Atea’s Board of Directors and management team regularly review opportunities to generate shareholder value and are committed to acting in the best interests of all shareholders.
Consistent with its fiduciary duties, Atea’s Board of Directors, in consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors, will carefully review and evaluate the proposal from Tang Capital Partners’ affiliate, Concentra Biosciences.
Atea’s shareholders are advised to take no action at this time.
About
Atea is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral therapies to address the unmet medical needs of patients with serious viral infections. Leveraging the Company’s deep understanding of antiviral drug development, nucleos(t)ide chemistry, biology, biochemistry and virology, Atea is developing novel product candidates to treat single stranded ribonucleic acid, or ssRNA, viruses, which are a prevalent cause of serious viral diseases. Atea plans to continue to build its pipeline of antiviral product candidates through using its internal discovery capabilities augmented by in-licensing. Currently, Atea is focused on the development of orally-available antiviral agents for serious viral infections, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, and hepatitis C virus (HCV). For more information, please visit www.ateapharma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Contacts
SVP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
617-818-2985
Barnes.jonae@ateapharma.com
Will O’Connor
Stern Investor Relations
212-362-1200
will.oconnor@sternir.com
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