Neurocrine Nabs $20M

Neurocrine Biosciences, the San Diego biotech company developing treatments for neurological and endocrine disorders, said today it has raised gross proceeds of about $20 million in a stock offering. The company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NBIX]]) sold 9.1 million shares at $2.20 apiece. Jefferies & Co., the sole book-running manager of the offering, has a 30-day option to buy about 1.36 million more shares.

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.