Article: Metabasis Prices IPO: $35M Helps Liver Product Pipeline.

National Editor

Having lowered the price of its initial public offering, liver-drug company Metabasis Therapeutics Inc. raised $35 million by selling 5 million shares at $7 per share - even less than the lowered range of $8 to $9 per share.

The company's stock (NASDAQ:MBRX) closed Wednesday at $6.66, after climbing as high as $7.13.

When it filed the IPO in February, San Diego-based Metabasis hoped to raise as much as $86.25 million, but earlier this month, underwriters cut the estimated price range from $11 to $13 per share and reduced the number of shares offered from 6 million to 5 million. (See BioWorld Today, Feb. 4, 2004.)

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