On April 6, 2020 Bicycle Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: BCYC), a biotechnology company pioneering a new and differentiated class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycles) technology, reported that management will participate in a panel discussion on bispecifics at the Canaccord Genuity Horizons in Oncology Conference on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 10:15 a.m. ET. The conference will be held in a virtual meeting format (Press release, Bicycle Therapeutics, APR 6, 2020, View Source [SID1234556147]).

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A live webcast of the panel will be accessible in the Investors & Media section of Bicycle’s website at www.bicycletherapeutics.com. An archived replay of the webcast will be available for 60 days following the presentation date.

On April 6, 2020 LabCorp (NYSE: LH) reported that it will release its first quarter of 2020 financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, and then will host a conference call and webcast beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT to discuss the results (Press release, LabCorp, APR 6, 2020, View Source [SID1234556146]). The earnings release and accompanying financial information will be posted on the LabCorp Investor Relations website.

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Interested parties can access the conference call by dialing 1-844-634-1444 within the U.S. and Canada, or 1-615-247-0253 internationally, using the passcode 3137489. In addition, a real-time webcast of the conference call will be available on the LabCorp Investor Relations website.

An audio replay of the conference call will be available from 1:00 p.m. EDT on April 29, 2020, until 11:30 a.m. EDT on May 13, 2020, by dialing 1-855-859-2056 within the U.S. and Canada, or 1-404-537-3406 internationally, using the passcode 3137489. The webcast of the conference call will be archived and accessible through April 16, 2021, on the LabCorp Investor Relations website.

On March 31, 2020, Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") and Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P., Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P., and Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS, L.P. (collectively, "BVF") reported that it has entered into an Exchange Agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") pursuant to which BVF agreed to exchange (the "Exchange") an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 ("Common Stock"), owned by BVF for an aggregate of 3,000 shares of the Company’s newly-designated Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, a "toothless" preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Series D Preferred Stock") (Filing, 8-K, Pieris Pharmaceuticals, APR 6, 2020, View Source [SID1234556145]). The Exchange closed on April 1, 2020.

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As described below, the Series D Preferred Stock has substantially the same terms as the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Series C Preferred Stock"), issued in November 2019, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Series B Preferred Stock"), issued in January 2019, and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Series A Preferred Stock"), issued in June 2016, all currently held by entities affiliated with BVF. The shares of Series D Preferred Stock issued in the Exchange are convertible into an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in the Series D Certificate of Designation, as defined below), subject to a 9.99% beneficial ownership blocker provision described below.

As of the date of the Exchange Agreement, BVF represented to the Company that it beneficially owned 5,872,762 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 10.64% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of such date. In addition, BVF holds (i) 2,907 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, which are convertible into 2,907,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in the Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Series A Certificate of Designation")), subject to a 9.99% beneficial ownership blocker provision set forth in the Series A Certificate of Designation; (ii) 5,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which are convertible into 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in the Certificate of Designation of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Series B Certificate of Designation")), subject to a 9.99% beneficial ownership blocker provision set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation; and (iii) 3,522 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, which are convertible into 3,522,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in the Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Series C Certificate of Designation")), subject to a 9.99% beneficial ownership blocker provision set forth in the Series C Certificate of Designation.

A copy of the Exchange Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the Exchange Agreement, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Exchange Agreement. The representations, warranties and covenants made by the Company in the Exchange Agreement were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Exchange Agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties thereto, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to investors. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were made as of March 31, 2020. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of the Company’s affairs.

On April 6, 2020 Seres Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: MCRB) reported the appointment of Lisa von Moltke, M.D., FCP, as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. Dr. von Moltke joins Seres with an extensive career that includes senior leadership positions at Alkermes, Sanofi Genzyme and Millennium Pharmaceuticals/Takeda Oncology (Press release, Seres Therapeutics, APR 6, 2020, View Source [SID1234556143]).

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"We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Lisa von Moltke as a key addition to our team. Lisa is joining Seres during an especially important period ahead of our anticipated SER-109 ECOSPOR III Phase 3 clinical readout in recurrent C. difficile infection," said Eric Shaff, President and Chief Executive Officer of Seres. "Seres will benefit from Lisa’s extensive experience directing successful development programs, leading clinical teams, and interacting with regulatory agencies across multiple areas of medicine."

"I am excited to join Seres during such a pivotal time with the Company advancing promising development-stage therapeutic candidates for C. difficile infection, ulcerative colitis and cancer," said Dr. von Moltke. "I look forward to working with the team to bring Seres’ innovative microbiome therapeutic approach, a new modality of medicine, forward to patients with serious diseases."

Dr. von Moltke most recently served as Senior Vice President and Head of Clinical Development at Alkermes. Prior to that, she held positions as Vice President of Clinical and Exploratory Pharmacology at Sanofi Genzyme and Senior Director of Translational Medicine at Millennium Pharmaceuticals/Takeda Oncology. She has served as President of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and as the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. von Moltke earned her B.A. degree at Wellesley College and her M.D. from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She trained in internal medicine at New England Medical Center Hospital and started her career as a clinical pharmacology fellow at Tufts University School of Medicine and New England Medical Center Hospital.

On April 6, 2020 AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) ("AbbVie") reported the extension of the expiration date of the offers to exchange (each, an "Exchange Offer" and, collectively, the "Exchange Offers") any and all outstanding notes of certain series issued by Allergan Finance, LLC ("Allergan Finance"), Allergan, Inc. ("Allergan Inc"), Allergan Sales, LLC ("Allergan Sales") and Allergan Funding SCS ("Allergan Funding" and, together with Allergan Finance, Allergan Inc and Allergan Sales, "Allergan") (the "Allergan Notes") for new notes to be issued by AbbVie (the "AbbVie Notes") and the related consent solicitations (each, a "Consent Solicitation" and, collectively, the "Consent Solicitations") being made by AbbVie on behalf of Allergan to adopt certain amendments to each of the indentures (each, an "Allergan Indenture") governing the Allergan Notes. AbbVie hereby extends such expiration date from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 10, 2020 to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 24, 2020 (as the same may be further extended, the "Expiration Date") (Press release, AbbVie, APR 6, 2020, View Source [SID1234556141]).

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On the early participation date of November 7, 2019, requisite consents were received and supplemental indentures were executed eliminating substantially all of the covenants, restrictive provisions, events of default and any guarantees of the related Allergan Notes in each Allergan Indenture. Such supplemental indentures will become operative only upon settlement of the Exchange Offers.

The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were commenced in connection with AbbVie’s previously announced proposed acquisition of Allergan plc (the "Acquisition") and are being made pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the confidential offering memorandum and consent solicitation statement, dated October 25, 2019, and the related letter of transmittal, each as amended by the press releases dated November 18, 2019, December 20, 2019, January 27, 2020, February 24, 2020, March 9, 2020 and March 23, 2020 and as amended hereby (collectively, the "Offering Documents"), and are conditioned upon the closing of the Acquisition, which condition may not be waived by AbbVie, and certain other conditions that may be waived by AbbVie.

The settlement date for the Exchange Offers is expected to occur promptly after the Expiration Date and the Expiration Date of each of the Exchange Offers is expected to be extended to occur on or about the closing date of the Acquisition. As a result, the Expiration Date may be further extended one or more times. AbbVie currently anticipates providing notice of any such extension in advance of the Expiration Date.

Except as described in this press release, all other terms of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations remain unchanged.

Documents relating to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations will only be distributed to eligible holders of Allergan Notes who complete and return an eligibility form confirming that they are either a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or not a "U.S. person" and outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act. Except as amended by the press releases dated November 18, 2019, December 20, 2019, January 27, 2020, February 24, 2020, March 9, 2020 and March 23, 2020 and as amended hereby, the complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are described in the Offering Documents, copies of which may be obtained by contacting Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the exchange agent and information agent in connection with the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, at (866) 470-3900 (U.S. toll-free) or (212) 430-3774 (banks and brokers). The eligibility form is available electronically at: View Source

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders or consents with respect to, any security. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are being made solely pursuant to the Offering Documents and only to such persons and in such jurisdictions as are permitted under applicable law.

The AbbVie Notes offered in the Exchange Offers have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. Therefore, the AbbVie Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.