Kezar Life Sciences Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

Kezar Life Sciences Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

South San Francisco, CA, June 20, 2018 –  Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: KZR), a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering and developing novel small molecule therapeutics to treat unmet needs in autoimmunity and cancer, announced today that it has priced its initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $15.00 per share. The gross proceeds to Kezar, before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses, is expected to be approximately $75 million. All of the common stock is being offered by Kezar. In addition, Kezar has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 750,000 additional shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any, at the initial public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The common stock are expected to begin trading on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 21, 2018 under the trading symbol "KZR." The offering is expected to close on June 25, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.

Kezar Life Sciences Announces Successful Completion of Phase 1a Study and Secures $50 Million in Series B Financing

South San Francisco, CA, July 25, 2017 –  Kezar Life Sciences, a private, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel small molecule therapeutics targeting the immunoproteasome and the protein secretion pathway, announced today that it has closed an oversubscribed Series B investment round of $50 million led by Cormorant Asset Management and Morningside Venture. New investors participating in the financing include Cowen Healthcare Investments, Pappas Capital, Chiesi Venture Fund, Qiming Venture Partners and Bay City Capital, joined by additional existing investors EcoR1 Capital, Omega Funds, and Aju IB Investment. Kezar has now raised a total of $73 million since its inception in 2015.

Kezar also announced the successful completion of the Company's Phase 1a healthy volunteer study with their lead drug candidate, KZR-616, a first-in-class selective immunoproteasome inhibitor. The placebo controlled study enrolled a total of eighty-two subjects, sixty-one of which received single or multiple
doses at varying dose levels. The trial identified multiple doses that resulted in desired levels of inhibition of the immunoproteasome and that were well tolerated with repeat dose administration. Additional results from the study are anticipated to be presented at the American College of Rheumatology's Annual
Meeting in San Diego in November.