Two biopharmaceutical companies launched similar initial public offerings in the US within a day of each other – G1 Therapeutics Inc. on May 16 and argenx SE on May 17 – and raised more than $200m between the pair of them.
Finance Watch: Two More US Biopharma IPOs And Two New European VC Funds
Two biopharma IPOs in the US continue streak of (mostly) positive returns; two new European VC funds launch as Irish antibiotic developer raises $65m; and Halozyme, Ziopharm price offerings.

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