** Biohaven's BHVN.N shares down 1% to $49.49 in extended
trading as co looks to raise equity
** Biopharma co commences $250 mln stock offering for
general purposes
** JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are bookrunners
** BHVN ended regular session on Mon down 2% at $49.97
** Last Mon, shares finished up ~14% at $45.94 after co's
drug troriluzole met main goal of a study for Spinocerebellar
ataxia (SCA), inherited neurodegenerative disease that mainly
affects the cerebellum
** Co has ~94.5 mln shares outstanding for ~$4.7 bln market
cap, per LSEG
** YTD, shares up ~17% and have nearly doubled over the past
12 months
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com
lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))