TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABPI) announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for an approximate $8.5 million private placement offering of Secured Convertible Debentures and common stock purchase Warrants to existing institutional investors. Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:RODM) acted as the exclusive placement agent. The closing of the definitive agreements is expected to take place today subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions.