Sunesis Pharmaceuticals and Viracta Therapeutics Announce Definitive Merger Agreement
Merger to create Nasdaq-listed company focused on developing Viracta’s precision oncology pipeline targeting virus-associated malignancies
Leading institutional investors committed a total of $105 million in private financings with Viracta
Combined company expected to have approximately $120 million cash balance following the close of the merger
intends to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “VIRX.”
Viracta plans to initiate a registration trial for the treatment of EBV-positive lymphoma in the first half of 2021, and also plans to initiate a Phase 1b/2 trial in EBV-positive solid tumors in 2021.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.
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