** Jasper Therapeutics' JSPR.O shares down 7.3% premarket to $2.40 after follow-on priced
** Redwood City, California-based JSPR early Fri announced ~12.3 mln shares, including 675,000 pre-funded warrants, for $30 mln gross proceeds
** The offering shares and pre-funded warrants accompanied by warrants to buy up to an additional ~12.3 mln shares
** Offering price of $2.43 represents 6.2% discount to stock's last sale of $2.59 on Thurs
** Co intends to use net proceeds to advance preclinical/clinical development programs of briquilimab in mast-cell driven diseases, and for other general corp purposes
** With ~16.3 mln shares outstanding, JSPR has $42 mln market cap through Thurs
** TD Cowen is sole bookrunner for offering
** Through Thurs close, JSPR shares had shed ~88% YTD
** On Jul 7, shares plunged 55% and closed at $3.04 after co halted its asthma trial for briquilimab due to a drug product lot issue that affected potency
** Two days later, JSPR announced a 50% workforce reduction and said it is halting other clinical programs to focus on briquilimab
** 6 of 10 analysts covering JSPR rate the stock "strong buy" or "buy", rest rate "hold"; median PT is $20, LSEG data reflects
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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