Article: ILEX Raises $93.5M In Secondary Public Offering Of Common Stock.

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ILEX Oncology Inc. gained gross proceeds of $93.5 million through the sale of 5.5 million common shares priced at $17 apiece.

The San Antonio-based company said it netted $87.5 million in the offering - funds it plans to use for product development, financing clinical trials and preclinical work.

"We want to continue to develop our compounds in different areas and various phases of testing," Mark Mellin, ILEX's chief financial officer, told BioWorld Today. "We also need to take a look at potential in-licensing opportunities and acquisitions of complementary products. It's a combination of those, and we figured it was the right time ...

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