LEIDEN, The Netherlands and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProQR Therapeutics N.V. (PRQR), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to changing lives through the creation of transformative RNA medicines for severe genetic rare diseases, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 9,090,909 ordinary shares at a price to the public of $5.50 per share. All of the shares are being offered by ProQR. In addition, ProQR has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,363,636 additional ordinary shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $50.0 million, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.