Karyopharm Therapeutics Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Exercise in Full of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares

On March 6, 2020 Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:KPTI), an oncology-focused pharmaceutical company, reported the closing of its previously announced registered underwritten public offering and the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares (Press release, Karyopharm, MAR 6, 2020, View Source [SID1234555273]). 7,187,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price to the public of $24.00 per share were issued and sold in the offering, which includes 937,500 shares issued upon the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The gross proceeds to Karyopharm from the offering, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses, are expected to be $172.5 million.

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J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Jefferies acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. RBC Capital Markets, Baird and H.C. Wainwright & Co. are acting as co-managers for the offering.

Karyopharm intends to use the net proceeds of the offering (i) to maintain and grow the infrastructure to support the continued commercialization of selinexor in the United States, including further developing our sales, marketing and market access functions along with related general and administrative capabilities; (ii) to support continued clinical development of selinexor in hematologic malignancies and solid tumors; (iii) to conduct activities to support regulatory submissions for oral selinexor as a potential second line therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma and as a potential new treatment for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; (iv) for conducting clinical trials of two of our pipeline drug candidates in oncology, eltanexor, a second-generation SINE compound, and KPT-9274, a dual acting p21-activated kinase 4 (PAK4) allosteric modulator and nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) inhibitor; and (v) for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

The offering was made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus forming part of an automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2020. The final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus was filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website located at View Source Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204, or by email at [email protected]; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by email at [email protected]; or Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at (877) 821-7388, or by email at [email protected].

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

FENNEC ANNOUNCES ISSUANCE OF U.S. PATENT FOR USE OF PEDMARKTM

On March 5, 2020 Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: FENC; TSX: FRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of PEDMARKTM (a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate (STS)) for the prevention of platinum-induced ototoxicity in pediatric patients, reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will issue U.S. Patent 10,596,190 entitled "Method for Reducing Ototoxicity in Pediatric Patients Receiving Platinum-Based Chemotherapy (Press release, Fennec Pharmaceuticals, MAR 5, 2020, View Source [SID1234555217])." As suggested by the title, the patent captures the use of Fennec’s PEDMARK product to reduce the ototoxic effects of cisplatin in pediatric patients, particularly in the age group of five years or younger. This is U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Orange Book eligible U.S. patent, and reflects Fennec’s strategy to expand and diversify its intellectual property portfolio to obtain protection for the PEDMARK product.

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PEDMARK was granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA in 2004. This designation, along with the U.S. Patent 10,596,190, strengthens the position of PEDMARK as the potential first and only treatment for the prevention of platinum induced ototoxicity in pediatric patients.

About PEDMARK (Sodium Thiosulfate (STS))

Cisplatin and other platinum compounds are essential chemotherapeutic agents for many pediatric malignancies. Unfortunately, platinum-based therapies can cause ototoxicity, or hearing loss, which is permanent, irreversible and particularly harmful to the survivors of pediatric cancer.

In the U.S. and Europe, it is estimated annually that over 10,000 children may receive platinum-based chemotherapy. The incidence of ototoxicity depends upon the dose and duration of chemotherapy, and many of these children require lifelong hearing aids. There is currently no established preventive agent for this hearing loss and only expensive, technically difficult and sub-optimal cochlear (inner ear) implants have been shown to provide some benefit. Infants and young children that suffer ototoxicity at critical stages of development lack speech language development and literacy, and older children and adolescents lack social-emotional development and educational achievement.

PEDMARK has been studied by cooperative groups in two Phase 3 clinical studies of survival and reduction of ototoxicity, The Clinical Oncology Group Protocol ACCL0431 and SIOPEL 6. Both studies have been completed. The COG ACCL0431 protocol enrolled one of five childhood cancers typically treated with intensive cisplatin therapy for localized and disseminated disease, including newly diagnosed hepatoblastoma, germ cell tumor, osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma, and medulloblastoma. SIOPEL 6 enrolled only hepatoblastoma patients with localized tumors.

In February 2020, Fennec completed its rolling submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA for PEDMARK and submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for sodium thiosulfate (tradename to be determined). PEDMARK received Breakthrough Therapy and Fast Track Designation by the FDA in March 2018. Further, PEDMARK has received Orphan Drug Designation in the U.S. for this setting.

Y-mAbs to Announce 2019 Financial and Operating Results on March 12, 2020

On March 5, 2020 Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company" or "Y-mAbs") (Nasdaq: YMAB) reported that it will report its 2019 financial and operating results on Thursday, March 12, 2020, after the close of the U.S. financial markets (Press release, Y-mAbs Therapeutics, MAR 5, 2020, View Source [SID1234555233]). The announcement will be followed by a conference call and webcast with the investment community at 4:30 p.m. ET. Participating on the call from Y-mAbs will be Thomas Gad, Founder, Chairman and President; Dr. Claus Moller, Chief Executive Officer; and Bo Kruse, Chief Financial Officer.

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Conference call and webcast details:

Investors (domestic): 877-407-0792
Investors (international): 201-689-8263
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Aridis Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 32nd Annual ROTH Conference

On March 5, 2020 Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel anti-infective therapies to treat life-threatening bacterial infections, reported that Vu Truong, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 32nd Annual ROTH Conference on Monday, March 16, 2020 at 4:00 pm PDT (Press release, Aridis Pharmaceuticals, MAR 5, 2020, View Source [SID1234555251]). The conference will be held at The Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Orange County, CA.

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Novavax to Host Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter Financial Results on March 11, 2020

On March 5, 2020 Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, reported it will report its fourth quarter 2019 financial and operating results following the close of U.S. financial markets on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 (Press release, Novavax, MAR 5, 2020, http://ir.novavax.com/news-releases/news-release-details/novavax-host-conference-call-discuss-fourth-quarter-financial [SID1234555277]).

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Conference call details are as follows:

Date: March 11, 2020
Time: 4:30 p.m.U.S. Eastern Time (ET)
Dial-in number: (877) 212-6076 (Domestic) or (707) 287-9331 (International)
Passcode: 5695528
Webcast: www.novavax.com, "Investors"/ "Events"

Conference call and webcast replay:

Dates: Starting at 7:30 p.m. ET, March 11, 2020 until
7:30 p.m. ETMarch 18, 2020
Dial-in number: (855) 859-2056 (Domestic) or (404) 537-3406 (International)
Passcode: 5695528
Webcast: www.novavax.com, "Investors"/ "Events", until June 11, 2020