CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scholar Rock Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: SRRK), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that it intends to offer and sell in an underwritten public offering 3,000,000 shares of its common stock. In addition, Scholar Rock has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 450,000 shares of common stock. All of the shares are being offered by Scholar Rock. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.

Scholar Rock intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund the SRK-015 program for the treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the SRK-181 program for the treatment of cancers that are resistant to checkpoint blockade therapies, preclinical activities for other pipeline programs, as well as for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

Jefferies LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC, and BMO Capital Markets Corp. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Wedbush Securities Inc. is acting as co-manager for the offering.

About Scholar Rock

Scholar Rock is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative medicines for the treatment of serious diseases in which signaling by protein growth factors plays a fundamental role. Scholar Rock is creating a pipeline of novel product candidates with the potential to transform the lives of patients suffering from a wide range of serious diseases, including neuromuscular disorders, cancer, fibrosis and anemia. Scholar Rock’s newly elucidated understanding of the molecular mechanisms of growth factor activation enabled it to develop a proprietary platform for the discovery and development of monoclonal antibodies that locally and selectively target these signaling proteins at the cellular level. By developing product candidates that act in the disease microenvironment, the Company intends to avoid the historical challenges associated with inhibiting growth factors for therapeutic effect. Scholar Rock believes its focus on biologically validated growth factors may facilitate a more efficient development path.