The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz Announces the Filing of a Securities Class Action on Behalf of Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INFI) Investors

The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INFI) (“Infinity” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: INFI) securities between January 5, 2022 and July 24, 2023, inclusive (the “Class Period”). Infinity investors have until October 16, 2023 to file a lead plaintiff motion.

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For over a year, Defendants pushed the false narrative that Infinity’s flagship product, eganelisib, was proceeding apace in its clinical studies as a treatment for breast cancer. Specifically, Infinity touted two clinical studies: (1) MARIO-4, a randomized, double-blind Phase 3 study; and (2) MARIO-P, a platform study to evaluate additional combinations and indications where eganelisib might increase the effectiveness of available therapies.

On February 23, 2023, before the stock market opened, Infinity announced via a webcast (the “Webcast”) that it had entered into a merger agreement with MEI Pharma, Inc. The proposed transaction was all stock, pursuant to which Infinity shareholders would receive shares of MEI common stock. Infinity would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MEI, with outstanding equity post-closing being held 58% by MEI shareholders and 42% by Infinity shareholders.

During the Webcast, Defendant Perkins stated Infinity would “prioritize head and neck cancer.” No mention at all was made of breast cancer treatments. It was as if MARIO-4 and MARIO-P never existed, and breast cancer was never a priority for eganelisib treatment.

This pivot did not go unnoticed by the stock market, and the value of Infinity stock plummeted. Infinity stock had closed at $0.55 on February 22, 2023. The following day, on extraordinary volume of over 3 million shares, Infinity stock lost half its volume, closing at $0.28 per share. Typically, volume of shares traded on a daily basis was fewer than 500,000 shares. Infinity stock averaged over 2 million shares traded per day over the next week as the market absorbed the shocking news.

On February 21, 2023, Infinity’s market cap was around $50 million, with $40 million in cash and a pipeline of products. On February 24, 2023, Infinity had a $20 million market cap, trading at half its cash value and essentially allocating $0 value to its pipeline. The combined market caps of both Infinity and MEI was $50 million. David Usso, of MEI, stated on the Webcast that expected cash after the merger was expected to be $100 million. So the price at which the two companies were trading was equivalent to only half of cash on hand.