Day: July 26, 2025

SHANGHAI, China, July 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD), a global leader of autonomous driving technology, has been granted a permit from the Shanghai municipal government to operate regulation-compliant, Level 4 (L4) autonomous Robotaxi ride-hailing services. Issued during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC 2025) in Shanghai, the permit enables WeRide, in partnership with Chery Group and Jinjiang Taxi, to deploy Robotaxis on public roads in Pudong New Area. This milestone also marks the WeRide Robotaxi’s official entry into its tenth city globally. As part of WAIC’s Level 4 Intelligent Vehicle Experience Showcase, the three partners jointly launched the event’s only fully mass-produced, pre-installed L4 Robotaxi shuttle service. The service connects key Shanghai transport hubs and cultural-tourism...

– Phase 1a clinical data in healthy participants presented for both ABI-5366 and ABI-1179, novel long-acting herpes simplex virus helicase-primase inhibitor candidates – – Preclinical data and U.S. genital herpes prevalence and treatment patterns also highlighted – – Interim proof-of-concept Phase 1b data in participants with recurrent genital herpes expected for both candidates in fall 2025 – SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASMB), a biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics targeting serious viral diseases, today announced Phase 1a clinical and preclinical data for its herpes simplex virus (HSV) helicase-primase inhibitor candidates ABI-5366 and ABI-1179 are featured in multiple poster presentations, including one late-breaker, during the STI &...

SHANGHAI, China, July 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pony AI Inc. (“Pony.ai” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PONY), a global leader in achieving large-scale commercialization of autonomous mobility, today announced that it has received a permit to provide fully driverless commercial Robotaxi services of Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, issued at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (“WAIC”) 2025. This achievement demonstrates not only increasing regulatory trust and recognition in the Company’s technology and safety standards, but also represents another major milestone in advancing Robotaxi commercialization in a top-tier urban market in China. Pony.ai is among the first companies to receive this approval, making it the only company with fully driverless commercial Robotaxi service permits in all four of China’s tier-one cities—Beijing,...