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Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock and Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.

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Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis and related diseases. The company's lead candidate includes bexotegrast, an oral, small-molecule, dual selective inhibitor of avß6 and avß1 integrins, which has completed phase 2a trial for primary sclerosing cholangitis. It also develops PLN-1474, an oral, small-molecule selective inhibitor of avß1 for the treatment of liver fibrosis associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; PLN-101095, a dual inhibitor of integrins avß8 and avß1 for the treatment of solid tumors; and PLN-101325, a phase 1-ready program for treatment of the muscular dystrophies, including duchenne muscular dystrophy. Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

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Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on advancing immune-oncology technologies to treat cancers. The company's proprietary DNase platform is designed to improve outcomes of existing treatments, including immunotherapies, by targeting neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which are involved in cancer progression, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, and other gastrointestinal cancer. Its product pipeline includes XBIO-015 for treating pancreatic carcinoma and solid tumors; and XBIO-020 for treating solid tumors. The company also has partnered with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to develop its proprietary drug delivery platform, PolyXen, which as an enabling platform technology for protein and peptide drug delivery. It has collaboration agreements with Belgian Volition SARL Limited to develop NETs-targeted adoptive cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, as well as PJSC Pharmsynthez and Serum Institute of India to develop and launch ErepoXen for the treatment of anemia in chronic kidney disease patients; sublicensing agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd; exclusive sublicense agreement with CLS Therapeutics Ltd to develop DNase technology for the treatment of immunotherapies. The company offers under XDNASE, XCART, OncoHist, PolyXen, ErepoXen, and ImuXen trandemarks. Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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