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AVI Nails Down $30M

Luke Timmerman8/20/09

AVI Biopharma, the Bothell, WA-based developer of RNA therapies, said today it has raised another $30 million through a stock offering. The company (NASDAQ: AVII) said it sold 21 million new shares of common stock, in addition to 8.5 million warrants to buy shares, in an offering underwritten by Jefferies & Company. AVI, which recently moved its headquarters from Portland, OR to Bothell, has raised money from a variety of foundations, and government agencies to support its experimental treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and Ebola virus.

Luke Timmerman is the National Biotech Editor of Xconomy, and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. E-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ldtimmerman.

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