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London, November 12, 2024 - Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) (“Mereo” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, and provided an update on recent corporate highlights. The Company reported cash and cash equivalents of $80.5 million as of September 30, 2024, which the Company believes will provide runway into 2027, through multiple key inflection points.

NOVATO, Calif., October 7, 2024 – Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel products for rare and ultra-rare diseases, today announced that it has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for setrusumab (UX143) as a treatment to reduce the risk of fracture associated with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) Type I, III, or IV in patients 2 years of age and older.

London, August 13, 2024 - Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) (“Mereo” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024, and provided an update on recent corporate highlights. The Company reported cash and cash equivalents of $87.4 million as of June 30, 2024, which includes the net proceeds of the Company’s $50 million registered direct offering in June 2024. Mereo expects that this will provide cash runway into 2027, through multiple key inflection points.

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London, June 14, 2024 - Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) (“Mereo” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 12,531,300 of its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”). Each ADS is being sold at a price of $3.99 per ADS in an underwritten registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $50.0 million. Each ADS represents five ordinary shares of Mereo. The net proceeds of this offering are expected to be used to fund the setrusumab program, including supply and pre-launch activities in Europe, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The offering is expected to close on or about June 17, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

NOVATO, Calif. and LONDON, UK — June 11, 2024 — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) and Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) today announced positive 14-month results from the Phase 2 portion of the ongoing Phase 2/3 Orbit study (NCT05125809) demonstrating that, as of a May 24, 2024 data cut-off date, treatment with setrusumab (UX143) continued to significantly reduce incidence of fractures in patients with OI with at least 14 months of follow-up. Treatment with setrusumab also resulted in ongoing and meaningful improvements in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) at month 12 without evidence of plateau. 

London, May 15, 2024 - Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) (“Mereo” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, and provided an update on recent corporate highlights.  The Company reported cash and cash equivalents of $48.7 million as of March 31, 2024 and continues to expect this to fund its operations into 2026.

NOVATO, Calif. — April 30, 2024 — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) today announced that all patients have been enrolled across the Phase 3 Orbit and Cosmic studies evaluating setrusumab (UX143) in pediatric and young adult patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). The pivotal Phase 3 portion of the Orbit study has randomized 158 patients ages 5 to 25 years, and the Cosmic study has completed enrollment of 66 patients ages 2 to <7 years. 

London, March 27, 2024 - Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) (“Mereo” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today announced its financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2023, and provided an update on recent corporate highlights. 

LONDON, January 08, 2024 – Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) (“Mereo” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today provided an update on its pipeline programs as well as an update on recent corporate developments. 

London, October 23, 2023 – Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) (“Mereo” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today provided an update on recent program developments and third quarter 2023 financial information.

NOVATO, Calif., VANCOUVER, British Columbia and LONDON, UK — Oct. 14, 2023 — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) and Mereo BioPharma Group plc (NASDAQ: MREO) today announced interim data from the Phase 2 portion of the Phase 2/3 Orbit study demonstrating that treatment with setrusumab (UX143) significantly reduced incidence of fractures in patients with OI with at least 6 months of follow-up and continues to demonstrate ongoing and meaningful improvements in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD). The data were presented in a late-breaker presentation at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2023 Annual Meeting (ASBMR).