Immune Pharmaceuticals Announces $11.7 Million Private Placement Financing
10 Mars 2014 - 5:01AM
Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCQX:IMNP) (Nasdaq:IMNP) announced
today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with
investors for the sale of $11.7 million of preferred stock and
warrants in a private placement transaction (expected to result in
approximately $11 million in net proceeds to Immune, after the
subtraction of transaction fees and expenses). Additional details
regarding the material terms of the transaction, which is expected
to close on March 11, 2014, will be disclosed in a Current Report
on Form 8-K expected to be filed this day.
The purchasers in the offering include biotech specialist
institutional investors, existing Immune investors and members of
Immune's board of directors and management. The proceeds of
the offering have been allocated in priority to the bertilimumab
phase II proof of concept trials in ulcerative colitis and in
bullous pemphigoid, an orphan auto-immune dermatological indication
and for general corporate and working capital purposes.
The shares of preferred stock and warrants offered in the
offering and the shares issuable upon conversion of the preferred
stock and exercise of the warrants have not been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or state securities laws,
and may not be offered or sold in the United States without being
registered with the SEC or through an applicable exemption from SEC
registration requirements. This news release shall not constitute
an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall
there be any sale of any of the securities referred to in this news
release in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such state.
About Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc. applies a personalized approach to
treatment, developing novel, highly targeted antibody therapeutics
to improve the lives of patients with inflammatory diseases and
cancer. The Company's lead product candidate, bertilimumab, is
in clinical development for moderate to severe
ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease as well as bullous
pemphigoid, an orphan auto-immune dermatological condition, Immune
licensed worldwide rights for systemic indications of bertilimumab
from iCo Therapeutics (TSX:ICO) (OTCQX:ICOTF) in June 2011, while
iCo retained rights to all ophthalmic indications. iCo originally
licensed the exclusive world-wide rights to bertilimumab in 2006
from MedImmune, the Global Research and Development Arm of
AstraZeneca. Immune's pipeline also includes NanomAbs®,
antibody nanoparticle conjugates, for the targeted delivery of
chemotherapeutics. and Amiket™, a Neuropathic Pain drug candidate
ready for Phase III. Amiket has received Fast Track designation for
chemotherapy induced neuropathic pain and Orphan Drug Designation
for Post Herpetic Neuralgia.
For more information, visit Immune's website at
www.immunepharmaceuticals.com, the content of which is not a part
of this press release.
Erik Penser Bankaktiebolag is engaged as Immune's Certified
Adviser on NASDAQ OMX First North Premier.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release and any oral statements made with respect to
the information contained in this news release contain
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are urged to
consider statements that include the words "may," "will," "would,"
"could," "should," "believes," "estimates," "projects,"
"potential," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "intends,"
"continues," "forecast," "designed," "goal" or the negative of
those words or other comparable words to be uncertain and
forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements include
statements that express plans, anticipation, intent, contingency,
goals, targets, future development and are otherwise not statements
of historical fact. These statements are based on our current
expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results or developments to be materially different
from historical results or from any future results expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause
actual results or developments to differ materially include: the
risks associated with the adequacy of our existing cash resources
and our ability to continue as a going concern; the risks
associated with our ability to continue to meet our obligations
under our existing debt agreements; the risk that clinical trials
for bertilimumab or AmiKet™ will not be successful; the risk that
bertilimumab, AmiKet™ or compounds arising from our NanomAb®
program will not receive regulatory approval or achieve significant
commercial success; the risk that we will not be able to find a
partner to help conduct the Phase III trials for AmiKet™ on
attractive terms, a timely basis or at all; the risk that our other
product candidates that appeared promising in early research and
clinical trials do not demonstrate safety and/or efficacy in
larger-scale or later-stage clinical trials; the risk that we will
not obtain approval to market any of our product candidates; the
risks associated with dependence upon key personnel; the risks
associated with reliance on collaborative partners and others for
further clinical trials, development, manufacturing and
commercialization of our product candidates; the cost, delays and
uncertainties associated with our scientific research, product
development, clinical trials and regulatory approval process; our
history of operating losses since our inception; the highly
competitive nature of our business; risks associated with
litigation; and risks associated with our ability to protect our
intellectual property. These factors and other material risks are
more fully discussed in our periodic reports, including our reports
on Forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K and other filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission. You are urged to carefully
review and consider the disclosures found in our filings which are
available at www.sec.gov or at www.immunepharmaceuticals.com. You
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statements, any of which could turn out to be wrong due to
inaccurate assumptions, unknown risks or uncertainties or other
risk factors.
CONTACT: Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc.:
708 Third Avenue, Suite 210
New York, NY 10017
Anna Baran, Director of Investor Relations and
Corporate Communications
Tel: (646) 937-1941
anna.baran@immunepharma.com
Immune Pharmaceuticals Ltd.:
11C Galgale HaPlada
Herzliya-Pituach, Israel 46733
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