On February 17, 2021 Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRSN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting cancers in areas of high unmet medical need, reported that the Company’s management team will participate in a fireside chat on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. ET at the SVB Leerink 10th Annual Global Healthcare Conference (Press release, Mersana Therapeutics, FEB 17, 2021, View Source [SID1234575179]).

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A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investors & Media section of Mersana’s website at www.mersana.com. An archived replay will be available for approximately 90-days following the presentation.

On February 17, 2021 Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO), a biotechnology company developing the next generation of immuno-oncology therapeutics based on its proprietary self-delivering RNAi (INTASYL) therapeutic platform, reported the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of 2,246,784 shares of common stock, at a purchase price of $3.42 per share, priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules for gross proceeds of approximately $7.7 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company (Press release, Phio Pharmaceuticals, FEB 17, 2021, View Source [SID1234575196]).

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H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general working capital needs, including the development of its immuno-oncology programs, other research and development activities, and for general corporate purposes.

The shares of common stock were offered by the Company pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224031) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 29, 2018 and declared effective by the SEC on April 6, 2018. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the shares of common stock offered was filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained on the SEC’s website at View Source or by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (646) 975-6996 or e-mail at [email protected].

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

On February 17, 2021 Personalis, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSNL), a leader in advanced genomics for cancer, and Natera, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, reported that the two companies have entered into a partnership in the field of personalized oncology (Press release, Personalis, FEB 17, 2021, View Source [SID1234575214]). The partnership will pair Personalis’ NeXT tumor profiling and diagnostic products with Natera’s personalized ctDNA platform Signatera for treatment monitoring and molecular residual disease (MRD) assessment.

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Under this non-exclusive agreement, Natera will validate the design of Signatera personalized ctDNA assays using matched tumor and normal exome sequence data from Personalis, and Natera will be responsible for commercialization. The agreement covers MRD testing for both clinical use and research use.

"This represents another step forward in Natera’s vision for Signatera, as a personalized monitoring and MRD platform that can be scaled and integrated robustly with high-quality exome-scale tissue sequencing assays worldwide, of which Personalis’ NeXT is a leading example," commented Solomon Moshkevich, Natera’s General Manager of Oncology. "We are pleased to partner with them and to expand access of Signatera to a new set of potential customers."

"The NeXT Platform complements Signatera by offering advanced tumor analysis with augmented coverage across all 20,000 genes," said Richard Chen, Chief Scientific Officer of Personalis. "We are excited to partner with Natera on this sensitive tumor-informed approach to accelerate molecular residual disease detection in cancer."

On February 17, 2021 BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) (the "Company," "we" or "BridgeBio") reported the launch of a secondary public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its common stock by selling stockholder KKR Genetic Disorder L.P (Press release, BridgeBio, FEB 17, 2021, View Source [SID1234575197]). The selling stockholder has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 450,000 additional shares of common stock. All shares are being sold by KKR Genetic Disorder L.P. The Company is not selling any shares and will not receive any of the proceeds of the offering.

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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager and KKR Capital Markets LLC and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. are acting as co-managers for the offering.

The securities described above are being offered pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-240147) that was previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and automatically became effective upon filing on July 28, 2020.

A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at View Source A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus can be obtained by contacting Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, by telephone at 1 866 471 2526, or by email at [email protected].

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On February 17, 2021 Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, reported the company will be participating in the following virtual investor conferences (Press release, Guardant Health, FEB 17, 2021, View Source [SID1234575215]).

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10th Annual SVB Leerink Global Healthcare Conference
Fireside Chat on Friday, February 26th at 1:20 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:20 p.m. Eastern Time
Cowen 41st Annual Health Care Conference
Fireside Chat on Tuesday, March 2nd at 8:10 a.m. Pacific Time / 11:10 a.m. Eastern Time
Interested parties may access a live and archived webcast of the virtual sessions on the "Investors" section of the company website at: www.guardanthealth.com.