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EyePoint Pharmaceuticals | November 20, 2021
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders, announced the closing of the previously announced underwritten public offering of 5,122,273 shares of its common stock, which included the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 1,095,000 shares of common stock, and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,272,727 shares of its common stock. The shares of common stock were sold at a public offering price of $13.75 per share, and the pre-funded warrants were sold at a purchase price of $13.74 per pre-funded warrant, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $115.4 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by EyePoint. All of the securities were sold by EyePoint.
Cowen and Guggenheim Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Cantor acted as passive book-running manager for the offering.
EyePoint intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to advance EYP-1901 into and through Phase 2 clinical trials for wet AMD, DR, and RVO, as well as support its earlier stage pipeline development initiatives, and for general corporate purposes.
The securities described above were offered by the Company pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-258598) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 6, 2021 and declared effective by the SEC on August 11, 2021.
The securities were offered by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering that form a part of the registration statement. A final prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the offering was filed with the SEC on November 18, 2021.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About EyePoint Pharmaceuticals
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:EYPT) is a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders. The Company's pipeline leverages its proprietary Durasert® technology for sustained intraocular drug delivery including EYP-1901, a potential twice-yearly intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment initially targeting wet age-related macular degeneration. The Company has two commercial products: YUTIQ®, for the treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye, and DEXYCU®, for the treatment of postoperative inflammation following ocular surgery. EyePoint Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENTS UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION ACT OF 1995: To the extent any statements made in this press release deal with information that is not historical, these are forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the use of proceeds for the offering and other statements identified by words such as “will,” “potential,” “could,” “can,” “believe,” “intends,” “continue,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “may,” other words of similar meaning or the use of future dates. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. Uncertainties and risks may cause EyePoint’s actual results to be materially different than those expressed in or implied by EyePoint’s forward-looking statements. For EyePoint, this includes stock price volatility and uncertainties relating to the financial markets, the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on EyePoint’s business, the medical community and the global economy, and the impact of general business and economic conditions. More detailed information on these and additional factors that could affect EyePoint’s actual results are described in EyePoint’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, as revised or supplemented by its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other documents filed with the SEC. All forward-looking statements in this news release speak only as of the date of this news release. EyePoint undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Cardurion Pharmaceuticals | October 28, 2021
Cardurion Pharmaceuticals, Inc a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel, next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, today announced it has received a private investment of up to $300 million from Bain Capital Life Sciences and Bain Capital Private Equity. Bain Capital joins existing investors, Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Polaris Partners, in supporting the evolution of Cardurion into a leading cardiovascular biotechnology company.
Based in Boston, Massachusetts and with facilities there and in Shonan, Japan, Cardurion’s mission is to transform the treatment of cardiovascular diseases by translating the science of cardiovascular signaling pathways into groundbreaking therapeutics. The Company’s innovative pipeline of cardiovascular drug candidates includes a PDE9 inhibitor and a CaMKII inhibitor program. The investment will support the thoughtful advancement of Cardurion’s pipeline, enable the Company to scale its team, and create an industry-leading platform.
“We could not be more excited to welcome Bain Capital as investors in this transformational milestone for Cardurion We have a shared vision to continue to build a world-class cardiovascular company pursuing treatments for a broad range of debilitating diseases. This funding will allow us to advance our first-in-class PDE9 inhibitor into a major Phase 2 trial in heart failure and to support the initiation of first-in-human studies with our CaMKII inhibitor program in several cardiovascular indications. We look forward to leveraging the experience and resources of our investors to build and scale Cardurion as a leading cardiovascular biotechnology company.”
Peter Lawrence, Chief Executive Officer of Cardurion
“This is an impressive team laser-focused on deep science, innovation, and collaboration in a strategically important therapeutic area where there is high unmet need for patients,” said Adam Koppel, M.D., PhD, a Managing Director at Bain Capital Life Sciences. “We look forward to a lasting partnership with Mike and Peter and their team, supporting the efforts to identify and develop novel therapies while building out a scale platform that can serve as a champion for cardiovascular drug development.”
“This investment will accelerate our progress as we work to create transformative new medicines that deliver value for patients and other key stakeholders,” said Michael E. Mendelsohn, M.D., Founder and Chairman of Cardurion. “Cardurion is dedicated to advancing novel mechanisms that yield new treatments for cardiovascular disease, which remains the greatest cause of morbidity and mortality in our society.”
In conjunction with Bain Capital’s investment, Koppel and Nicholas Downing, MD, a Principal at Bain Capital Life Sciences, will join the Cardurion Board of Directors.
About Cardurion Pharmaceuticals
Cardurion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel, next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases. Founded by physician-scientist Michael E. Mendelsohn, M.D., and built by a team of physician-scientists and industry leaders with extensive experience in cardiovascular science, drug development and business development, Cardurion Pharmaceuticals is pursuing unique drug discovery and development programs to target major unmet needs in cardiovascular medicine. Cardurion Pharmaceuticals has facilities in Boston, Massachusetts and Shonan, Japan.
About Bain Capital
Founded in 1984, Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms with offices on four continents and deep experience in healthcare. Bain Capital manages approximately $150 billion across asset classes and leverages the firm’s shared platform to capture opportunities in strategic areas of focus. Bain Capital Private Equity has partnered closely with management teams to provide the strategic resources that build great companies and help them thrive. A team of more than 275 investment professionals creates value for portfolio companies through its global platform and depth of expertise in key vertical industries including healthcare. Bain Capital Life Sciences pursues investments in biopharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics and enabling life science technology companies globally. The team focuses on companies that both drive medical innovation across the value chain and enable that innovation to improve the lives of patients with unmet medical needs.
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SciNeuro Pharmaceuticals | October 26, 2021
SciNeuro Pharmaceuticals a leader in the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of neurological diseases, and Mabylon AG, a leader in the discovery and characterization of human-derived antibodies against therapeutic targets, today announced the establishment of a multi-program collaboration and license agreement. Under the collaboration, MabSciNeuro and Mabylon will collaborate on multiple targets that encompass serious neurological diseases including TAR DNA binding protein-43 (TDP-43) and Apolipoprotein E (APOE) for neurodegenerative diseases for which there are currently no effective treatments. Both TDP-43 and APOE have human genetic evidence causal to ALS and Alzheimer’s disease. SciNeuro will have rights to develop and commercialize resulting product(s) within Greater China, and an option to expand such rights to become worldwide.
“We are excited to be collaborating with Mabylon, a leading biotech company with deep expertise and capabilities for identification and characterization of native human antibodies with therapeutic potential. Their platform enables a deeper exploration of human immunology for therapeutic discovery Native human antibody-based approaches have proven successful for the treatment of infectious diseases including COVID-19. Discovery of auto-antibodies to treat other diseases has been more challenging, due in part to the availability of sufficiently large and high-quality sample collections. By working with companies such as Mabylon, possessing both proprietary antibody screening and cloning technology coupled with large, re-contactable patient sera repositories, we are in a strong position to test the hypothesis and exploit human immune responses for novel and differentiated therapeutic candidates for CNS diseases.”
Dr. Min Li, Founder and CEO, SciNeuro Pharmaceuticals
“Collaborating with SciNeuro and its R&D team allows full exploitation of Mabylon’s human antibody platform by seamlessly bringing our discovery research products forward to pivotal proof of concept. We are thrilled about this collaboration, which combines innovation in drug discovery with great expertise in drug development in the neurological disease area,” added Dr. Alcide Barberis, CEO, Mabylon.
About Mabylon AG
Mabylon AG is a leading Swiss biotechnology company harnessing the therapeutic potential of naturally occurring human antibodies to treat neurodegenerative diseases and allergies. Access to over 100,000 patients per year allows the discovery of extremely rare target-specific human antibodies, additionally providing information about the target’s human biology and safety profile..
About SciNeuro Pharmaceuticals
SciNeuro Pharmaceuticals is a leading neuromedicine company focused on elevating the standard of care for patients suffering from neurological diseases. With R&D capabilities located in the major life sciences hubs of Shanghai, China and Rockville, Maryland, SciNeuro is establishing a robust CNS product pipeline through internal innoylon and SciNeuro will work together to discover and develop human auto-antibodies against targets of mutual interest with a goal to develop differentiated biologic therapeutics to treat neurological diseases.
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