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Karuna Therapeutics Announces Exclusive Global License Agreement for Goldfinch Bio’s Investigational TRPC4/5 Product Candidates

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRTX) and GFB (ABC), LLC, assignee of the Goldfinch Bio assignment estate, today announced their entry into an exclusive license agreement under which Karuna will obtain global development, manufacturing, and commercialization rights to Goldfinch Bio’s investigational transient receptor potential canonical 4 and 5 (TRPC4/5) channel candidates, including lead clinical-stage candidate GFB-887.

Key Points: 
  • Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRTX) and GFB (ABC), LLC, assignee of the Goldfinch Bio assignment estate, today announced their entry into an exclusive license agreement under which Karuna will obtain global development, manufacturing, and commercialization rights to Goldfinch Bio’s investigational transient receptor potential canonical 4 and 5 (TRPC4/5) channel candidates, including lead clinical-stage candidate GFB-887.
  • Karuna intends to evaluate these candidates as potential treatments for various psychiatric and neurological conditions, starting with GFB-887 for the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders.
  • Karuna expects to share details on the planned development of GFB-887 in the second half of 2023.
  • “Our lead candidate in the TRPC4/5 program, GFB-887, has already demonstrated a compelling safety profile in non-clinical and clinical studies.

Danone Institute North America Offers Training to Boost Local Efforts Toward More Sustainable Food Systems

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Monday, August 8, 2022

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Danone Institute North America, a not-for-profit established by Danone North America, recently hosted an in-person training program for grant winners from its "One Planet. One Health" Initiative. This initiative promotes resilient and sustainable local food systems by awarding five teams from the US and Canada with $30,000 USD to develop and execute their community-based sustainability projects and sponsoring their participation in a sustainability-focused training in Boulder, CO. The training featured national and local sustainability difference makers and included a communications workshop to help participants to spread the news about their work in their community. Participating teams represented four distinct communities in the United States and Canada: Lincoln City, Oregon; San Luis Obispo County, California; Edmonton, Alberta; and Nanaimo, British Columbia.

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  • One Health" Initiativehelps amplify sustainability efforts by empowering action among communities and individuals at the local level and using communications strategies to raise awareness," says Leslie Lytle, PhD, president, Danone Institute North America.
  • For more information on the Danone Institute North America, visit www.danoneinstitutena.org
    Launched in 1997, the Danone Institute North America fosters transdisciplinary, community-based work to promote sustainable food systems globally.
  • The Danone Institute North America is one of several Danone Institutes created worldwide by Danone, the ultimate parent company of Danone North America Public Benefit Corporation.
  • The nutrition scientists establish program direction, determine recipients of funding and are closely involved in all Danone Institute North America programs.

Georgia Farm Bureau Implements Cloverleaf Analytics

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloverleaf Analytics (Cloverleaf) , an insurance-ready, enterprise business intelligence (BI) and analytics solution provider, is pleased to announce that Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) has implemented Cloverleafs BI solution.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloverleaf Analytics (Cloverleaf) , an insurance-ready, enterprise business intelligence (BI) and analytics solution provider, is pleased to announce that Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) has implemented Cloverleafs BI solution.
  • Cloverleafs expertise in delivering reporting, predictive analytics, and BI solutions which increase transparency into critical insurance functions and processes is helping Georgia Farm Bureau to streamline operations today and into the future.
  • Plus, it was a great benefit to Georgia Farm Bureau that we can basically plug into any system and begin pulling relevant data.
  • Cloverleaf Analytics (Cloverleaf) delivers a comprehensive business intelligence (BI) solution which reduces risk and improves profitability and performance for P&C insurance companies.