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Atea Pharmaceuticals develops oral antiviral therapeutics for serious viral diseases. The company uses a proprietary nucleos(t)ide prodrug platform focused on single-stranded RNA viruses and is building a pipeline that includes bemnifosbuvir, a nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor, and ruzasvir, an NS5A inhibitor, for hepatitis C virus treatment.
Recurring Atea news covers clinical and preclinical antiviral development, including HCV Phase 3 studies such as C-BEYOND and C-FORWARD, hepatitis E virus candidates including AT-587 and AT-2490, scientific conference presentations, financial results, and business updates tied to pipeline execution.
Atea Pharmaceuticals has appointed Barbara Duncan to its Board of Directors, where she will also serve as Chair of the Audit Committee. Duncan brings extensive financial and public company expertise, having held senior roles at various biopharmaceutical firms, including Chief Financial Officer at Intercept Pharmaceuticals. Her appointment comes at a crucial time as Atea transitions to a publicly traded company and aims to advance its antiviral pipeline, particularly the oral COVID-19 treatment, AT-527. This strategic leadership change is expected to enhance Atea's market navigation and therapeutic development efforts.
Atea Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: AVIR) announced the closure of its initial public offering, raising a total of $345 million by selling 14,375,000 shares at $24.00 each. This includes the complete exercise of the underwriters' overallotment option, adding an additional $45 million. The stock began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on October 30, 2020. Major underwriters included J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley.
Atea Pharmaceuticals has priced its initial public offering at $24.00 per share, offering 12,500,000 shares to the public, expected to generate $300 million in gross proceeds. The common stock will begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AVIR on October 30, 2020, with the closing of the offering anticipated on November 3, 2020. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase an additional 1,875,000 shares. J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Evercore, and William Blair are the joint book-running managers.