** NervGen Pharma NGEN.O shares down 22.8% post-market to $2.84 on equity raise news
** Canadian biopharma commences offering of stock, warrants and pre-funded warrants without disclosing deal size
** Intends to use net offering proceeds to fund advancement of its spinal cord injury drug, NVG-291, through clinical studies and for general corporate and working capital purposes
** Leerink and TD Cowen joint bookrunners
** NGEN shares finished down 1.6% at $3.68 on Thurs, down 34% YTD
** Co has roughly $300 mln market cap based on ~82.2 mln shares outstanding, per LSEG data
** All 7 analysts rate the stock "buy"; median PT $8.20
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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