DUBLIN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NAVB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, announced today that it has priced an underwritten sale of common stock in a transaction led by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and involving one other institutional investor. In the offering 1,542,389 shares were sold in an at market transaction at a price of $3.10 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $4.8 million. The net proceeds of the financing will be used to fund Navidea’s ongoing operations. The sale is expected to close on or about February 4, 2013, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.