CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueprint Medicines today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,145,834 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $18.00 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions. In addition, Blueprint Medicines granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,221,874 shares of its common stock at the same price. The shares are scheduled to begin trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on April 30, 2015 under the ticker symbol "BPMC."

Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Cowen and Company are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. JMP Securities is acting as a co-manager for the offering. Wedbush PacGrow is also acting as a co-manager for the offering.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with and was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2015. This press release shall 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.

The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. A preliminary prospectus describing the terms of the offering has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and forms a part of the effective registration statement. A copy of the final prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and may be obtained, when available, from Goldman, Sachs & Co. by mail at 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Prospectus Department, by telephone at (866) 471-2526, or by email at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com, and from Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attention: Prospectus Department, by telephone at (631) 274-2806, or by fax at (631) 254-7140. 

Contact: 
Investor Relations: 
Beth DelGiacco 
Stern Investor Relations, Inc. 
212-362-1200 
beth@sternir.com

Media: 
Beth Keshishian 
inVentiv Health PR 
212-229-8417 
beth.keshishian@inventivhealth.com

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SOURCE Blueprint Medicines