Total: $266.25M

 

Company
(Symbol)#
(M)

Type Of
Financing

Number
Of
Shares,
Units
Or Warrants

Amount
Raised
(M)

Investors; Placement Agents; Details (Date)@


Avanir
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.
(AMEX:AVN)

Private placement ofstock

6.1S

$16.15

Shares were sold at $2.65 each in a registereddirect offering from a shelf registration; investingwere Xmark Funds, Federated Kaufmann, Jennison Associates LLC and OrbiMed Advisors LLC (10/18)

 

CepTor Corp.
(OTC BB:CEPO)

Stock purchaseagreement

N/A

N/A

Fusion Capital Fund II LLC agreed to purchase up to $20M of CepTor common stock over 40 months;CepTor has the right to sell Fusion $500,000 of stock per month at the market price (10/10)

 

Cytokinetics
Inc.
(CYTK)

Stock purchaseagreement

N/A

N/A

Kingsbridge Capital Ltd. committed to purchase up to $75M of Cytokinetics' stock during the nextthree years, at times to be determined by Cytokinetics; Kingsbridge also got a five-year warrant tobuy up to 244,000 shares at $9.13 per share (10/28)

 

Forbes
Medi-Tech Inc.
(Canada; FMTI)

Private placement ofconvertible notes andwarrants

3.636S and 1.82W

$6

The notes, which mature in October 2008, are convertible into about 3.6M shares at $1.65 pershare; the five-year warrants are exercisable at $2.06 per share; Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. wasplacement agent (10/27)

 

Generex
Biotechnology
Corp.
(Canada;
GNBT)

Warrants exercise

ND

$6.4

Investors paid $6.4M to exercise warrants to purchase an undisclosed number of shares (10/28)

 

Gentium SpA
(Italy; AMEX:GNT)

Private placement ofstock and warrants

1.55S and 0.62W

$10.9

The American depository shares were sold at $7.05 each; warrants to ADSs are exercisable at$9.69 each; lead investors were funds managed by Great Point Partners LLC; Rodman & Renshaw LLCwas lead placement agent; Maxim Group LLC and I-Bankers Securities Inc. were co-agents (10/4)

 

GlycoGenesys
Inc.
(GLGS)

Stock purchaseagreement

N/A

N/A

Fusion Capital Fund II LLC agreed to purchase up to $20M of GlycoGenesys stock over 25 months, attimes determined by GlycoGenesys (10/24)

 

Hana
Biosciences
Inc.
(AMEX:HBX)

Private placement ofstock and warrants

3.68S and 0.737W

$14.7 

The shares were sold at $4 each; the five-year warrants are exercisable at $5.80 per share;investors included ProMed Management, Lehman  Brothers, Pogue Capital Management, PerceptiveLife Sciences Fund, Atlas Equity, Mosaix Ventures, Coqui Capital and Panacea Asset Management;Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. was lead placement agent and Griffin Securities was co-agent (10/19)

 

Helix
BioPharma
Corp.
(Canada;
TSE:HBP)

Private placement ofstock and warrants

2.34S and 2.34W

C$4 (US$3.4)

The securities were placed in Europe; each warrant is exercisable at C$2.39 per share until March 31,2008 (10/4)

 

Inflazyme
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.
(Canada;
TSE:IZP)

Restructuring of subsidiary

N/A

C$3.6 (US$3)

Inflazyme raised a total of C$7M from the restructuring in September and then the sale of a subsidiary (10/27)

 

La Jolla
Pharmaceutical
Co.
(LJPC)

Private placement ofstock and warrants

88S and 22W

$66

Investing in the deal were Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Fund VI LP, Frazier Healthcare Ventures,Alejandro Gonzalez, Special Situations Funds, Domain Public Equity Partners LP and Sutter HillVentures; the five-year warrants are exercisable at $1 per share (10/7)

 

Metabasis
Therapeutics
Inc.
(MBRX)

Private placement ofstock and warrants

7S and 2.45W

$41.3

The shares were sold at $5.86 each; the warrants are exercisable at $6.74 per share; investors paidan additional $0.125 per warrant; SG Cowen & Co. LLC was lead placement agent, and Rodman &Renshaw LLC served was co-agent (10/3)

 

Mologen AG
(Germany;
FSE:MGN)

Private placement of stock

0.684S

€5.1 (US$6.1)

The shares were placed with Absolute Capital Management at a 10-day average market price, which was not disclosed; the amount raised was estimated (10/12)

 

Novelos
Therapeutics
Inc.
(OTC BB:
NVLT)

Private placement of convertible stock and warrants

N/A and ND

$3

The 8% notes are convertible into stock at $1.65 per share; the five-year warrants are exercisable at $5 per share (10/3)

 

Ortec
International
Inc.
(OTC BB:
ORTN)

Private placement of stock and warrants

13.2S and 6.6W

$3.3

The shares were sold at $0.25 each; the warrants are exercisable at $0.50per share (10/12)

 

pSivida Ltd.
(Australia; PSDV)

Private placement of convertible notes and warrants

N/A and 0.633W

$15

The three-year, 8% notes are convertible into American depository receipts at $7.10 each; the six-year warrants are exercisable at $7.20 per ADR (10/6)

 

Tercica Inc.
(TRCA)

Equity facility and warrant sale

N/A and 0.26W

N/A

Kingsbridge Capital Ltd. committed to purchase up to $75M in stock over three years; Tercica will determine the timing and amounts; Kingsbridge also got a five-year warrant to purchase 260,000 shares at a 30% premium (10/14)

 

Vasogen Inc.
(Canada; VSGN)

Private placement of convertible  notes and warrants

N/A and 3.33W

$40

The two-year, 6.45% notes are convertible into common stock at $3 per share; the five-year warrants are exercisable at $3 per share (10/7)

 

Vical Inc.
(VICL)

Private placement of stock

4.7S

$22.6

The shares were sold at $4.80 each in a registered direct offering; Piper Jaffray & Co. was lead placement agent; Needham & Co. LLC and Rodman & Renshaw LLC were co-placement agents (10/12)

 

VioQuest
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.
(OTC BB:
VQPH)

Private placement of stock and warrants

11.2S and 4.5W

$8.4

The shares were sold concurrently with its merger with Greenwich Therapeutics; the five-year warrants are exercisable at $1 per share; Paramount BioCapital Inc. was placement agent (10/19)


Notes:

This chart does not include real estate or manufacturing plant financings or debt deals done to replace existing debt.

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

Currency conversions are based on exchange rates at the time of the deal.

N/A = Not applicable; ND = Not disclosed.

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