Scopus BioPharma Inc. (SCPS) Prices 1M Share Follow-On Common Offering at $9/Sh
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Scopus BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: SCPS) today announced the pricing of a $9 million follow-on public offering. The offering consists of 1,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $9.00 per share. The company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 150,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price. The offering is expected to close on or about January 29, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.
Scopus is a biopharmaceutical company developing transformational therapeutics based on groundbreaking scientific and medical discoveries. The company's lead drug candidate is a novel, targeted immuno-oncology gene therapy for the treatment of multiple cancers. This drug candidate is highly distinctive, encompassing both gene therapy and immunotherapy by synthetically linking siRNA to an oligonucleotide TLR9 agonist, creating the potential for targeted gene silencing with simultaneous TLR stimulation and immune activation in the tumor microenvironment.
Scopus intends to use the proceeds of the offering principally for further development of the company's lead drug candidate, including in combination with checkpoint inhibitors.
The Benchmark Company, LLC acted as Sole Bookrunning Manager and Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC acted as Co-Manager for the offering.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is acting as counsel to the company. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. is acting as counsel to the underwriters.
An offering statement relating to the shares of common stock was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and became qualified on January 26, 2021.
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