iBio Announces $26 Million Private Placement

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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, Jan. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iBio, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBIO), an AI-driven innovator of precision antibody therapies, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with existing healthcare-focused, high-quality institutional investors for a private placement (\"PIPE\") financing that is expected to result in gross proceeds of approximately $26 million to the Company before placement agent fees and offering expenses. The offering is expected to close on or about January 13, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The financing was led by Frazier Life Sciences and included participation from other existing investors. iBio intends to use the net proceeds received from the offering to advance its preclinical cardiometabolic programs, including IBIO-610, IBIO-600, and the myostatin and activin A bispecific programs, through key development milestones, as well as to continue to progress its other preclinical pipeline assets, and the balance, if any, to fund iBio’s working capital requirements and for other general corporate purposes. This financing extends iBio’s cash runway into calendar 2028. Pursuant to the terms of the securities purchase agreement, the Company is selling an aggregate of 11,061,738 shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) at a purchase price of $2.35 per share (or $2.349 per pre-funded warrant), subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations set by each holder. Leerink Partners acted as the lead placement agent for the offering. LifeSci Capital and Oppenheimer & Co. acted as co-placement agents. The unregistered shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants sold in the PIPE financing described above were offered under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, along with the shares of common stock underlying the pre-funded warrants, have not been registered under the Act or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the shares of common stock, the pre-funded warrants and the shares of common stock underlying the pre-funded warrants may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The securities were offered only to accredited investors. ...

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