** Shares of drug developer Annovis Bio ANVS.N drop 17.7%
to $4.01 premarket
** ANVS announces pricing of public offering of 5.25 mln
shares of common stock and warrants at $4/shr for gross proceeds
of $21 mln
** Stock offering priced at a 17.9% discount to stock's last
close
** ThinkEquity was the sole book-running manager for the
offering
** ANVS plans to use the proceeds for working capital and
general purposes, including the development of its lead
experimental drug, Buntanetap
** Prior to offering, ANVS had ~14.3 mln outstanding shares,
per SEC filing, giving it a market cap of $69.3 mln as of last
close
** ANVS stock slumped 73.1% in 2024
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((mailto:ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))