ChemGenex raises $12.9m

By Dylan Bushell-Embling
Wednesday, 17 September, 2008

ChemGenex [ASX: CXS] has completed a $12.9 million capital raising through a share placement to institutional investors.

15.2 million shares were sold at $0.85 per share. Over half of these shares were purchased by existing major ChemGenex shareholders.

The company is also offering existing Australian shareholders the ability to participate on the same terms.

Existing major shareholders Alta Partners, GBS Venture Partners and Merck Snate committed $6.5 million.

The funds will be used for ChemGenex’s clinical trial program of its lead drug candidate, omacetaxine, for chronic myeloid leukaemia.

Related News

Heart muscle regeneration genes mapped

Researchers have uncovered insights into how stem cells develop and mature into heart muscle...

The cause of 2022's mpox outbreak revealed

Researchers have discovered that the strain of mpox behind the 2022 outbreak was a weakened form...

New gene therapy treats liver disorder in growing children

Researchers have developed a genome-editing approach that repairs a faulty gene directly at its...


  • All content Copyright © 2026 Westwick-Farrow Pty Ltd