Poseida Therapeutics Added to Membership of US Small-Cap Russell 2000® Index
Poseida Therapeutics (Nasdaq: PSTX) has been officially added to the US small-cap Russell 2000 Index effective September 18, 2020. This addition is expected to enhance investor exposure and support the company’s mission to provide innovative cell and gene therapies. With approximately $9 trillion in assets benchmarked against Russell's US indexes, this membership may increase awareness of Poseida's pipeline targeting oncology and orphan genetic diseases. Eric Ostertag, CEO, expressed optimism about the added visibility and potential growth opportunities.
- Addition to the Russell 2000 Index may enhance investor exposure.
- Increased visibility for Poseida's pipeline of innovative therapies.
- None.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Poseida Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: PSTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to utilizing its proprietary gene engineering platform technologies to create next generation cell and gene therapeutics with the capacity to cure, today announced its addition as a member of the US small-cap Russell 2000® Index, effective September 18, 2020, as part of the index's quarterly initial public offering (IPO) additions.
"We are pleased to be added to the US small-cap Russell 2000 Index, which will help increase investor exposure to our Company's mission of providing cell and gene therapies for patients with high unmet medical need," said Eric Ostertag, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Poseida. "We look forward to the opportunity to expand awareness around our pipeline of differentiated product candidates for the treatment of a variety of oncology indications and orphan genetic diseases."
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About Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.
Poseida Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to utilizing our proprietary gene engineering platform technologies to create next generation cell and gene therapeutics with the capacity to cure. We have discovered and are developing a broad portfolio of product candidates in a variety of indications based on our core proprietary platforms, including our non-viral piggyBac® DNA Modification System, Cas-CLOVER™ site-specific gene editing system and nanoparticle- and AAV-based gene delivery technologies. Our core platform technologies have utility, either alone or in combination, across many cell and gene therapeutic modalities and enable us to engineer our wholly-owned portfolio of product candidates that are designed to overcome the primary limitations of current generation cell and gene therapeutics.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding the impact of Poseida's addition to the US small-cap Russell 2000® Index, the potential benefits of Poseida's technology platforms and product candidates and Poseida's plans and strategy with respect to developing its technologies and product candidates. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon Poseida's current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with development and regulatory approval of novel product candidates in the biopharmaceutical industry and the other risks described in Poseida's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Poseida undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as required by law.
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