Day: December 22, 2021

WHITTIER, Calif., Dec. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Friendly Hills Bancorp (OTCBB: FHLB) (the “Company”), the parent company of Friendly Hills Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that Mr. Nathan Rogge has been appointed the Company’s and the Bank’s President and CEO. The Company, the Bank and Mr. Frank Kavanaugh, a shareholder, also jointly announced that they have entered into a Settlement Agreement pursuant to which the Company and the Bank have restructured their Board of Directors to nine members consisting of Jason Baker, Jeffrey Ball, Mercedes Broening, Richard Casford, William C. Greenbeck, Joe Matranga, Christopher Naghibi, Sara Nofeliyan and Nathan Rogge. Mr. Matranga will serve as Chairman and Mr. Ball will serve as Vice Chairman. As part of the agreement, Mr. Kavanaugh has agreed to withdraw all actions against the Company...

Anaheim, CA, Dec. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiveWire Ergogenics Inc. (OTC: LVVV), a company focused on acquiring, managing, and licensing special purpose real estate properties conducive to producing high-quality, handcrafted, and organically grown cannabis products for medical and recreational adult-use in California; today announced that the expansion of the cultivation area on Estrella Ranch by two additional acres is in the advanced stage. The expansion will increase the canopy area to over 130,000sf of cultivation for Estrella River Farms (“ERF”), with a majority of the additional acreage already reserved for cooperation with several popular third party California cannabis brands under private label. Bill Hodson, CEO of Livewire Ergogenics, states, “Our affiliate company, Estrella River Farms (ERF), has...

— Peak CD8+ T cell (anti-tumor) / Treg (pro-tumor) ratio increased ~2-3 fold over baseline with MDNA11 treatment in the trial’s first two dose escalation cohorts — MDNA11-induced increases in CD8+ T and NK cells compare favorably to competing IL-2 variants in the clinic — No dose limiting toxicity, or any evidence of cytokine release syndrome, nor any evidence of vascular leak syndrome has been observed TORONTO and HOUSTON, Dec. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. (“Medicenna” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: MDNA TSX: MDNA), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company, today announced preliminary data from the Phase 1/2 ABILITY (A Beta-only IL-2 ImmunoTherapY) study of MDNA11, the Company’s selective, long-acting and novel IL-2 super-agonist. Key findings from the ABILITY study’s first two dose escalation...

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: INSP) (“Inspire”), a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative and minimally invasive solutions for patients with obstructive sleep apnea, announced today that its management team will present at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. Inspire is scheduled to present at 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time. The presentation will be accessible via a live webcast at:https://jpmorgan.metameetings.net/events/healthcare22/sessions/40114-inspire-medical-systems-inc/webcast?gpu_only=true&kiosk=true A webcast replay of the presentation will be available for two weeks following the presentation in the Event Archive section of Inspire’s Investor website at https://investors.inspiresleep.com. About...

All amounts in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated. QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (TSXV: HEO) – H2O Innovation Inc. (“H2O Innovation” or the “Corporation”) is proud to announce that it has recently renewed the operation, management and maintenance (“O&M”) contract with the City of Long Beach, Mississippi, for an additional period of four years. This contract, valued at $12.0 M, brings the Corporation’s O&M backlog to $86.8 M. This renewal includes annual consumer price index (CPI) increases, scope expansion and the addition of five new full-time resources. “We are proud of this long-lasting relationship and thankful that the City has entrusted us to operate, manage and maintain their infrastructure. With the renewal of this project, our O&M contract renewal rate is maintained at 99%! This would...