Ardea Raises $30.6M in Stock Sale

Gregory T. Huang12/19/08

San Diego-based Ardea Biosciences announced today it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with institutional investors to raise about $30.6 million from the private placement of newly issued shares of its common stock. Ardea (NASDAQ: RDEA) is focused on the discovery and development of small-molecule drugs to treat HIV, gout, cancer, and inflammatory diseases.

Gregory T. Huang is Xconomy's National IT Editor and the Editor of Xconomy Boston. You can e-mail him at gthuang@xconomy.com, call him at 617-252-7323, or follow him on Twitter at @gthuang.