Edgewise Therapeutics Announces Pricing of $200 Million Underwritten Offering of Common Stock
Summary
Leerink Partners, Piper Sandler, Guggenheim Securities and Truist Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.Edgewise intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to support the potential U.S. commercial launch of sevasemten in patients with Becker muscular dystrophy, if approved, and advancement of a Phase 3 trial with sevasemten in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Phase 3 trials of EDG-7500 in patients with obstructive and non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Edgewises other ongoing research and development programs, and for working capital and general corporate purposes. These documents can be accessed for free through the SECs website at .When available, a copy of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained from: Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, or by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. Sevasemten is an orally administered skeletal myosin inhibitor in late-stage clinical trials in Becker and Duchenne muscular dystrophies. EDG-7500 is a novel cardiac sarcomere modulator for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and other diseases of diastolic dysfunction, currently in Phase 2 clinical development. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from current expectations and beliefs, including but not limited to: general economic and market conditions; satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the offering; the timing, progress and results of clinical trials for sevasemten and EDG-7500; the timing, scope and likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals; and other risks.