On March 12, 2019 Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical-stage immunotherapeutics company, reported the closing of the previously announced registered direct offering of common units and pre-funded units receiving gross proceeds of $14 million (Press release, Altimmune, MAR 12, 2019, View Source [SID1234534252]).

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On March 8, 2019, the Company disclosed approximately $34.4 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of December 31, 2018. Altimmune intends to use the cash on hand together with the net proceeds of approximately $12.7 million from this offering for the continued advancement and development activities for its product pipeline, strategic growth opportunities (including potential acquisitions and/or licensing transactions), and general working capital purposes.

Roth Capital Partners acted as sole placement agent for the offering.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

The securities described above were offered by Altimmune pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-217034) that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 6, 2017. A final prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus relating to the offering were filed with the SEC on March 11, 2019 and are available on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained by contacting Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, California 92660, by telephone at (800) 678-9147 or e-mail at [email protected].

On March 12, 2019 Y-mAbs Therapeutics presented Corporate presentation (Presentation, Y-mAbs Therapeutics, MAR 12, 2019, View Source [SID1234534247]).

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On March 12, 2019 Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary blood tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics, reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018 (Press release, Guardant Health, MAR 12, 2019, View Source [SID1234534251]).

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Recent Highlights

Revenue of $32.9 million for the fourth quarter and $90.6 million for the full year of 2018, representing 64% and 82% increases, respectively, over the corresponding periods of 2017

NILE study, a head-to-head comparison of the Guardant360 assay to standard-of-care tissue testing met its primary endpoint, detecting a similar number of targetable biomarkers in NSCLC patients, which supports utilization of Guardant360 testing ahead of tissue testing

Launched the LUNAR assay to academic and biopharmaceutical researchers to support investigation of clinical applications, including for residual disease/recurrence monitoring and early detection

Announced an agreement with AstraZeneca to support the development of the Guardant360 and GuardantOMNI assays for use as companion diagnostics for Tagrisso and Imfinzi, respectively
"During 2018, we made important headway on key initiatives and are continuing to see strong adoption of our liquid biopsy platform, which has driven increased revenue of more than 80 percent over the prior year," said Helmy Eltoukhy, PhD, Chief Executive Officer. "We believe the recent NILE readout is an important catalyst supporting a blood-first paradigm for first-line use of Guardant360 testing for treatment selection ahead of tissue testing, offering lung cancer patients improved care with a faster time to treatment."

"In addition, we are encouraged by the progress we are making with our LUNAR program and look forward to presenting pilot LUNAR data at the AACR (Free AACR Whitepaper) conference next month. As a result of these developments, we are ramping up investment to accelerate our research and development efforts toward earlier cancer detection," continued Dr. Eltoukhy.

On March 12, 2019 TG Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TGTX), reported that data from the Phase 2 multicenter trial evaluating ublituximab (TG-1101), the Company’s novel glycoengineered anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, in relapsing forms of Multiple Sclerosis (RMS) has been selected for presentation at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual meeting, to be held May 4 – 10, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Press release, TG Therapeutics, MAR 12, 2019, View Source [SID1234534250]). Final data from the core Phase 2 trial has been previously presented, most recently at the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) annual meeting in Dallas, TX. In addition to highlighting the final Phase 2 data, the AAN presentation plans to include data from the open label extension (OLE), a trial made available to any patient who completed the core Phase 2 trial allowing them to continue treatment with ublituximab.

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The abstract is available online and can be accessed via the below link or on the AAN meeting website at www.aan.com.

Presentation Details:

Title:Open Label Extension (OLE) of Phase 2 Multicenter Study of Ublituximab (UTX), a Novel Glycoengineered Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) in Patients with Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (RMS)
— Presentation Date & Time:Tuesday May 7, 2019, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM ET
— Session Title: Poster Session P3: MS Clinical Trials and Therapeutic Research
— Presenter:Edward Fox, MD, PhD, Central Texas Neurology Consultants, Round Rock, TX
— Location:Pennsylvania Convention Center
— Abstract Number: 2055
These data support the ongoing, fully enrolled, international Phase 3 program evaluating ublituximab for the treatment of RMS. The Phase 3 trials, entitled ULTIMATE I and ULTIMATE II, are being conducted under Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are being led by Lawrence Steinman, MD, of Stanford University.

On March 12, 2019 CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and providing access to innovative therapies for patients with liver and other chronic diseases with high unmet medical need, reported that management will participate in four investor conferences in March, including the 31st Annual ROTH Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, the Oppenheimer 29th Annual Healthcare Conference in New York City, the Oppenheimer’s Biotech Summit by the Lake at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and the ROTH Battle of NASH Thrones Spring Investor Conference in New York City (Press release, CymaBay Therapeutics, MAR 12, 2019, View Source [SID1234534243]).

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31st Annual ROTH Conference
Date: Monday, March 18
Time: 9:30am Pacific Time
Format: Panelist: Why Knowing NASH as a Generalist Can Make You Rich in 2019

Time: 12:00pm Pacific Time
Format: Fireside Chat
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Oppenheimer 29th Annual Healthcare Conference
Date: Tuesday, March 19
Time: 8:35am Eastern Time
Format: Fireside Chat
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Oppenheimer’s Biotech Summit by the Lake
Date: Wednesday, March 27
Time: 1:00pm Central Time
Format: Corporate Presentation

ROTH Battle of NASH Thrones Spring Investor Conference
Date: Thursday, March 28
Time: 8:00 am Eastern Time
Format: Panel: 12 Months of Data – 2019 Is the Year for FXR and PPAR Clinical Readouts

Time: 4:00pm Eastern Time
Format: Panel: Why MRI May Hold the Key to the Kingdom in Diagnosis and Drug Development