Bothell, WA-based Marina Biotech (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MRNA]]), the developer of RNA interference treatments, said today it has raised gross proceeds of $6.9 million through a stock offering. The company sold 22.3 million securities units, made up of one share of common stock and one warrant to buy a share of common stock. Marina has said it plans to use the money to support clinical development of its drug for familial adenomatous polyposis. Roth Capital Partners managed the offering. Marina has said it had about $2.3 million in cash on hand at the end of March.
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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.
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