--Proceeds Will be Used To Fund New Initiative to Treat Mitral Valve Disease and to Complete Neovasc Reducer COSIRA Trial for Treating Refractory Angina--
TSX Venture Exchange: NVC
VANCOUVER, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Neovasc Inc. (TSXV: NVC) today
announced that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement
with accredited investors of up to four million equity units at the
price of $1.00 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $4.0
million. The company expects that insiders will purchase approximately
half of the units. Proceeds of the offering will be used primarily to
fund Neovasc's Tiara project, which is developing a novel transcatheter
medical device to treat mitral valve heart disease, and to complete the
COSIRA trial, which is a multicenter clinical trial intended to
demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the Neovasc Reducer, an
innovative implantable product for treating refractory angina.
The completion of the private placement is subject to TSX Venture
Exchange approval and the execution of definitive documentation with
investors. The securities issued pursuant to the offering will be
subject to a four-month hold period from the date of issuance, which is
targeted for August 2011.
Each unit consists of one common share of Neovasc stock and one-half of
one common share purchase warrant of Neovasc stock. Each whole warrant
will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one common share of Neovasc
stock at the exercise price of $1.25 per share for a period of two
years after the closing date of the offering.
Alexei Marko, CEO of Neovasc commented, "With our tissue business now
cash-flow positive and the COSIRA trial, which is designed to enable
European marketing approval for our Reducer product, proceeding well,
we are in a good position to invest more resources in our pipeline
projects. We are focusing initially on our Tiara transcatheter solution
for mitral valve disease, a debilitating condition affecting millions
of patients worldwide. This program has demonstrated excellent early
results in animal models, and this financing will provide Neovasc with
the necessary funding to significantly advance this effort that we
believe has substantial clinical and commercial potential."
About Neovasc Inc.
Neovasc is a specialty vascular device company that develops,
manufactures and markets medical devices for the rapidly growing
vascular marketplace. The company's current products include the
Neovasc Reducer, a novel product in development to treat refractory
angina, as well as a line of advanced biological tissue technologies
that are used to enhance surgical outcomes and as key components in a
variety of third party medical products such as transcatheter heart
valves. For more information, visit: www.neovasc.com.
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the following: general economic and business conditions, both
nationally and in the regions in which the Company operates; history of
losses and lack of and uncertainty of revenues, ability to obtain required
financing, receipt of regulatory approval of product candidates,
ability to properly integrate newly acquired businesses, technology
changes; competition; changes in business strategy or development
plans; the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; existing
governmental regulations and changes in, or the failure to comply with,
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approvals or achievements. Given these uncertainties, readers are
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SOURCE Neovasc Inc.
