Overview
The international law firm McDermott Will & Emery assisted Genkyotex, a biopharmaceutical company and the leader in NOX therapies listed on the regulated markets of Euronext Paris and Euronext Brussels, on its capital increase with preferential shareholders subscription rights which was realized on February 10, 2020.
The €4,9 million raised in the public offering are intended to primarily provide the Genkyotex with additional resources to continue, over the next 12 months, the clinical development of its lead product candidate, setanaxib, in multiple fibrotic indications including primary biliary cholangitis (PBC, an orphan fibrotic disorder), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and diabetic kidney disease.
McDermott Will & Emery advised Genkyotex with a team led in Paris by David Revcolevschi (Partner, capital markets/corporate), together with Stephan de Groër (associate, corporate).
Gilbert Dupont acted as Lead Manager and Bookrunner in the offering.
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