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BioLineRx Announces Closing of $15.4 Million Underwritten Public Offering of its American Depositary Shares and Warrants
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ/TASE: BLRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company 
focused on oncology and immunology, today announced that it has closed its 
previously announced underwritten public offering of 28,000,000 American 
Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), each representing one of its ordinary shares, and 
warrants to purchase 28,000,000 ADSs, at a public offering price of $0.55 per 
ADS and accompanying warrant. The warrants are exercisable immediately, expire 
five years from the date of issuance and have an exercise price of $0.75 per 
ADS. The gross proceeds of the offering were $15.4 million, before deducting 
underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by 
BioLineRx, and excluding the exercise of any warrants. All of the securities in 
the offering were sold by BioLineRx.  BioLineRx anticipates using the net 
proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, 
but are not limited to, working capital and funding clinical trials.  

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. acted as sole book-running manager for the offering. 
Maxim Group LLC acted as co-manager for the offering.

The securities described above were issued pursuant to a shelf registration 
statement (File No. 333-222332) that was previously filed with, and declared 
effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). A final 
prospectus supplement related to the offering has been filed with the SEC and 
is available on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final 
prospectus supplement may also be obtained from Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., 85 
Broad St., 26th Floor, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Syndicate 
Prospectus Department, or by telephone: (212) 667-8055 or by email: 
EquityProspectus@opco.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an 
offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or 
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior 
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or 
jurisdiction. 

About BioLineRx

BioLineRx is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology. 
The Company in-licenses novel compounds, develops them through pre-clinical 
and/or clinical stages, and then partners with pharmaceutical companies for 
advanced clinical development and/or commercialization.

BioLineRx's leading therapeutic candidates are: BL-8040, a cancer therapy 
platform, which has successfully completed a Phase 2a study for 
relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia ("AML") and is in the midst of a 
Phase 2b study as an AML consolidation treatment and has initiated a Phase 3 
study in stem cell mobilization for autologous transplantation; and AGI-134, an 
immunotherapy treatment in development for multiple solid tumors, which has 
recently initiated a Phase 1/2a study. In addition, BioLineRx has a strategic 
collaboration with Novartis for the co-development of selected Israeli-sourced 
novel drug candidates; a collaboration agreement with MSD (known as Merck in 
the United States and Canada), on the basis of which the Company is conducting 
a Phase 2a study in pancreatic cancer using the combination of BL-8040 and 
KEYTRUDA(R) (pembrolizumab), and a collaboration agreement with Genentech Inc., 
a member of the Roche Group, to investigate the combination of BL-8040 and 
Genentech's atezolizumab in several Phase 1b/2 studies for multiple solid tumor 
indications and AML.

Various statements in this release concerning BioLineRx's future expectations 
constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private 
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include words such 
as "may," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," and "intends," and describe 
opinions about future events. These forward-looking statements involve known 
and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results, 
performance or achievements of BioLineRx to be materially different from any 
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such 
forward-looking statements. Some of these risks are: changes in relationships 
with collaborators; the impact of competitive products and technological 
changes; risks relating to the development of new products; and the ability to 
implement technological improvements. These and other factors are more fully 
discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of BioLineRx's most recent annual 
report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 
6, 2018 and BioLineRx's other filings with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent BioLineRx's 
views only as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as 
representing its views as of any subsequent date. BioLineRx does not assume any 
obligation to update any forward-looking statements unless required by law.

SOURCE BioLineRx Ltd. 

CONTACT: Tim McCarthy, LifeSci Advisors, LLC, +1-212-915-2564, 
tim@lifesciadvisors.com; Tsipi Haitovsky, Public Relations, +972-52-598-9892, 
tsipihai5@gmail.com
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