On April 11, 2024 RenovoRx, Inc. ("RenovoRx" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: RNXT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel precision oncology therapies based on a local drug-delivery platform, reported the execution of definitive subscription agreements with accredited investors for a private placement which is expected to result in gross proceeds of approximately $11.1 million to RenovoRx, before deducting offering expenses (Press release, Renovorx, APR 8, 2024, View Source [SID1234641913]).
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The proceeds from this financing, in addition to RenovoRx’s previously announced private placement on January 29, 2024 for gross proceeds of approximately $6.1 million, extend the Company’s cash runway into 2026. The financing allows RenovoRx to advance its lead program, the pivotal Phase III TIGeR-PaC clinical trial in locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC), through the second interim readout and towards completion of the trial. The TIGeR-PaC study is an ongoing randomized multi-center study in LAPC using RenovoRx’s proprietary TAMP (Trans-Arterial Micro-Perfusion) therapy platform to evaluate its first product candidate, RenovoGem, a novel oncology drug-device combination product. The study is comparing treatment with TAMP to the current standard of care (systemic intravenous chemotherapy). RenovoRx expects that the second interim analysis for this study will be triggered by the 52nd event in the trial, which is estimated to occur in late 2024.
Proceeds from the financing are also expected to enable the expansion of the TAMP clinical development pipeline into additional cancer indications.
The definite subscription agreements were executed based on the closing price of RenovoRx’s common stock on April 4, 2024, and the private placement is expected to close on April 11, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. Newbridge Securities Corporation is acting as sole placement agent for the transaction.
Terms of the Private Placement
In connection with the private placement, the Company will issue 7,912,364 shares of common stock, five-year Series A Warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 7,912,364 shares of common stock, and two-year Series B Warrants, to purchase an aggregate of up to 3,956,182 shares of common stock, with the Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants together constituting 150% warrant coverage. Investors will pay a purchase price of $1.4075 for each share and associated Series A Warrant and Series B Warrant, with such price being at the market for purposes of Nasdaq Stock Market rules. The Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants are each exercisable for $1.22 per share. The Series B Warrants are callable by the Company after 6 months if certain price and volume thresholds are achieved.
The securities being sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the shares and the shares underlying the Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants issuable in connection with the private placement.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.