MIAMI, Feb. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Veru Inc. (NASDAQ: VERU), an oncology biopharmaceutical company with a focus on developing novel medicines for the management of prostate and breast cancer, announced today that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market conditions, shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Veru intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the shares of its common stock offered in the public offering. 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.

Jefferies is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering.

Veru intends to use the net proceeds of the proposed offering for research and development, clinical trial, regulatory, and sales and marketing expenditures, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

About Veru Inc.

Veru Inc. is an oncology biopharmaceutical company with a focus on developing novel medicines for the management of prostate and breast cancer.