** Shares of Mineralys Therapeutics MLYS.O down 4.7% at $13.63 before the bell after follow-on priced
** Radnor, Pennsylvania-based firm late Tues said sold ~12.96 mln shares at $13.50 for $175 mln gross proceeds
** Offering price represents 5.6% discount to last sale
** On Mon,
MLYS soared 42% to close at $14.96 after
lorundrostat, its drug
to treat hypertension, met main goals in mid- and late-stage trials
** Late Mon, co
commenced $250 mln stock offering to fund development of the drug
** Co has ~49.8 mln shares outstanding for $712 mln market cap
** BofA, Evercore, Goldman Sachs, Stifel and Wells Fargo are jt bookrunners for stock offering
** All 7 analysts covering MLYS are bullish with $33 median PT, per LSEG data
** Shares debuted in Feb 2023 after co's IPO priced at $16
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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