** Shares of Gain Therapeutics GANX.O down 8.8% premarket to $1.55 after follow-on prices
** Bethesda, Maryland-based firm announces offering of ~4.5 mln shares and warrants to buy up to ~2.3 mln shares for gross proceeds of $7 mln
** Effective price of $1.55/sh compares to stock's last sale of $1.70 on Tues
** 5-yr warrants are exerciseable immediately and have exercise price of $1.65
** Co intends to use net offering proceeds to continue clinical/nonclinical development of its lead product candidate GT-02287 for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including GBA1 Parkinson’s disease
** As of May 31, co had ~30.1 mln shares outstanding, per the prospectus
** Newbridge Securities sole bookrunner for offering
** GANX on Tues closed down 8.6%, down 21% YTD
** All 7 analysts covering GANX are bullish and median PT is $8, according to LSEG data
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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