CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sesen Bio (Nasdaq: SESN), a late-stage clinical company developing targeted fusion protein therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer, today announced that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market conditions, shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. All of the shares of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock to be sold in the offering will be offered by Sesen Bio. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
Sesen Bio intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for the clinical development and FDA regulatory submission of Vicinium for the treatment of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), the continued development of commercial-scale manufacturing capabilities for Vicinium for the treatment of high-risk NMIBC by our third-party contract manufacturers (including the manufacturing process and technology transfer of Vicinium production to Fujifilm to support such efforts), the development of commercial capabilities for a potential launch of Vicinium, if approved, for the treatment of high-risk NMIBC, including investment to establish and continue to build our commercial infrastructure and supply chain, and general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures and other operating expenses.
Canaccord Genuity is acting as the sole book-running manager for the proposed offering.
A shelf registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and became effective on June 8, 2018. The offering is being made only by means of a written prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering that form a part of the registration statement, which will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained, when available, by contacting Canaccord Genuity LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 99 High Street, Suite 1200, Boston, MA 02110, by telephone at (617) 371-3900 or by email at prospectus@cgf.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, 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 Sesen Bio
Sesen Bio, Inc. is a late-stage
clinical company advancing targeted fusion protein therapeutics for the
treatment of patients with cancer. The Company’s lead program, Vicinium®,
also known as VB4-845, is currently in a Phase 3 registration trial, the
VISTA trial, for the treatment of high-risk, BCG-unresponsive NMIBC.
Vicinium is a locally-administered targeted fusion protein composed of
an anti-EPCAM antibody fragment tethered to a truncated form of Pseudomonas
Exotoxin A for the treatment of high-risk NMIBC.
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the Company, the Company’s strategy, future operations, and other
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“expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,”
“potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” and similar
expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking
statements as a result of various important factors, including risks and
uncertainties associated with market conditions and the satisfaction of
customary closing conditions related to the offering, the expected gross
proceeds from the offering and the intended use of proceeds of the
offering and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of
the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to
this Offering and of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the SEC. In addition,
the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent
the Company’s views as of the date hereof. The Company anticipates that
subsequent events and developments may cause the Company’s views to
change. However, while the Company may elect to update these
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company
specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking
statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views
as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.
