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Verastem Oncology Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock, Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Verastem Oncology, (Nasdaq: VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with cancer, today
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[{"type":"text","content":" BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nVerastem Oncology, (Nasdaq: VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with cancer, today announced that it intends to offer and sell shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase shares of common stock, as well as pre-funded warrants to purchase common stock in lieu of common stock for certain investors and accompanying warrants to purchase shares of common stock, in an underwritten public offering. The pre-funded warrants will be issued to certain investors who have elected to purchase them in lieu of shares of common stock in this offering. 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. All of the securities to be sold in the offering are to be sold by Verastem Oncology.\n\n\nGuggenheim Securities and Cantor are acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering.\n\n\nVerastem Oncology intends to use the net proceeds from the proposed public offering to fund the potential launch of avutometinib and defactinib in low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC), continued clinical research and development of product candidates, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, research and development expenditures, clinical trial expenditures, potential commercial launch expenditures, milestone payments under collaboration and in-license agreements, and possible acquisitions.\n\n\nA shelf registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the public offering of the securities described above was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 20, 2023. The offering will be made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. Before you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of such public offering, the accompanying base prospectus, and the related registration statement and other documents that Verastem Oncology has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Verastem Oncology and the proposed offering. These documents, when available, are free and can be found by visiting EDGAR on the...