WALTHAM, Mass., April 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:EYEG) , a specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing and commercializing products for treating diseases and disorders of the eye, announced today the completion of its previously announced public offering of 14,730,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, 6,536.4 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (convertible into 20,426,250 shares of common stock) and warrants to purchase 35,156,250 shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $11.25 million.

The offering was priced at $0.32 per share of common stock (or common stock equivalent), with each share of common stock (or common stock equivalent) sold with one five-year warrant to purchase one share of common stock, at an exercise price of $0.32 per share.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to support its operations, including clinical development of pipeline candidates, for working capital and for other general corporate purposes, which will include the pursuit of the Company’s other research and development efforts and could also include the acquisition or in-license of other products, product candidates or technologies.

H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC acted as exclusive placement agent for the offering.

About EyeGate:

EyeGate is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products using its two proprietary platform technologies for treating diseases and disorders of the eye.

EyeGate’s CMHA-S platform is based on a cross-linked thiolated carboxymethyl hyaluronic acid (CMHA-S), a modified form of the natural polymer hyaluronic acid (HA), which is a gel that possesses unique physical and chemical properties such as hydrating and healing when applied to the ocular surface. The ability of CMHA-S to adhere longer to the ocular surface, resist degradation and protect the ocular surface makes it well-suited for treating various ocular surface injuries.

EGP-437, EyeGate’s other product in clinical trials, incorporates a reformulated topically active corticosteroid, Dexamethasone Phosphate that is delivered into the ocular tissues through EyeGate’s proprietary innovative drug delivery system, the EyeGate II Delivery System. For more information, please visit www.EyeGatePharma.com.