On December 8, 2020 PDL BioPharma, Inc. ("PDL" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: PDLI) reported that it has formally notified The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. of its intent to delist the Company’s common stock from the Nasdaq Global Select Market ("Nasdaq") (Press release, PDL BioPharma, DEC 8, 2020, View Source [SID1234572437]). PDL expects to file a Form 25 (Notification of Removal from Listing) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and Nasdaq relating to the voluntary delisting of its common stock on or about December 28, 2020 and to suspend trading of its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market prior to the opening of trading on December 31, 2020. PDL does not expect that a trading market will develop for its common stock following suspension of trading on Nasdaq. PDL intends to file a certificate of dissolution with the Delaware Secretary of State on or about January 4, 2021 and close its stock transfer books at the close of business on this date. The official delisting of PDL’s common stock will be effective on or about January 7, 2021 – 10 days after the filing of the Form 25.

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PDL also intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC as soon as practicable following the effectiveness of the delisting to indefinitely suspend its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The suspension of PDL’s reporting obligations, including the obligation to file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, will be effective upon filing the Form 15. PDL does however intend to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 in March 2021.

The voluntary delisting and deregistration are part of PDL’s previously announced voluntary Plan of Dissolution that was approved by the Board of Directors in February 2020 and at the Annual Meeting of the Company’s stockholders on August 19, 2020. The Company’s Board of Directors considered a number of factors in determining to delist and deregister PDL’s common stock, including the costs and expenses associated with being a publicly traded company, the auditing, legal and other costs associated with continuing to make SEC filings, and the burdens placed on Company management to comply with the continued listing and reporting requirements, all in light of the Company’s planned dissolution and liquidation.

On December 8, 2020 HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: HOOK), a company developing a new class of immunotherapeutics based on its proprietary arenavirus platform, reported that it intends to offer and sell shares of its common stock and shares of Series A convertible preferred stock in an underwritten public offering (the "Offering") (Press release, Hookipa Pharma, DEC 8, 2020, View Source [SID1234572436]). HOOKIPA also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional fifteen percent (15%) of the shares of common stock offered in the Offering, including the shares of common stock underlying the Series A convertible preferred stock. The Offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering. All of the securities in the Offering are to be sold by HOOKIPA.

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Morgan Stanley and SVB Leerink are acting as joint book-running managers of the Offering. RBC Capital Markets is acting as lead manager.

The securities described above are being offered by HOOKIPA pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-238311), including a base prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which was declared effective on May 27, 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 located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may also be obtained, when available, from: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014; or email: [email protected] or SVB Leerink LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110; by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6132; or email: [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, 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.

On December 8, 2020 THERADIAG (ISIN: FR0004197747, Ticker: ALTER), a company specializing in in vitro diagnostics and theranostics, reported that it has obtained a €1.9 million state-guaranteed loan (Prêt Garanti par l’État or PGE) from a bank syndicate (Press release, Theradiag, DEC 8, 2020, View Source [SID1234572435]).

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The loan is 90% guaranteed by the French government, with an initial maturity of 12 months plus an extension option enabling Theradiag to defer repayment of the principal over a period of up to five years.

On December 8, 2020 Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) ("Applied DNA" or the "Company"), a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing, reported that it will release financial results for its fiscal 2020 fourth quarter ended September 30, 2020 after market close on Thursday, December 17, 2020 (Press release, Applied DNA Sciences, DEC 8, 2020, View Source [SID1234572434]). In conjunction with the release, the Company has scheduled a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time that will also be broadcast live over the Internet.

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What: Applied DNA’s Fiscal 2020 Fourth Quarter Financial Results Conference Call
When: Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Where: Via phone by dialing +1-844-887-9402 (U.S toll free) or +1-412-317-6798 (international dialers) or via live webcast.

A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available for one week and may be accessed by calling +1-877-344-7529 (U.S. toll) or +1-412-317-0088 (international dialers) with the passcode 10149831. An archive of the webcast will be available for a period of one year on the ‘IR Calendar’ page of the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website starting within two hours from the conclusion of the live call.

On December 8, 2020 Axial Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to building a unique class of gut-restricted therapeutics for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and conditions, reported that management will participate in a fireside chat at the 2020 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Private Company Conference on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 8:40 AM EST (Press release, Axial Biotherapeutics, DEC 8, 2020, View Source [SID1234572432]).

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