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Arcus Biosciences, Inc., an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company working to create best-in-class cancer therapies, announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted twelve new employees options to purchase a total of 180,200 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price per share of $30.90, which was the closing price on April 8, 2021.

CM Life Sciences III Inc. (the “ Company ”) announced today that it closed its initial public offering of 55,200,000 units at $10.00 per unit, including 7,200,000 units issued pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of its over-allotment option.

Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SANA), a company focused on creating and delivering engineered cells as medicines, today announced data from its T cell programs are being presented at the virtual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2021.

Activ Surgical™, a digital surgery pioneer, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the company’s ActivSight™ Intraoperative Imaging Module for enhanced surgical visualization.

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTX), a precision oncology company developing next-generation therapies that target genetic drivers of cancer, today announced new preclinical data supporting the ongoing development of three of its drug candidates, repotrectinib, TPX-0022 and TPX-0131.

Vascular Biogenics Ltd. (“VBL Therapeutics” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VBLT), today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 5,150,265 ordinary shares and, to certain investors in lieu thereof, pre-funded warrants to purchase 8,050,000 ordinary shares in an underwritten public offering, at a price to the public of $1.90 per ordinary share and $1.89 per pre-funded warrant

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the American Society of Nephrology have named Outset Medical’s Tablo Hemodialysis System® one of seven winners in Round 2 of the KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge, recognizing innovative solutions for safely delivering kidney care during the pandemic.

Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:APVO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel immuno-oncology therapeutics based on its proprietary ADAPTIRTM and ADAPTIR-FLEXTM platform technologies, today announced that it will present two new posters at the American Association for Cancer Research Virtual Annual Meeting

Each year the National Kidney Foundation considers the work of hundreds of specialists, advocates and volunteers in the field of nephrology and selects among them those who most exemplify the relentless efforts of NKF to enhance the lives of patients through action, education, and accelerating change.

The American Urological Association (AUA) is pleased to announce Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of Brown University School of Public Health and globally recognized expert on the COVID-19 pandemic preparedness and response, will deliver the keynote address at the 2021 Annual Urology Advocacy Summit.