Closing an agreement that’s been in the works since January, SyntheMed, Inc. (OTC:SYMD), a biomaterials company, changed its name to Pathfinder Cell Therapy, after merging with the biotechnology company.
Richard Franklin, who was President & CEO of Pathfinder, will keep his corner office and Joerg Gruber, a former director of SyntheMed will serve as chairman of the board for the newly created company.
The newly formed company’s stock will trade under SyntheMed’s SYMD ticker on the OTC Bulletin Board, but will change to a new symbol shortly.
"Pathfinder’s transition into a publicly traded company provides a vehicle for accelerated growth, and the additional capital raised as part of this merger will allow us to further the development of our proprietary pathfinder cells, or PCs, which we believe could significantly impact regenerative medicine," President & CEO Franklin said in a prepared statement.
Pathfinder is a biotechnology company focused on the treatment of diseases characterized by organ-specific cell damage and the combined company will operate out of Pathfinder’s home base in Cambridge, Mass.
Announced along with the merger, Pathfinder Cell Therapy announced the closing of the first stage of a $6 million private placement.
The terms of the merger were not made public.
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