: PAC; BMV: GAP) (“the Company” or “GAP”) announces preliminary terminal passenger traffic figures for the month of June 2021, which includes comparisons with the 2019 and 2020 figures to facilitate the reading and understanding of the passenger traffic trend. For June 2021, the total number of terminal passengers at GAP’s 12 Mexican airports decreased by 2.2%, compared to the same period of 2019. Los Cabos, Tijuana, and Puerto Vallarta airports presented an increase in passenger traffic of 14.9%, 10.4% and 2.8%, respectively, while the Guadalajara and Guanajuato airports presented a decrease of only 14.3% and 14.4%, respectively, which demonstrates a positive trend in our Mexican airports. In relation to international travel...

LA JOLLA, Calif., July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a pending patent application which covers MN-166 (ibudilast) for the treatment of ophthalmic disease. Once issued, the patent maturing from this allowed patent application is expected to expire no earlier than October 2039.  The allowed claims cover methods of treating an ophthalmic disease/disorder or injury associated with a neurodegenerative disease/disorder or a neuro-ophthalmologic disorder by administering to a human patient a therapeutically effective amount of MN-166 (ibudilast). The allowed claims specifically...

Presentations to Provide New Insights on the Real-World Effectiveness and Durability of Leading Minimally Invasive Procedure for Enlarged Prostate WAYNE, Pa., July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE:TFX) today announced that new data from real-world clinical studies of the UroLift® System for men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) will be presented at the 36th European Association of Urology (EAU) 2021 Annual Congress taking place virtually July 8-12. There is increasing interest in the role of Real-World Data (RWD) to supplement data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and demonstrate effectiveness in the broad population of patients and health care providers in the real world. Teleflex has invested significantly in RWD and these study results will provide new insights about men treated with the...

GREENWICH, Conn., July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO) today announced that the incoming leadership team of GXO Logistics will host a virtual Investor Day on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. GXO is XPO’s planned spin-off of its global logistics segment. The Investor Day agenda will include management’s discussion of GXO’s investment highlights, operations, technology, financial performance and growth prospects, as well as a Q&A session. Presenting on behalf of GXO will be:Brad Jacobs, chairman Malcolm Wilson, chief executive officer Baris Oran, chief financial officer Mark Manduca, chief investment officer Bill Fraine, chief commercial officer Richard Cawston, president, Europe Eduardo Pelleissone, president, North America and Asia Gavin Williams, president,...