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YS Biopharma to Hold an Extraordinary General Meeting on February 22, 2024 pursuant to a Shareholder Requisition to Enhance Corporate Governance
YS Biopharma Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: YS) ("YS Biopharma"), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, manufacturing, and delivering new generations of vaccines and therapeutic biologics for infectious diseases and cancer, today announced that the Company received a requisition to convene an extraordinary general meeting ("EGM") of the Company (the "Requisition") from APEX Prospect Limited (the "Requisitioning Shareholder"), a registered member of the Company that holds no less than 10% of the aggregate voting power of the Company's share capital as of February 12, 2024.
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YS Biopharma Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: YS) ("YS Biopharma" or the "Company"), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, manufacturing, and delivering new generations of vaccines and therapeutic biologics for infectious diseases and cancer, today announced the results of its extraordinary general meeting (the "EGM") held on February 16, 2024 in Seattle, United States.
YS Biopharma Announces Appointment of New Directors
In addition to the new appointments, the Board has elected Dr. Ajit Shetty, who had served as the Company's Interim Chairperson of the Board since December 9, 2023, as Chairperson of the Board
LianBio Announces Completion of Strategic Review
The Company currently anticipates a substantial portion of the wind down activities, including fulfillment of transition service obligations under its existing agreements and gradual cessation of currently active clinical trials, will be completed by the end of 2024.
Brii Biosciences Announces Agreement to Acquire VBI’s IP Rights in BRII-179 (VBI-2601) and Plans to Initiate Technology Transfer to Expand Clinical and Commercial Supplies
Under these agreements, Brii Bio will issue a $2.5 million promissory note to VBI initially.
Gracell Biotechnologies to be acquired by AstraZeneca, furthering cell therapy ambition across oncology and autoimmune diseases
Proposed acquisition will enrich the AstraZeneca cell therapy pipeline with clinical-stage autologous BCMA/CD19 CAR-T therapy targeting haematologic malignancies and autoimmune diseases, and proprietary cell therapy manufacturing platform
GSK enters exclusive license agreement with Hansoh for HS-20093
HS-20093 is currently being investigated in ongoing phase I and II trials in China.
“Windtree and Lee’s sign licence deal for heart failure therapy”
Windtree is entitled to receive $138.1m in milestone payments.
OnCusp Therapeutics Raises Oversubscribed $100 Million Series A Financing to Advance Portfolio of Assets for Cancer Patients
OnCusp Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming cutting-edge preclinical innovation into clinically validated treatments for cancer patients worldwide, today announced an oversubscribed $100 million Series A financing round.
