** Shares of drug developer Aridis Pharma ARDS.O rise
33.2% to $0.35 premarket
** Co said late on Monday it has received a positive
feedback from European health agency to late-stage study design
of its experimental drug
** The drug is being developed as a adjunctive therapy in
combination with standard of care for treatment of a type of
pneumonia in mechanically ventilated hospitalized patients
** Up to Monday's close, stock had fallen ~78% YTD
(Reporting by Khushi Mandowara in Bengaluru)
((Khushi.Mandowara@thomsonreuters.com;))