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June 20 Financial Quick Takes: Zymeworks raises $175M; plus Casdin, Scholar Rock and more

June 21, 2019 12:09 AM UTC

Zymeworks trades up after follow-on
Zymeworks Inc. (NYSE:ZYME; TSX:ZYME) added $1.74 (10%) to $20.05 Thursday after raising $175 million late Wednesday through the sale of 9.7 million shares at $18 in a follow-on. The price is an 12% discount to Zymework's close of $20.17 on Tuesday, when it proposed the offering after market hours.

Casdin invests $50M in Codexis
Synthetic biology company Codexis Inc. (NASDAQ:CDXS) raised $50 million through the sale of 3 million shares to Casdin Capital at $16.40 in a private placement...