On February 4, 2019 Exicure, Inc. (OTCQB: XCUR), the pioneer in gene regulatory and immunotherapeutic drugs utilizing spherical nucleic acid (SNA) constructs, reported that its CEO, Dr. David Giljohann, will present at the Immuno-Oncology 360° Conference (IO360°) being held February 6-8, 2019 at the Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York City (Press release, Exicure, FEB 4, 2019, View Source [SID1234533037]). Dr. Giljohann’s presentation titled "Innate Immune System Activation with Spherical Nucleic Acids" will occur on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 4:30 pm EST during the Translational Science & Emerging Biomarkers Part II track.

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On February 4, 2019 INmune Bio, Inc. ("INmune" or the "Company"), an immunotherapy company focused on developing therapies that harness the patient’s innate immune system to fight disease, reported that the Company’s common stock is expected to commence trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market, on Monday, February 4, 2019 under the ticker symbol "INMB" (Press release, INmune Bio, FEB 4, 2019, View Source [SID1234533090]).

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On February 1, 2019, INmune closed its initial public offering ("IPO") of 1,020,560 shares of its common stock at of $8.00 per share for a total of $8,166,560 in gross proceeds before placement agent fees and offering expenses.

Univest Securities, LLC served as the lead placement agent for the IPO. WallachBeth Capital, LLC and WestPark Capital, Inc. were co-placement agents.

A registration statement relating to this U.S. offering was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and was declared effective by the SEC as of December 19, 2018. The offering of the securities was made only by means of a prospectus, forming a part of the registration statement. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the U.S. offering may be obtained from Univest Securities, LLC. 375 Park Avenue Unit 1502, New York, NY 10152, by telephone at +1 212 343 8888 or email at [email protected]. In addition, a copy of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained via the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, 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 3, 2019 GeneQuantum Healthcare of Suzhou and MITRO Biotech of Nanjing reported that signed the "Strategic Cooperation Agreement on Next Generation Radionuclide Conjugates Development" in Nanjing. Dr. Gang Qin, President of GeneQuantum and Dr. Xinping Li, CEO of MITRO, attended the signing ceremony with their teams (Press release, GeneQuantum Healthcare, FEB 3, 2019, View Source [SID1234553991]).

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In pursuit of achieving mutually beneficial win-win cooperation, the two parties intend to integrate the leading bioconjugation platform of GeneQuantum and the unique advantages of MITRO in radiolabeling and molecular imaging technique to jointly develop next generation radionuclide conjugates for rapid and efficient companion diagnosis and precision target therapy on tumors.

"Since its establishment, GeneQuantum has been committed to building a differentiated innovation platform to solve the key challenges of the biopharmaceutical industry. Based on our proprietary ligase dependent conjugation technology (LDC), GeneQuantum has gradually established intelligent automatic conjugation system (iLDC) with concurrent fully integrated manufacturing process; combined with our comprehensive quality system which meets global standard, GeneQuantum can provide a holistic solution for the efficient development and manufacturing of any kinds of site-specific bioconjugates. MITRO, on the other hand, has a unique radionuclide production and labeling technology platform," said Dr. Gang Qin. "We are pleased to work with a distinctive and leading technology partner such as MITRO to develop next generation radionuclide conjugates for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, meeting the unmet clinical needs of cancer patients worldwide."

"MITRO focuses on the development and application of isotope labeling and molecular imaging technology, and is committed to establishing a biomedical innovation and transformation research platform, using the advanced isotope labeling and molecular imaging technology to develop new drugs," said Dr. Xinping Li. "We are glad to work with GeneQuantum Healthcare based on our mutual interest of advanced medicine. This cooperation will fully integrate the technical and resource advantages of GeneQuantum in site-specific bioconjugation and MITRO in isotope labeling and non-invasive molecular imaging technology. The collaboration will create an internationally competitive platform of radionuclide bioconjugates for medical use. This will contribute to the most efficient non-invasive diagnosis of cancer and precise targeted therapy, as well as a systemic solution of novel biomedical drug development."

On February 3, 2019 AskAt reported that received a Notice of Allowance dated January 18, 2019 from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) in connection with Application No. 201510982848.3, a use patent for AskAt’s EP4 receptor antagonist for the treatment of cancer (Press release, AskAt, FEB 3, 2019, View Source [SID1234535036]).

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On February 1, 2019 Q BioMed Inc. (OTCQB: QBIO), a biotechnology acceleration company, reported the Company’s CEO Denis Corin will deliver a corporate presentation and conduct one-on-one meetings with investors and potential business partners at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference on February 11th -12th, 2019 in New York City (Press release, Q BioMed, FEB 1, 2019, View Source;investor-conference-300788230.html [SID1234533016]). The BIO CEO & Investor Conference is one of the largest investor conferences focused on established and emerging publicly traded and select private biotech companies.

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Mr. Corin is scheduled to present at 3:00 PM on Monday, February 11th in the Chelsea room of the New York Marriott Marquis.

He will provide an update on the Company’s robust clinical pipeline including its FDA approved non-opioid drug Metastron, which relieves the severe pain associated with cancer that has metastasized to the bones. Metastron is expected to begin generating revenues for the Company in 2019.