WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morphic Holding, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing oral small-molecule integrin therapeutics, today announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $15.00 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading on The Nasdaq Global Market on June 27, 2019 under the symbol “MORF.” The offering is expected to close on July 1, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by Morphic, are expected to be approximately $90.0 million. In addition, the underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 shares of common stock.

Jefferies LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

About Morphic

Morphic Therapeutic, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company applying its proprietary insights into integrins to discover and develop a pipeline of potentially first-in-class oral small-molecule integrin therapeutics for the treatment of serious chronic diseases, including autoimmune, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, fibrosis and cancer. Morphic has developed an exclusive technology platform by leveraging its unique understanding of integrin structure and biology to develop novel product candidates designed to achieve the potency, high selectivity and pharmaceutical properties required for oral administration. Morphic Therapeutic, Inc. is the wholly-owned operating unit of Morphic Holding, Inc.