Assembly Biosciences, Inc.·Healthcare

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASMB), a biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics targeting serious viral and liver diseases, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten registered offering of 3,924,624 shares of its common stock at an offering price per share of common stock of $26.50, which includes the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase 566,040 additional shares of common stock. In addition, and in lieu of common stock, Assembly Bio sold to a certain existing investor pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 415,000 shares of common stock at an offering price per pre-funded warrant of $26.499, which represents the per share offering price of the common stock less the $0.001 per share exercise price for each such pre-funded warrant. The aggregate gross proceeds to Assembly Bio from this offering were approximately $115.0 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by the company. Assembly Bio intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the common stock and pre-funded warrants to fund clinical development of pipeline candidates and for general corporate purposes.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASMB), a biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics targeting serious viral and liver diseases, today announced the pricing of an underwritten, registered offering (the offering) of an aggregate of 3,358,602 shares of common stock at an offering price per share of common stock of $26.50, and, to certain investors in lieu of common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 415,000 shares of common stock at an offering price per pre-funded warrant of $26.499, which represents the per share offering price of the common stock less the $0.001 exercise price per share for each pre-funded warrant. Gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $100 million. Assembly Bio has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 566,040 shares of common stock at the offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

– Phase 2 study in cholestatic liver diseases, focused on PBC and PSC, anticipated to initiate in Q1 2027 – – Builds on completed Phase 1a study and ongoing development in HDV –

Assembly Biosciences NASDAQ: ASMB Chief Medical Officer Anuj Gaggar outlined the company's virology strategy and upcoming clinical priorities during a Bank of America-hosted discussion, emphasizing programs in herpes simplex virus, hepatitis D and transplant-related herpes viruses.

Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (ASMB) Presents at Bank of America Global Healthcare Conference 2026 Transcript

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASMB), a biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics targeting serious viral diseases, today announced topline clinical data on ABI-6250, an investigational oral hepatitis D virus (HDV) entry inhibitor, will be presented in a poster presentation at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress taking place May 27-30, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain.
Assembly Biosciences, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, discovers and develops therapeutic candidates for the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the United States. The company's lead product candidate is Vebicorvir, which as completed Phase 2 clinical trials to treat patients with chronic HBV infection. It is also developing ABI-H3733 that has completed Phase 1a clinical study, and ABI-4334, which is in pre-clinical trials for the treatment of HBV. The company has collaboration agreements with BeiGene, Ltd. and Arbutus Biopharma Corporation; and Antios Therapeutics, Inc. to evaluate a triple combination treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. It also has strategic license agreements with Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation; and Door Pharmaceuticals, LLC. The company was formerly known as Ventrus Biosciences, Inc. and changed its name to Assembly Biosciences, Inc. in June 2014. Assembly Biosciences, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
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