Revance Contract Issue Lowered Stock Buy, Investor Suit Alleges

Jan. 6, 2025, 5:31 PM UTC

Biotechnology company Revance Therapuetics, Inc. purportedly concealed it might be breaching a long-term dermal-filler contract, imperiling a merger offer and sending the stock down over 20%, a proposed class action says.

Revance, which develops anti-wrinkle and pain-disorder injections, and two top executives misled investors and caused the stock-buy agreement to shrink to half its price, shareholder Cassandra Matney said in a complaint filed in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on Jan. 3.

In August 2024, Revance and Crown Laboratories, Inc., announced a agreement under which the privately-held skincare company would pay cash for outstanding Revance ...

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