** Shares of cell therapy company Talaris Therapeutics
up 8.2% at $3.1 premarket
** TALS on Tuesday after market close said its stockholders approved merger with biotech firm Tourmaline Bio; also announced a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of common stock
** TALS in June reported to merge with Tourmaline in an all-stock deal, creating a combined late-stage clinical biotech company listed on Nasdaq
** As per the terms, a wholly owned subsidiary of TALS will merge with Tourmaline
** The deal is expected to close on or around Oct. 19
** The combined co's common stock is expected to begin trading on Nasdaq on a split-adjusted basis on Friday, under the ticker symbol "TRML"
** As of last close, TALS stock up 176.5% so far this year
(Reporting by Pratik Jain in Bengaluru)
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