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Catalyst Biosciences Announces Withdrawal of JDS1 Nominations to the Board
Encourages Stockholders to Vote on the WHITE Proxy Card SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:
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[{"type":"text","content":"Encourages Stockholders to Vote on the WHITE Proxy Card\nSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBIO) (the “Company,” “Catalyst” or “we”) announced that it has received a notice from JDS1, LLC (“JDS1”) that JDS1 has withdrawn the nominations of Shelly C. Lombard, Matthew Stecker, and Igor Volshteyn (the “Withdrawn Candidates”) for election to the Catalyst Board of Directors at the Catalyst 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”), which is scheduled for August 15, 2022. Accordingly, any votes cast for the Withdrawn Candidates will be disregarded at the 2022 Annual Meeting. JDS1 has not indicated whether it intends to submit votes cast by Catalyst stockholders on JDS1’s gold proxy card with respect to the other matters on the agenda at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Catalyst encourages shareholders wishing to have their votes counted at the meeting to vote using the Company’s WHITE proxy card. About Catalyst BiosciencesCatalyst is a biotechnology company focused on protease therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in disorders of the complement and coagulation systems. After the transaction of its complement pipeline, Catalyst’s product candidates consist of the coagulation related assets marzeptacog alfa (activated) (“MarzAA”), dalcinonacog alfa (“DalcA”), and CB 2679d-GT. MarzAA is a SQ administered next generation engineered coagulation Factor VIIa (“FVIIa”) for the treatment of episodic bleeding and prophylaxis in subjects with rare bleeding disorders. DalcA is a next-generation SQ administered FIX. CB 2679d-GT is an AAV-based gene therapy construct harboring the DalcA sequence. Both MarzAA and DalcA have shown sustained efficacy and safety in mid-stage clinical trials and are available for partnering. CB 2679d-GT has obtained preclinical proof-of-concept and is also available for partnering. Additional Information and Where to Find ItCatalyst Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) has filed a definitive proxy statement, an accompanying WHITE proxy card and other relevant documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT ...