Boston and Shenzhen – September 24, 2026 -- XtalPi Holdings Limited (HKEX: 2228) has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for KQTD-126, a potential first-in-class gut-restricted pan-tropomyosin receptor kinase (pan-TRK) inhibitor targeting chronic intestinal pain in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

San Francisco – September 24, 2026 -- The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey approved HouseCanary's first-day motions, granting the property intelligence provider access to debtor-in-possession financing and clearing the way for uninterrupted operations during its Chapter 11 reorganization.

Washington – September 24, 2026 -- State insurance regulators leading the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) responded to a letter from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) by detailing a series of capital and oversight changes made in recent years to address insurers' shifting investment strategies, ownership structures, and risk-transfer arrangements.

Vancouver, BC – September 24, 2026 -- 1911 Gold Corporation has filed a National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report confirming an Inferred Mineral Resource of 3,314,000 tonnes grading 6.68 grams per tonne gold, containing 712,000 ounces, at its 100%-owned Ogama-Rockland Gold Project in southeastern Manitoba.

Norwell, Mass. – September 24, 2026 -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has named six companies and nonprofits as 2026 Industry Innovator honorees for delivering first-of-their-kind FDA-approved therapies to patients with rare diseases that affect a fraction of the more than 30 million Americans living with such conditions.

Leesburg, Va. – September 24, 2026 -- The American Wood Council (AWC) has published the 2027 edition of the Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (ANSI/AWC SDPWS-2027), adding two new construction systems for engineers designing in high-hazard wind and seismic zones. The standard has been approved as an American National Standard by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and will be referenced in the 2027 I-Codes.

Austin, Texas – September 24, 2026 -- A proposed Medicare payment change involving Modifier 25 would reallocate approximately $889 million in annual fee-for-service payments, with private practices and solo physicians absorbing $724.4 million, or 81.5%, of the modeled reductions, according to a new analysis from Jiro Health.

Baltimore – September 24, 2026 -- Richard Huffman, founder, president and CEO of Celebree School, joined U.S. Rep. Johnny Olszewski and a local Chick-fil-A owner on a featured panel at the 2026 International Franchise Association Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C., pressing for passage of the American Franchise Act.

Providenciales – – September 24, 2026 -- KuCoin has upgraded its Wallet Management Services from CCSS v8.1 Level 2 to CCSS v8.1 Level 3, the highest tier of the Cryptocurrency Security Standard, the exchange announced.

KuCoin secures full-system certification under the CCSS v8.1 framework

The Level 3 rating, assessed under the same v8.1 standard as the prior certification, verifies stronger controls across the full cryptographic key lifecycle, from generation and storage to access, backup and recovery.

Malmö – September 24, 2026 -- The EU's Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive (EmpCo) takes effect September 27, 2026, requiring companies to substantiate any environmental claims made to consumers with clear, specific and credible evidence, a rule change welcomed by Duni Group.