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Avere announces an additional $500 million private placement for oral IL-23 development

Company / institutional announcement · Avere / NextCure / SEC

Source published: 2026-08-10

Site published: 2026-11-03 · Updated: 2026-11-03

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What changed

Avere announced an additional $500 million private placement of common stock and pre-funded warrants to support oral IL-23R candidate AVR-001. It is expected to close immediately before the proposed NextCure merger, alongside an earlier $320 million arrangement. Closing remains conditional, and the earlier arrangement includes convertible-note exchanges; headline commitments should not be treated entirely as newly received cash.

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Signals substantial capital commitment to oral IL-23 development while requiring separation of commitments, note conversions, closing conditions, and incremental cash.

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