** Shares of Aridis Pharmaceuticals Inc ARDS.O soar 23.5%
to $1.05 after the anti-infectives developer withdraws a common
stock offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPnhM5dNa
** ARDS cites market environment and "interest of achieving
the best value for our stockholders" as reasons for withdrawal
** Co on Monday said it planned for a public stock offering
and had hired Aegis Capital Corp as the sole book-runner
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** ARDS had $8 mln in cash and equivalents as of June 30
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** ARDS shares down ~31% this year
(Reporting by Manas Mishra in Bengaluru)
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