ANGLE PLC's (LON:AGL) (OTCQX:ANPCY) ground-breaking liquid biopsy system Parsortix could mean a revolutionary new way of treating breast cancer patients. The University of Southern California (USC) has presented findings showing it could be used to obtain information about potential cancer without the need for an invasive and costly biopsy of tissue.
Stem cell therapy specialist ReNeuron Group Plc(LON:RENE) said it is opening an office in Boston, Massachusetts, in order to support planned clinical programmes. It will be a base for medical and scientific communications staff ahead of three phase IIb trials in the US of its CTX and hRPC cell therapy candidates in people recovering from strokes and patients with retinal diseases.
Touchstone Exploration Inc (LON:TXP) (TSE:TXP) has raised £3mln through the sale of shares to institutional investors in the United Kingdom. The share placing prices the new equity at 11.5p per share, a 6.1% discount to yesterday’s closing price. Cash proceeds from the placing are earmarked for an expanded well drilling programme.
Business-to-business software company Cloudbuy PLC (LON:CBUY) is set to raise up to £3.4mln to help strengthen its balance sheet and take it towards profitability. Long-term backer and former Morgan Stanley managing director Roberto Sella has agreed to subscribe for up to £3.4mln worth of convertible secured loan notes.
Akers Biosciences, Inc. (LON:AKR) has said its Health and Wellness product line is now protected by ten patents in the US, the European Union, Japan, China and Hong Kong, with additional patents pending in the European Union and India, plus six trademark registrations in the US.
Thor Mining PLC (LON:THR) has inked a deal to acquire a stake in the Western Shaw project, an exploration tenement in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The company has a 120-day option to take a 75% stake in the Western Shaw project, it is paying a A$50,000 option fee, and it will proceed with due diligence and field reconnaissance.
Cadence Minerals Plc (LON: KDNC) (OTC: KDNCY) said its investee company Macarthur MineralsLimited (TSX-V: MMS) has announced that all tenements comprising the Hillside Gold Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia have been granted. Macarthur said twelve out of the company's sixteen Exploration Licences in the Pilbara covering circa 1,300km2 have now been granted allowing full exploration activities on those tenements for conglomerate gold, gold, and lithium.
Metal Tiger PLC’s (LON:MTR) said the approval of the first minerals management master plan by Thailand's National Minerals Management Committee (NMC) is a “significant step” in the planned flotation of its Thai joint venture.