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INFOGRAPHIC: 72 US IPOs gross $5.7bn in 2014; values rising in 2015

 
• By Mandy Jackson

In 2014, 72 biotechnology firms that develop drugs, biologics and gene, stem or cell therapies grossed $5.7bn from initial public offerings in the US with most companies ending the year with stock values well above their IPO price – and values have risen higher in 2015.

In 2014, 72 biotechnology firms that develop drugs, biologics and gene, stem or cell therapies grossed $5.7bn from initial public offerings in the US with most companies ending the year with stock values well above their IPO price – and values have risen higher in 2015.

Even so, only eight therapeutics companies have launched first-time offerings this year versus the 22 biotech IPOs that hit the market during the first two and a half months...

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