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Kala Pharmaceuticals Priced, Nasdaq: KALA

Late-stage biotech developing nanoparticle therapies for ocular inflammation.

Industry: Health Care

First Day Return: +23.3%

Industry: Health Care

We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics using our proprietary nanoparticle-based Mucus Penetrating Particles, or MPP, technology, with an initial focus on the treatment of eye diseases. Our MPPs are selectively-sized nanoparticles and have proprietary coatings. We believe that these two key attributes enable even distribution of drug particles on mucosal surfaces and significantly increase drug delivery to target tissues by enhancing mobility of drug particles through mucus and preventing drug particles from becoming trapped and eliminated by mucus. We have applied the MPP technology to create nanosuspensions of loteprednol etabonate, or LE, a corticosteroid designed for ocular applications, resulting in two product candidates in Phase 3 clinical development, KPI-121 1.0% for the treatment of inflammation and pain following ocular surgery and KPI-121 0.25% for the temporary relief of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. We anticipate submitting new drug applications, or NDAs, for these product candidates by the end of 2017 and the first half of 2018, respectively.
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IPO Data
IPO File Date 06/23/2017
Offer Price $15.00
Price Range $14.00 - $16.00
Offer Shares (mm) 6.0
Deal Size ($mm) $90
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IPO Date 07/19/2017
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Deal Size ($mm) $90
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Company Data
Headquarters Waltham, MA, United States
Founded 2009
Employees at IPO 25
Website www.kalarx.com

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