Akero Therapeutics (AKRO) Prices 5.24M Share Offering at $42/sh

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Akero Therapeutics Announces Pricing of $220.0 Million Underwritten Offering of Common Stock

May 16, 2023 6:53 PM EDT

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic disease marked by high unmet medical need, today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 5,238,500 shares of its common stock at a price of $42.00 per share, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, for total gross proceeds of approximately $220.0 million. All of the shares to be sold in the offering are being sold by Akero Therapeutics. The financing was led by new investor General Atlantic and included existing... More