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Histogenics and Ocugen Enter into Definitive Merger Agreement to Create Nasdaq-Listed Clinical-Stage Company Developing Novel Ocular Gene Therapies and Biotherapeutics

April 8, 2019 7:00 AM EDT

BOSTON, Mass. and MALVERN, Penn., April 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Histogenics Corporation (Nasdaq: HSGX) and Ocugen, Inc., a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing a pipeline of innovative therapies that address rare and underserved eye diseases, today jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which the stockholders of Ocugen will become the majority owners of Histogenics outstanding common stock upon the close of the merger. The proposed merger will result in a combined publicly-traded, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company operating under the Ocugen name.

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