Day: December 9, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Serve Robotics Inc. (Nasdaq: SERV), a leading embodied AI and automation company, today announced the appointment of Lily Sarafan to its Board of Directors (the “Board”). Sarafan is an accomplished leader with nearly 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, executive leadership and board governance. She is co-founder and former chief executive of TheKey, one of the largest and most trusted in-home care provider networks, where she serves as executive chair. Sarafan currently serves on the boards of Instacart, Thumbtack and Kyo as well as on the board of trustees of Stanford University. She has been recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year, a Fortune 40 Under 40, Women Health Care Executives’ Woman of the Year, and a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute....

WESTPORT, Conn., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Compass Diversified (NYSE: CODI) (“CODI” or the “Company”), an owner of leading middle market businesses, today announced that it will host its investor day on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 9:30am ET at Convene’s One Liberty Plaza location in New York City. The event will include a presentation by CODI’s executive management team followed by a Q&A session, as well as a panel discussion moderated by CODI CEO, Elias Sabo with the CEOs of 5.11 Tactical, PrimaLoft, and Altor Solutions. A summary agenda is provided below. All times in EST.• 9:30am – 10:00am: Participant check-in and continental breakfast• 10:00am – 11:30pm: Compass Diversified presentation and Q&A session• 11:30am – 12:30pm: Moderated panel discussion• 12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch and self-guided,...

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Verrica” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: VRCA), a dermatology therapeutics company developing medications for skin diseases requiring medical interventions, today announced that Verrica’s Compensation Committee granted David Zawitz, Verrica’s new Chief Operating Officer, a nonqualified stock option to purchase 950,000 shares of its common stock under the Company’s Inducement Plan, effective December 9, 2024. The stock option was granted as a material inducement to Mr. Zawitz’s employment with Verrica in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The Inducement Plan is used exclusively for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously an employee or non-employee director of Verrica (or following a bona fide period of non-employment),...

Investigators concluded that the encouraging oncologic outcomes coupled with a favorable safety profile warrant further evaluation in a randomized trial 23 months median Overall Survival from date of diagnosis was observed in 22 patients with locally advanced or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer US FDA approved protocol amendment to launch new cohort evaluating RT-activated NBTXR3 combined with standard-of-care concurrent chemotherapy and recruitment is ongoing Full data from the completed dose escalation and dose expansion cohorts to be presented at a medical congress in 1H 2025PARIS and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NANOBIOTIX (Euronext: NANO –– NASDAQ: NBTX – the ‘‘Company’’), a late-clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering nanoparticle-based therapeutic approaches to expand treatment possibilities...

CHMP opinion now expected in 1Q 2025 No Major Objections outstanding; continue to expect Germany launch in 2Q 2025 PITTSBURGH, Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRYS), a commercial-stage biotechnology company, today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) cancelled the Oral Explanation regarding the Company’s Marketing Authorization Application for beremagene geperpavec-svdt (B-VEC) for the treatment of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) that was scheduled for December 6, 2024, and asked the Company to submit written responses to the remaining outstanding issues. There are no Major Objections outstanding from the EMA with respect to the full approval of B-VEC. “We are confident in our ability to address the remaining...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that Tim Keating has joined the company as senior vice president, Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs, effective today. “Tim is a strong addition to lead our government relations team,” said Ava Hahn, AMD senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. “As high-performance and AI chips play an increasingly larger role in our daily lives over the coming years, Tim’s extensive public policy expertise and deep understanding of regulatory landscapes will play a critical role expanding our engagements with key stakeholders.” Keating has decades of experience, including more than 14 years at Boeing as executive vice president, Government Relations. Before Boeing, he was the senior vice president of Global Government Operations...

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEE), a leading provider of trusted local journalism across the United States, today announced a first-of-its-kind content partnership with ProRata.ai, an innovator in artificial intelligence-driven solutions. This partnership marks a pivotal milestone in the evolution of hyper-personalized local content and real-time advertising solutions tailored to the unique needs of local search and AI search engines. Through this partnership, Lee Enterprises and ProRata.ai will collaborate on groundbreaking technology integration and co-development efforts to bring a cutting-edge attribution platform to local media. The alliance aims to redefine how local news and advertising are delivered, enabling hyper-personalized content experiences and seamless real-time...

Nokia CorporationStock Exchange Release9 December 2024 at 22:30 EET Nokia Corporation: Repurchase of own shares on 09.12.2024 Espoo, Finland – On 9 December 2024 Nokia Corporation (LEI: 549300A0JPRWG1KI7U06) has acquired its own shares (ISIN FI0009000681) as follows:Trading venue (MIC Code) Number of shares Weighted average price / share, EUR*XHEL 872,093 4.18CEUX – –BATE – –AQEU – –TQEX – –Total 872,093 4.18* Rounded to two decimals On 22 November 2024, Nokia announced that its Board of Directors is initiating a share buyback program to offset the dilutive effect of new Nokia shares issued to the shareholders of Infinera Corporation and certain Infinera Corporation share-based incentives. The repurchases in compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014...