Accomplished biotechnology CEO brings 25 years of strategic, operational, and legal experience

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TERN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small-molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology and obesity, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 14,064,048 shares of its common stock, including 2,145,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $10.50 per share, and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 2,380,952 shares of its common stock, at a public offering price of $10.4999 per pre-funded warrant, in each case before underwriting discounts and commissions. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by Terns, are approximately $172.7 million. All of the securities were offered by Terns.

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Sept. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TERN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small-molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology and obesity, today announced the pricing of its upsized underwritten public offering of 11,919,048 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $10.50 per share, and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 2,380,952 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $10.4999 per pre-funded warrant, in each case before underwriting discounts and commissions. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by Terns, are expected to be approximately $150.15 million, excluding any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Terns has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,145,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on September 12, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. All of the securities are being offered by Terns.

Statistically significant mean weight loss up to 5.5% over 28 days (4.9% placebo adjusted)

FOSTER CITY, Calif., July 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TERN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small-molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology and obesity, today announced the appointment of Elona Kogan, Esq., as chief legal officer, effective immediately. Ms. Kogan brings a wealth of industry experience and has successfully guided several biotechnology companies through transformational growth and transactions.

TERN-501 significantly improved the efficacy of a GLP-1 receptor agonist by normalizing energy expenditure, resulting in greater weight loss, increased fat mass loss and relative preservation of lean mass

FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TERN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology and obesity, today announced that it has granted equity inducement awards to two new employees under the terms of the 2022 Employment Inducement Award Plan, as amended. The equity awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and were each made as a material inducement to the employee’s acceptance of employment with Terns.

FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TERN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology and obesity, today announced that members of senior management will be participating in the following upcoming investor conferences in June.

FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TERN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology and obesity, today announced that members of senior management will be participating in a virtual fireside chat at UBS Obesity Therapeutics Day on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Interim data from initial dose escalation cohorts from Phase 1 CARDINAL trial of TERN-701 (allosteric BCR-ABL) in CML expected in 2H24

FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TERN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small-molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology and obesity, today announced that it has granted as of May 1, 2024 an equity inducement award to Melita Sun Jung, the Company’s new Chief Business Officer, under the terms of the 2022 Employment Inducement Award Plan, as amended (the “Inducement Plan”). The equity award was approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and was made as a material inducement to Ms. Jung’s acceptance of employment with Terns.