Mesoblast Successfully Completes Placement and Accelerated Entitlement Offer

NEW YORK, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mesoblast Limited (Nasdaq:MESO; ASX:MSB), global leader in allogeneic cellular medicines for inflammatory diseases, today announced it has received firm commitments to complete its pro-rata accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer that was launched on 4 December, 2023 (Entitlement Offer). Together the entitlement offer and institutional placement raised gross proceeds of A$97 million, including A$36.7 million committed today on the same terms as the Entitlement Offer, primarily from Mesoblast’s existing major shareholders.

Dr. Eric Rose, the Company’s Chief Medical Officer and a director of Mesoblast, subscribed for additional shares of A$1.5 million, subject to shareholder approval. Dr. Rose is a world-renowned heart surgeon who performed the world’s first successful heart transplant in children and was for many years Chairman of Columbia University’s Department of Surgery. Dr. Rose was the Principal Investigator of the pivotal trial resulting in FDA approval of the first implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for long term support of patients with heart failure, spawning an entire new industry.

About Mesoblast
Mesoblast (the Company) is a world leader in developing allogeneic (off-the-shelf) cellular medicines for the treatment of severe and life-threatening inflammatory conditions. The Company has leveraged its proprietary mesenchymal lineage cell therapy technology platform to establish a broad portfolio of late-stage product candidates which respond to severe inflammation by releasing anti-inflammatory factors that counter and modulate multiple effector arms of the immune system, resulting in significant reduction of the damaging inflammatory process.

Mesoblast has a strong and extensive global intellectual property portfolio with protection extending through to at least 2041 in all major markets. The Company’s proprietary manufacturing processes yield industrial-scale, cryopreserved, off-the-shelf, cellular medicines. These cell therapies, with defined pharmaceutical release criteria, are planned to be readily available to patients worldwide.

Mesoblast is developing product candidates for distinct indications based on its remestemcel-L and rexlemestrocel-L allogeneic stromal cell technology platforms. Remestemcel-L is being developed for inflammatory diseases in children and adults including steroid refractory acute graft versus host disease, biologic-resistant inflammatory bowel disease, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Rexlemestrocel-L is in development for advanced chronic heart failure and chronic low back pain. Two products have been commercialized in Japan and Europe by Mesoblast’s licensees, and the Company has established commercial partnerships in Europe and China for certain Phase 3 assets.