Total: $354.88M

Company
(Symbol)#

Type Of Financing  (M)

Number Of Shares, Units Or Warrants

Amount Raised (M)

Investors; Placement Agents;Details
(Date)@


Alizyme plc (UK; LSE:AZM)

Private placement of stock

6.84S

£11.5 US$19.6

Alizyme placed 6.84M shares with institutional investors; Nomura International plc was the placement agent (10/22)

 

AltaRex
Corp.
(Canada;
TSE:AXO)

Private placement of stock

6U

C$2.04 (US$1.56)

AltaRex raised about C$2M through the sale of 6M units, each consisting of one share and one warrant to purchase one share at C$0.50 each (10/21)

 

Alteon Inc.
(AMEX:ALT)

Private placement of stock

4.46S

$7.8

Alteon raised about $7.8M through the sale of shares to institutional investors at $1.75 each; investors have the option to purchase another 1.56M shares at $1.85 each (10/16)

 

Ariad Pharmaceuticals 
Inc. (ARIA)

Private placement of stock

6.44S

$41

Ariad raised $41M though the placement of 6.44M shares covered under a shelf registration statement; Lehman Brothers and Rodman & Renshaw were placement agents (10/03)

 

CollaGenex
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.
(CGPI)

Private placement of stock

2S

$20

CollaGenex grossed $20M from the placement of 2M shares that were covered under a registration statement; Rodman & Renshaw and Jessup and Lamont were placement agents (10/3)

 

Cytomedix
Inc.
(OTC BB:CYME)

Private placement of stock

ND

$2.5

Cytomedix raised $2.5M in a private stock sale; financial terms were not disclosed (10/9)

 

Endovasc Inc.
(OTC BB: EVSC)

Private placement of stock

ND

$1.2

Endovasc said it received $1.2M in proceeds from the sale of stock to foreign investors (10/16)

 

Genaissance
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.
(GNSC)

Private placement of preferred stock

0.27S

$6.1

Genaissance sold shares of Series A preferred stock that can be converted into 2.7M common shares; they pay a cash dividend of 2 percent; RAM Trading Ltd. also got warrants for another 190,000 Series A shares (10/30)

 

Genaissance
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.
(GNSC)

Term loan

N/A

$5

Genaissance got a three-year, $5M term loan with Comerica Bank to repay existing capital leases (10/30)

 

Genelabs
Technologies
Inc.
(GNLB)

Firm- commitment deal

23S

$31.5

Genelabs priced an offering of 20M shares at $1.37 per share in a firm-commitment underwriting deal, under which Natexis Bleichroeder Inc. bought the shares directly and is responsible for any credit risk; Natexis purchased 3M shares as part of an overallotment option (10/17)

 

Genetronics
Biomedical
Corp. (AMEX:GEB)

Private, milestone-driven investment

ND

$7.5

Genetronics received a $7.5M second tranche of funding from a financing that totals $15.7M, after meeting milestones related to MedPulser development; SCO Securities LLC was placement agent (10/22)

 

GenoMed
Inc.
(GMED)

Bridge funding

ND

$0.12

GenoMed secured bridge funding of up to $420,000 per month, of which $100,000 is guaranteed, through October 2004 (10/22)

 

Genome Therapeutics Corp. (GENE)

Private placement of stock

5.2S and 2.6W

$13

Genome Therapeutics raised $13M through two closings of a private placement; the five-year warrants are exercisable at $3.48 per share; Life Science Group was placement agent (10/16)

 

Hermispherx Biopharma Inc. (AMEX:HEB)

Private placement of convertible debentures

N/A

$4.1

Hemispherx sold 6% convertible debentures due Oct. 30, 2005; warrants equaling 20% of the offering and convertible at $2.32 per share also were issued; Cardinal Securities LLC was placement agent (10/30)

 

ID Biomedical Corp. (Canada; IDBE)

Bought-deal financing

5.8U

$100

Investors agreed to pay $17.37 per unit, which consists of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant to purchase a full share at $25 (10/9)

 

IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IBPI)

Private placement of stock

1.774S and 0.355W

$19.2

IntraBiotics raised $19.2M through the sale of 1.774M shares and warrants to purchase 355,000 shares at $10.85 per share; Lazard Freres and Co. and WR Hambrecht + Co. were advisers (10/6)

 

Matritech Inc (NMPS)

Private placement of stock

3.6S and 1.26W

$6

Matritech raised $6M in the sale to undisclosed investors; the warrants carry an exercise price of $2.45 per share (10/15)

 

Nuvelo Inc. (NUVO)

Private placement of stock

11.5S

$28.2

Nuvelo raised $28.2M through the private sale of 11.5M shares, including the overallotment option; JMP Securities LLC was the underwriter (10/2)

 

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (Canada; ONCY)

Bought-deal financing

1.2S and 0.6W

$6

Oncolytics sold 1.2 million units, each consisting of one common share and a warrant for one-half of one share; Canaccord Capital underwrote the deal (10/14)

 

Progen Industries Ltd. (Australia; PGLAF)

Private placement of stock

3.8S

A$5.8 (US$4.1)

Progen sold 3.8M shares at A$1.40 each after re-negotiating terms of the placement with Taylor Collision Ltd. (10/31)

 

Pro-Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMEX:PRW) 

Private placement of stock

1.3S and 0.65W

$4.6

Pro-Pharmaceuticals raised $4.6M through the sale of 1.3M shares and warrants to purchase up to 650,000 more shares; Rodman & Renshaw was placement agent (10/3)

 

SIGA Technologies Inc. (SIGA)

Private placement of stock

6.5S and 3.1W

$9

SIGA is raising $9 million through the sale of stock to MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and affiliates of TransTech Pharma Inc.; warrants are exercisable at $2 per share (10/8)

 

The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR)

Private placement of stock

6S and 3W

$12

Immune Response sold 6 million shares at $2.02 and issued 3M warrants exercisable at $3.32 per share; Rodman & Renshaw Inc. was placement agent (10/14)

 

Viragen Inc. (AMEX:VRA)

Private placement of stock

21.3S and 4.26W

$4.8

Viragen raised $4.8M through the sale of about 21.3M shares at $0.224 per share, and issued 1.4M shares and warrants for 0.191M shares as a fee to the transaction's finder (9/29)


Notes:

 

This chart does not include real estate or manufacturing plant financings.

One entry occurred in September but was not included in that chart.

# Unless otherwise indicated, shares are traded on the Nasdaq exchange.

@ Dates refer to the date of the press release.

N/A = Not available, applicable or reported.

AMEX = American Stock Exchange; LSE = London Stock Exchange; OTC BB = Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board; TSE = Toronto Stock Exchange.