** Shares of Corbus Pharmaceuticals CRBP.O down 16.3% in extended trading to $13.76 after planned equity raise news
** Norwood, Massachusetts-based oncology and obesity co announces offering of stock and pre-funded warrants without disclosing targeted deal size
** It intends to use net offering proceeds to fund clinical development of its pipeline and for working capital and other purposes
** Jefferies and Piper Sandler are joint bookrunners
** With ~12.26 mln shares outstanding, co has about $200 mln market cap
** CRBP shares on Thurs closed down 2.5% at $16.44. Stock up 77% over the past three months, putting it up 39% YTD
** Earlier this month, co shared early-stage data of CRB-701, its experimental therapy for head and neck cancer that has returned or spread after earlier treatments, at the annual European Society for Medical Oncology
** All 10 analysts covering CRBP are bullish and their median PT is $40, per LSEG data
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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