Ashland, Missouri – October 02, 2026 -- ABK Biomedical Inc. has launched construction of a commercial-scale manufacturing facility at Cartwright Business Park in Ashland, Missouri, designed to produce its Eye90 microspheres for liver cancer treatment. The groundbreaking, attended by Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe, follows the company's April announcement selecting Ashland for its long-term U.S. manufacturing base.

San Francisco – October 02, 2026 -- Constructor, a product discovery platform for ecommerce, has won the "Agentic Achievement" category at the MACH Alliance's 2026 MACH Impact Awards, citing a 900% year-over-year increase in companies deploying its conversational AI agents.

South San Francisco, Calif. – October 02, 2026 -- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL) has granted 35,275 restricted stock units to 18 non-executive employees under its Inducement Plan.

Rigel ties new hire equity to four-year vesting schedule

The restricted stock units vest over four years, with 25% of each grant releasing annually. The Compensation Committee of Rigel's Board of Directors approved the awards as an inducement material to new employees joining the company.

Burgettstown, Pa. – October 02, 2026 -- 6K Additive Inc. (ASX: 6KA) has executed a final US$27.4 million loan agreement with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) to fund expansion of its critical materials manufacturing plant in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.

Santa Cruz, Calif. – October 02, 2026 -- Emboline, Inc. completed the first commercial use of its Emboliner® Embolic Protection System in the United States on October 1, 2026, just weeks after receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance.

Los Angeles – October 02, 2026 -- Loyola Marymount University has received a $5.57 million gift from the Marymount Education Foundation (MEF), the largest contribution to date to its LMU Catholic High School Promise Program.

Grand Rapids, Mich. – October 02, 2026 -- Parkway Electric & Communications has transitioned to 100% employee ownership through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), ending nearly 24 years of ownership by Huizenga Group. The announcement was made to employees on September 15 at the company's annual meeting held at the Pinnacle Center.

San Diego – – October 02, 2026 -- A national survey of 5,000 U.S. adults has found that Americans rate a family birthday party as a more awkward setting for discussing inheritance than a funeral, upending assumptions about when families confront estate planning. Trust & Will's 2026 Death & Inheritance Report found 63% of respondents call a birthday the most awkward occasion for the conversation, compared with 41% for a funeral or wake and just 32% for an ordinary phone call.

Cambridge, Mass. – October 02, 2026 -- Marengo Therapeutics will present interim results from its STARt-002 trial combining invikafusp alfa with Gilead's TRODELVY (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer's 41st Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, November 4-8, 2026.

Vancouver – October 02, 2026 -- Trilogy Metals Inc. (NYSE American: TMQ; TSX: TMQ) closed a $17.8 million strategic equity investment from the United States Department of War (DOW) on September 11, 2026, as part of a broader $35.6 million financing package tied to its Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (UKMP) in Alaska. The company reported a cash balance of $31.2 million and adjusted working capital of $30.3 million as of August 31, 2026, which it says substantially funds its share of Ambler Metals LLC's fiscal 2026 budget.