Eterna Therapeutics Announces Up to $1 Million Stock Repurchase Program
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eterna Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ERNA), a leader in cell therapies, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $1 million of the company’s outstanding common stock. This program reflects the Board's confidence in the company’s long-term strategy and commitment to enhancing shareholder value.
Under the stock repurchase program, the repurchases may be made by the Company from time to time through open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, or other means in accordance with applicable securities laws. The timing and amount of repurchases will be determined by the company’s management, taking into consideration market conditions, stock price, and other factors. The program does not have a set expiration date and may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
“This buyback program underscores our belief in Eterna Therapeutics’ trajectory,” says Sanjeev Luther, President and CEO. For more information, please visit .
About Eterna Therapeutics Inc.
Eterna Therapeutics is a publicly traded, preclinical-stage company focused on using cutting-edge tools to deliver highly innovative, effective, and safe off-the-shelf cell therapies for the treatment of advanced solid tumors, with an initial emphasis on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and platinum-resistant, TP53-mutant ovarian cancer. The company is currently focused on advancing its lead product ERNA-101, an induced allogenic mesenchymal stem cell (“iMSC”) product, designed to selectively deliver the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-7 and IL-15 to the tumor microenvironment (TME) in order to drive significant anti-tumor immunity. ERNA-101 is built on the company's in-licensed core technology, which utilizes a best-in-class approach to engineer allogenic iPSCs to express genes of interest and to efficiently differentiate these cells into iMSCs. For more information, please visit .
Forward-Looking Statements
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