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Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) (“Mereo” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology and rare diseases, and Cancer Focus Fund, LP, a unique venture capital fund established in collaboration with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (“MD Anderson”) to provide funding and clinical expertise to advance promising cancer therapies

Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS) today announced the company will take part in a virtual fireside chat at the 2021 RBC Capital Markets Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

Blue Therapeutics is a Boston based drug discovery and development company. The lead asset BLUE-181 is approaching IND and has successfully provided the proof of concept and the blueprint for the R2i platform.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2021. Total revenues in the first quarter were $1,636.5 million, a 13 percent increase compared to the same period in 2020.

Sales revenues amounted to € 219.6 million, in line with the previous year; EBITDA increased by 34%, reaching € 34 million.

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company translating genetic insights into the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders (CNS) characterized by neuronal imbalance, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to PRAX-562 for the treatment of SCN2A development and epileptic encephalopathy (SCN2A-DEE).

MEI Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEIP) (“MEI”), a late-stage pharmaceutical company focused on advancing new therapies for cancer, today announced the retirement of Robert Mass, M.D., MEI’s chief medical officer.

Therapeutic Solutions International, Inc., (OTC Markets: TSOI), announced today receipt of a written communication from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its Investigational New Drug (IND) application, which was granted number 27377.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved oral, once-daily ORLADEYO™ (berotralstat) for the prevention of recurrent hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks in HAE patients 12 years and older.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of a higher dose naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray product to treat opioid overdose.