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XOMA Royalty Announces Closing of Transaction to Acquire Mural Oncology plc
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XOMA Royalty Corporation (“XOMA Royalty”) (Nasdaq: XOMA), the biotech royalty aggregator, today announced it has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Mural Oncology plc (“Mural”) (Nasdaq: MURA) (the “Acquisition”) pursuant to an Irish High Court sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland (the “Scheme”). Mural shar
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