aTyr Pharma (NASDAQ: LIFE), a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of innovative medicines based on novel immunological pathways, has closed an underwritten public offering of 4,235,294 shares of its common stock. According to the update, the shares were each sold at the public offering price of $4.25, resulting in approximately $18 million in proceeds for aTyr Pharma. In addition, aTyr Pharma has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 635,294 shares of common stock in connection with the public offering. ROTH Capital Partners acted as lead manager for the offering.
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About aTyr Pharma, Inc.
aTyr is a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of innovative medicines based on novel immunological pathways. aTyr’s research and development efforts are concentrated on a newly discovered area of biology, the extracellular functionality and signaling pathways of tRNA synthetases. aTyr has built a global intellectual property estate directed to a potential pipeline of protein compositions derived from 20 tRNA synthetase genes and their extracellular targets. aTyr’s primary focus is ATYR1923, a clinical-stage product candidate which binds to the neuropilin-2 receptor and is designed to down-regulate immune engagement in interstitial lung diseases. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.aTyrPharma.com.
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