/EINPresswire.com/ -- PRINCETON, NJ--(Marketwired - September 29, 2017) - Adgero Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. ("Adgero" or the "Company"), a privately-held biopharmaceutical company leveraging its late stage photodynamic therapy ("PDT") platform for the treatment of serious cutaneous oncology indications, announced today that it has successfully completed its warrant tender offer to exercise certain categories of existing warrants, which expired at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on September 26, 2017. The Company issued 1,360,641 shares of common stock and raised total gross proceeds from the warrant exercises of approximately $3.4 million with net cash proceeds, after deducting warrant solicitation agent fees and other estimated offering expenses, totaling approximately $3.0 million. The 1,360,341 original warrants tendered by their holders represented approximately 60% of the Company's 2,309,317 warrants included in the tender offer. SternAegis Ventures, through Aegis Capital Corp., acted as the warrant solicitation agent.

Frank Pilkiewicz, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Adgero, commented, "We are pleased with our shareholders' response and participation in our warrant tender offer. Additionally, the funds will aid in the advancement our product candidate, REM-001 Therapy, through late-stage clinical development and towards commercialization. We are extremely grateful to our loyal shareholders and look forward to continuing to build shareholder value in the near and long term."

About Adgero

Adgero Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on building a pipeline by advancing its proprietary late stage photodynamic therapy ("PDT") platform with broad utility for the treatment of serious cutaneous oncology indications. Its lead product candidate, REM-001 Therapy, has been previously studied in four Phase 2 and/or Phase 3 clinical trials in patients with cutaneous metastatic breast cancer ("CMBC"), who had previously received chemotherapy and failed radiation therapy. Completion of a Phase 3 trial in individuals with CMBC could lead to approval of REM-001 Therapy.

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