WALTHAM, Mass., July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crescent Biopharma, Inc. ("Crescent" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CBIO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to rapidly advancing the next wave of therapies for cancer patients, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of its ordinary shares or, in lieu of ordinary shares to investors that so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase its ordinary shares. In addition, Crescent intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the ordinary shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants to be sold in the proposed offering are being offered by Crescent. The proposed offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the proposed offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the proposed offering.
Jefferies, TD Cowen, Guggenheim Securities and Cantor are acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering. LifeSci Capital is acting as passive book-running manager for the proposed offering.
The securities described above are being offered by Crescent pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, including a base prospectus, that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and was declared effective on July 10, 2026. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to this offering will be filed with the SEC. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus can be accessed through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus supplement relating to the proposed offering may be obtained, when available, by contacting Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (877) 821-7388, or by email at Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com; TD Securities (USA) LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by email at TDManualrequest@broadridge.com; Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 330 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017, by telephone at (212) 518-9544, or by email at GSEquityProspectusDelivery@guggenheimpartners.com; Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by email at prospectus@cantor.com; and LifeSci Capital LLC, Attention: LifeSci Capital LLC, 1700 Broadway, 40th Floor, New York, NY 10019, or by email at legalnotices@lifescicapital.com.