Tempest Therapeutics

TPST

Market cap $45M

BRISBANE, Calif., Aug. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a pipeline of first-in-class1 targeted and immune-mediated therapeutics to fight cancer, today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 and provided a corporate update.

BRISBANE, Calif., June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a pipeline of first-in-classi targeted and immune-mediated therapeutics to fight cancer, today announced that the company received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China to proceed with a pivotal trial to evaluate amezalpat (TPST-1120) in combination with atezolizumab and bevacizumab, the current standard of care, versus the standard of care alone in the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

BRISBANE, Calif., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a pipeline of first-in-class1 targeted and immune-mediated therapeutics to fight cancer, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a single institutional investor for the purchase and sale in a registered direct offering of 739,000 shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents), at an offering price of $6.25 per share of common stock (or common stock equivalent).

Tempest jumps after EMA grants orphan drug status to its liver cancer candidate, amezalpat, based on positive study data.

EMA Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) builds on U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) ODD and Fast Track Designation, underscoring the urgent need for new treatment options The multiple regulatory designations were granted following strong positive results from a global randomized Phase 1b/2 study in first-line HCC demonstrating superior outcomes for amezalpat combination therapy across multiple study endpoints, including overall survival in both the entire population and key subpopulations, when compared to standard of care alone BRISBANE, Calif., June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a pipeline of first-in-class1 targeted and immune-mediated therapeutics to fight cancer, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to amezalpat (TPST-1120), an oral, small molecule, selective PPAR⍺ antagonist for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

BRISBANE, Calif., May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class1 targeted and immune-mediated therapeutics to fight cancer, today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 and provided a corporate update.

BRISBANE, Calif., April 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing first-in-classi targeted and immune-mediated therapeutics to fight cancer, today announced that a presentation of new data supporting the immune component of amezalpat's purported dual mechanism of action that reinforces its potential as a novel cancer treatment at the 2025 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.

BRISBANE, Calif., April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class1 targeted and immune-mediated therapeutics to fight cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to TPST-1495, the company's novel dual receptor inhibitor of prostaglandin (PGE2) signaling, for the treatment of patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP).

Tempest aims to explore strategic alternatives for advancing pipeline studies that maximize shareholder value. Stock rises in after-hours trading.

BRISBANE, Calif., April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPST), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing first-in-classi targeted and immune-mediated therapeutics to fight cancer, today announced that the company plans to explore a full range of strategic alternatives to advance its promising clinical stage programs and maximize stockholder value. Strategic alternatives under consideration may include, but are not limited to, mergers, acquisition, partnerships, joint ventures, licensing arrangements or other strategic transactions. The company has retained MTS Health Partners, L.P., an internationally recognized financial advisor with substantial experience in the biotechnology industry, to support it with the strategic evaluation process.