Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS) Down Over 17% After Announcing Closing of Merger With Tyme
Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS) dropped over 17% for the day. The dip comes shortly after the Company announced the closing of their merger with Tyme Technologies and a concurrent private placement.
Syros has Acquired Tyme, including its pipeline assets and net cash and also closed their oversubscribed $130M private placement.
“We are pleased to announce the closing of these transactions, which is expected to bring us the necessary capital to advance our later-stage targeted hematology programs and support our early commercialization activities,” said Nancy Simonian, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Syros. “Looking ahead, we believe we are well-positioned to create value for all our stakeholders. We remain on track to report data from the safety lead-in portions of our SELECT-AML-1 trial of tamibarotene and Phase 1 trial of SY-5609 in pancreatic cancer later this year and pivotal data from the SELECT-MDS-1 trial of tamibarotene in late 2023 or early 2024, and look forward to initiating our Phase 3 trial of SY-2101 in the second half of 2023. We greatly appreciate the support of our new and existing shareholders as we work toward our vision of bringing forward medicines that redefine the standard of care for cancer patients.”
About Syros Pharmaceuticals
Syros is redefining the power of small molecules to control the expression of genes. Based on its unique ability to elucidate regulatory regions of the genome, Syros aims to develop medicines that provide a profound benefit for patients with diseases that have eluded other genomics-based approaches. Syros is advancing a robust clinical-stage pipeline, including: tamibarotene, a first-in-class oral selective RARα agonist in RARA-positive patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia; SY-2101, a novel oral form of arsenic trioxide in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia; and SY-5609, a highly selective and potent oral CDK7 inhibitor in patients with select solid tumors. Syros also has multiple preclinical and discovery programs in oncology and monogenic diseases. For more information, visit www.syros.com and follow us on Twitter (@SyrosPharma) and LinkedIn.
