Sorrento Therapeutics Inc (SRNE)

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Sorrento Therapeutics' stock swoons on secondary offering announcement
The company plans to use the proceeds from the offering to further develop its drug pipeline, general research and development

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Sorrento is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego
Sorrento Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SRNE), an antibody-centric biopharmaceutical company, saw shares plunge Friday morning after the company announced a secondary offering of stock.

The company plans to use the proceeds from the offering to further develop its drug pipeline, general research and development, as well as working capital and corporate purposes.

Investors viewed the move as dilutive and dropped the share price 19% to $2.73 midday Friday.

An exact number of shares was not specified, and the company plans to also offer warrants for the purchase of additional common stock.

Sorrento is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego focused on developing therapies to make malignant cancers more manageable. Resiniferatoxin, the company’s non-opioid pain management small molecule is currently undergoing a Phase 1b trial in terminal cancer patients.

Date: 6/28/19 available in cache only

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