Press Release

Ascendis Pharma – $136 Million Follow-On

November 3, 2016

San Diego – November 3, 2016 – Cooley advised the underwriters on Ascendis Pharma’s $136.4 million follow-on offering.

J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Wedbush PacGrow acted as a co-manager for the offering.

Ascendis (NASDAQ: ASND) is a biopharmaceutical company applying its TransCon technology to develop a pipeline of sustained release prodrug therapies with best-in-class profiles to address large markets with significant unmet medical needs.

Cooley advised Ascendis on its $124 million IPO in 2015.

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