TEL AVIV, Israel and
RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RedHill Biopharma
Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) ("RedHill" or the "Company"), a specialty
biopharmaceutical company, today announced the closing of its
previously announced underwritten offering of 3,188,776 American
Depositary Shares (ADSs) of the Company, at a price to the public
of $7.84 per ADS. Each ADS represents
ten ordinary shares, par value NIS
0.01 per share, of the Company.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the sole book-running manager
for the offering.
The Company also has granted to the underwriter a 30-day option
to purchase up to additional 478,316 ADSs at the public offering
price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.
The gross proceeds to RedHill, before deducting underwriting
discounts and commissions and offering expenses, are approximately
$25 million. The Company intends to
use the net proceeds from this offering to fund its clinical
development programs, commercialization activities and for
acquisitions and general corporate purposes.
The securities described above were offered by RedHill pursuant
to a "shelf" registration statement on Form F-3 (File No.
333-226278) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on July 23,
2018 and declared effective by the SEC on July 31, 2018. The offering of the securities was
made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus
supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement.
A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating
to the securities offered have been filed with the SEC and are
available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov and may also
be obtained by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430
Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York,
NY 10022, by phone at (646) 975-6996 or e-mail at
placements@hcwco.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there
be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such state or other jurisdiction.
About RedHill Biopharma
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) is a specialty
biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on gastrointestinal and
infectious diseases. RedHill promotes the gastrointestinal drugs,
Movantik® for opioid-induced constipation in
adults[1], Talicia® for the
treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in
adults[2], and Aemcolo® for
the treatment of travelers' diarrhea in
adults[3]. RedHill's key clinical late-stage
development programs include: (i) RHB-204, with an
ongoing Phase 3 study for pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria
(NTM) disease; (ii) opaganib (Yeliva®), a
first-in-class SK2 selective inhibitor targeting
multiple indications with a Phase 2/3 program for COVID-19 and
Phase 2 studies for prostate cancer and cholangiocarcinoma ongoing;
(iii) RHB-104, with positive results from a first Phase 3
study for Crohn's disease; (iv) RHB-102
(Bekinda®), with positive results from a Phase 3
study for acute gastroenteritis and gastritis and positive results
from a Phase 2 study for IBS-D; (v) RHB-107
(upamostat), a Phase 2-stage serine protease inhibitor with
a planned Phase 2/3 study in symptomatic COVID-19 and targeting
multiple other cancer and inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases;
and (vi) RHB-106, an encapsulated bowel preparation.
More information about the Company is available at
www.redhillbio.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such statements may be preceded by the words "intends,"
"may," "will," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "projects,"
"predicts," "estimates," "aims," "believes," "hopes," "potential"
or similar words. Forward-looking statements include statements
regarding the intended use of net proceeds from the offering.
Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and are
subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many
of which are beyond the Company's control and cannot be predicted
or quantified, and consequently, actual results may differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without
limitation; the risk that the Company will not succeed to
complete the patient recruitment; the risk that the Company will
not receive the relevant data required for benefiting from the Fast
Track designation; the risk that the U.S. Phase 3 clinical study
evaluating RHB-204 will not be successful or, if successful, will
not suffice for regulatory marketing approval without the need for
additional clinical and/or other studies; as well as risks and
uncertainties associated with (i) the initiation, timing, progress
and results of the Company's research, manufacturing, pre-clinical
studies, clinical trials, and other therapeutic candidate
development efforts, and the timing of the commercial launch of its
commercial products and ones it may acquire or develop in the
future; (ii) the Company's ability to advance its therapeutic
candidates into clinical trials or to successfully complete its
pre-clinical studies or clinical trials or the development of a
commercial companion diagnostic for the detection of MAP; (iii) the
extent and number and type of additional studies that the Company
may be required to conduct and the Company's receipt of regulatory
approvals for its therapeutic candidates, and the timing of other
regulatory filings, approvals and feedback; (iv) the manufacturing,
clinical development, commercialization, and market acceptance of
the Company's therapeutic candidates and Talicia®; (v)
the Company's ability to successfully commercialize and promote
Talicia®, and Aemcolo® and
Movantik®; (vi) the Company's ability to establish and
maintain corporate collaborations; (vii) the Company's ability to
acquire products approved for marketing in the U.S. that achieve
commercial success and build its own marketing and
commercialization capabilities; (viii) the interpretation of the
properties and characteristics of the Company's therapeutic
candidates and the results obtained with its therapeutic candidates
in research, pre-clinical studies or clinical trials; (ix) the
implementation of the Company's business model, strategic plans for
its business and therapeutic candidates; (x) the scope of
protection the Company is able to establish and maintain for
intellectual property rights covering its therapeutic candidates
and its ability to operate its business without infringing the
intellectual property rights of others; (xi) parties from whom the
Company licenses its intellectual property defaulting in their
obligations to the Company; (xii) estimates of the Company's
expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and needs for
additional financing; (xiii) the effect of patients suffering
adverse experiences using investigative drugs under the Company's
Expanded Access Program; (xiv) competition from other companies and
technologies within the Company's industry; and (xv) the hiring and
employment commencement date of executive managers. More detailed
information about the Company and the risk factors that may affect
the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed
with the SEC on March 4, 2020.
All forward-looking statements included in this press release are
made only as of the date of this press release. The Company assumes
no obligation to update any written or oral forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise unless required by law.
Company
contact:
Adi Frish
Chief Corporate &
Business Development Officer
RedHill
Biopharma
+972-54-6543-112
adi@redhillbio.com
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Media contact
(U.S.):
Bryan
Gibbs
Vice
President
Finn
Partners
+1 212 529
2236
bryan.gibbs@finnpartners.com
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[1] Full prescribing information for Movantik®
(naloxegol) is available at: www.Movantik.com.
[2] Full prescribing information for Talicia®
(omeprazole magnesium, amoxicillin and rifabutin) is available at:
www.Talicia.com.
[3] Full prescribing information for Aemcolo®
(rifamycin) is available at: www.Aemcolo.com.
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