Nes Ziona, Israel, April 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd. (Nasdaq: ENLV), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, today announced the final closing of a private placement financing of ordinary shares priced at $12.25 per share, raising a total of approximately $8.4 million.

The final closing of $3.0 million on April 4, 2019 follows the initial closing of approximately $5.4 million previously announced by Enlivex on March 26, 2019. Pursuant to the financing, Enlivex expects its cash balance to allow initiation of several late-stage immunotherapy clinical trials, and potentially reach multiple clinical milestones through (i) a Phase II/III trial studying prevention of complications post bone-marrow transplantations; (ii) a Phase II trial studying prevention of cytokine storms associated with sepsis, and (iii) a unique program surrounding a proprietary “immune checkpoint” discovered by Enlivex for treatment of solid cancers.

Enlivex is developing a novel immunotherapy candidate with a unique mode of action that targets clinical indications defined as “life-threatening, unmet medical need,” such as preventing or treating complications associated with bone-marrow transplantations, sepsis – which is the third-leading cause of mortality in the United States after cardiovascular and cancer diseases, as well as treatment of solid tumors via immune checkpoint reprogramming, potentially increasing the efficacy of CAR-T, TCR and other anti-cancer therapies.

Pursuant to the private placement, Enlivex issued an aggregate of 682,631 ordinary shares, following which Enlivex had 10,113,707 ordinary shares outstanding.

The ordinary shares issued by Enlivex in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

ABOUT ENLIVEX
Enlivex is a clinical stage immunotherapy company, developing an allogeneic drug pipeline for immune system rebalancing. Immune system rebalancing is critical for the treatment of life-threatening immune and inflammatory conditions which involve hyper-expression of cytokines (Cytokine Release Syndrome) and for which there are no approved treatments (unmet medical needs), as well as solid tumors immune-checkpoint rebalancing.  For more information, visit http://www.enlivex.com.

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