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IPO Update: New Filings Feed Investor Fervor As Biopharma Stocks Rise

 
• By Mandy Jackson

IPO launches in the US hit a wall in August, but several biopharma firms recently entered the queue, adding new opportunities for investors to chase the industry's outperforming returns.

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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc., Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC, NuCana PLC and Adial Pharmaceuticals Inc. all registered their intent to launch initial public offerings in September, potentially restarting this year's unexpectedly active biopharmaceutical IPO market, which has outperformed so far in 2017.

The third quarter got into a one-per-week pace of first-time offerings by drug developers in the US, but that ended...

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