Day: December 10, 2021

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (“XORTX” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: XRTX | TSXV: XRTX | Frankfurt: ANU), a pharmaceutical therapeutics company focused on developing innovative therapies to treat progressive kidney disease, is pleased to highlight and announce the online publication of the peer reviewed paper entitled “Prevalence and Outcomes Associated with Hyperuricemia in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19” in the American Journal of Nephrology and available at the link below. This paper highlights the results of the study that was conducted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in partnership with XORTX and focused on the clinical outcomes of 834 patients with COVID-19 infection who were hospitalized at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. As is typical for COVID-19...

In accordance with a decision made by the Annual General Meeting held on May 19, 2021, the Nomination Committee shall comprise the representatives for the three largest shareholders by votes, as per end of September 2021, and the Chairman of the Board. If a shareholder does not exercise its right to appoint a member, entitlement to appoint a member of the Nomination Committee transfers to the shareholder who is the next largest shareholder in terms of voting rights. Based on the above, the Nomination Committee is composed with participants representing the largest shareholders in Active Biotech as of September 30, 2021, and consists of: Michael Shalmi, chairmanMats Arnhög, MGA HoldingPer Colleen, 4:e AP FondenPeter Thelin For the 2022 Annual General Meeting, the Nomination Committee shall prepare and submit proposals regarding the Chairman...

TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) published its report on Human Rights today outlining the company’s revised policies and standards and their implementation since the merger with Randgold Resources. The publication of the report coincides with the United Nations’ Human Rights Day, which commemorates the day, in 1948, when the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The theme for this year is Equality. During 2020, Barrick updated several standards including the Use of Force Standard and developed a new Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Standard. It also revised, updated and restarted its human rights program, in which every operation conducts a human rights assessment on a two- to three-year cycle. To date, all high- and medium-risk...

MONTREAL, Dec. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSX: LB) (the “Bank”) announced today that it has received the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI to launch a normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”) to repurchase for cancellation up to 875,000 of its common shares (“Shares”), being approximately 2% of the total number of 43,586,867 Shares outstanding as at December 1, 2021. The actual number of Shares which may be purchased pursuant to the NCIB, and the timing of purchases, will be determined by the Bank. After considering alternative means of distributing excess capital to shareholders, the Bank has concluded that it would be in the best interests of the Bank and its shareholders to implement a NCIB. It is a flexible...

Company Announcement no. 36 / 10 December 2021 DFDS will report and hold the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the following dates in 2022: Q4 and year-end report 2021                8 February         Deadline for submission ofproposals to the AGM                           8 February         Annual report 2021                            24 February AGM                                                 23 March Q1 report 2022                                 11 May Q2 report 2022                                16 August Q3 report 2022                                17 NovemberMonthly ferry volume updates will be released at around 10.00am CET on the following dates in 2022: 12 January  8 February11 March12 April11 May13 June12 July16 August13 September12 October17 November13 DecemberContact Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42...

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Dec. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) today announces that new analyses and updates on the ongoing studies of surufatinib combined with toripalimab, in multiple disease settings, presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology’s (ESMO) Immuno-Oncology Congress 2021, taking place virtually on December 8-11, 2021. Further details of the poster presentations are as follows:Title: Surufatinib plus toripalimab in patients with advanced small cell lung cancer (SCLC) after failure of 1L systemic chemotherapyFirst Author: Ying Cheng, MD, Jilin Cancer HospitalAbstract No. & Link: 157PDate & Time: Thursday, December 9, 2021, 11:30am – 11:50am CET      Title: Surufatinib plus toripalimab for 2L treatment...

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