DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOVA), a pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing drug candidates for rare diseases where there is a high unmet need, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 2,500,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $32.00, for total gross proceeds of approximately $80.0 million. All of the shares in the offering will be sold by Dova. In addition, Dova has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 375,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount. The offering is expected to close on February 27, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Jefferies LLC and Evercore Group L.L.C. are serving as joint book-running managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to the offering has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and was declared effective on February 22, 2018. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, 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; Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at 1-877-821-7388 or by email at Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com; or Evercore ISI, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 36th Floor, New York, NY 10055, or by telephone at (888) 474-0200 or by email at ecm.prospectus@evercore.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 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.
About Dova
Dova is a pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing, and commercializing drug candidates for rare diseases where there is a high unmet need, with an initial focus on addressing thrombocytopenia. Dova’s lead drug candidate, avatrombopag, has successfully completed two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in patients with CLD scheduled to undergo a procedure and an NDA has been accepted for priority review by FDA for this initial indication with a PDUFA goal date of May 21, 2018.
Contacts
Mark W. Hahn
(919) 338-7936
mhahn@dova.com
Westwicke Partners
John Woolford
(443) 213-0506
john.woolford@westwicke.com