Representatives and friends of Bexion Pharmaceuticals LLC are in DC today to be formally honored at a White House ceremony. Bexion has been awarded a “Model of Excellence” recognition by the Small Business Administration.
The SBA awarded Bexion the prestigious Tibbetts Award, for the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Awarded to less than two dozen companies nationwide in 2015, the awards recognize an elite group of companies that have excelled through SBIR/STTR investment.
“Bexion’s development progression of our cancer therapeutic from early drug discovery to a planned Phase I First in Human Study was substantially fueled by the SBIR/STTR program,” said Dr. Ray Takigiku, Founder and CEO of Bexion. “As a recipient of 5 SBIR awards from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH and matching Phase I and Phase II SBIR grants from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Office of Entrepreneurship, Bexion has judiciously leveraged those resources to advance our drug to the clinic.”
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Ashland makes offer
Ashland Inc. announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding $600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.000% Senior Notes due 2016 (Notes). The maturity date of the Notes is March 15, 2016. The Tender Offer is being made pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, dated June 16 (Offer to Purchase), a related Letter of Transmittal (Letter of Transmittal) and a related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (Notice of Guaranteed Delivery), which are being sent to holders of the Notes and which more fully set forth the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer.
The Tender Offer will expire at 5 p.m., New York City time, on June 22,unless extended or earlier terminated by Ashland (such time and date, as the same may be extended, the Expiration Time).
Complete terms and conditions of the offer are set forth in the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, copies of which may be obtained from Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the Information Agent for the Tender Offer, by calling (866) 470-3800 or by visiting the following web address:
http://www.gbsc-usa.com/Ashland/
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Trish Kirkwood Burgess returns to FBT Florence office
Frost Brown Todd has announcee the relocation of Patricia (Trish) Kirkwood Burgess to the firm’s Florence office, after nine years of serving as a member in the Lexington. Burgess is a native of Northern Kentucky with strong ties in the region.
“It’s very exciting to be back in this area where I grew up, was educated all the way from grade school through law school, and still have many close connections. I look forward to serving this community the same way I have served clients and the wider community in Lexington,” she says.
She is a member of the Kentucky, Ohio and American Bar Associations, and of the American Bankruptcy Institute. She received a bachelor’s degree from Thomas More College in 1991, and her law degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1994.
Burgess joins 12 other legal professionals as the only female member in FBT’s Florence office.
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Ludlow Garden tour
Tour six beautiful Ludlow residential gardens and visit a Garden Market filled with lovely crafted items made by the Garden Club on Saturday June 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
It’s free and open to the public.
Find maps at the Folk School Coffee Parlor, 332 Elm St.t, or the Ashcraft residence at 58 Kenner St.
If it rains, tour will be on Sunday.
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Winners of Italianfest Bocce tournament
Mayor Jerry Peluso congratulated Bellevue Mayor Ed Riehl and City Manager Keith Spoelker on winning the recent Italianfest Bocce tournament. Bellevue beat the City of Newport Team of Mayor Jerry Peluso and Fire/EMS Chief Gary Auffart. It was a well played game – the winning score was 8 to 7.