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More And Better Biotech IPOs, But Step-Ups Still Lag

 
• By Stacy Lawrence

Higher valuations, better quality companies, improved aftermarket performance and a broadening investor pool are all conspiring to advance the state of biotech IPOs. But VCs continue to see little step-up at IPO.

The biotech initial public offering (IPO) market has been improving marginally after an abysmal few years. But that doesn’t mean most venture capitalists are likely to see any real appreciation of their investments at IPO anytime soon.

Bankers expect there could be more U.S. biotech IPOs this year than in any since 2007. There have been eight...

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