Benzinga | Jun 29, 2021 06:54AM EDT

Zentalis Secures $150M In Equity Funding

* Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ZNTL) priced an underwritten public offering of 3.1 million shares at $48.50 per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $150.4 million.

* The stock's last close price was $49 on Monday.

* Underwriters have an option to purchase up to an additional 465k shares.

* The offering will close on July 1.

* Proceeds will be used to advance the clinical development of lead product candidates, ZN-c3 and ZN-c5, and other product candidates, including ZN-d5 and ZN-e4.

* Recently, the company announced interim data for ZN-c3 Phase 1, demonstrating increased tumor reduction and durability.

* Newly confirmed responses and an additional unconfirmed Partial Response in uterine serous carcinoma were reported. The objective response rate (ORR) in the USC population increased from 40% to 43%.

* Interim data from the ZN-c5 trial in ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer showed a clinical benefit rate (CBR) of 33%, and the ORR was 5%.

* ZN-c5 generated 2 PRs at the 150 mg and 300 mg doses.

* See the offering prospectus here.

* Price Action: ZNTL shares are down 1.9% at $48.06 during the premarket session on the last check Tuesday.