Finance Watch: Anchiano, TCR2, Hoth And Stealth Make Seven US Biopharma IPOs For 2019

Public Company Edition: Four more IPOs in the US bring the year's total to seven – all in February. Also, Agenus launched its digital security offering, MacroGenics leads recent follow-on offerings and four companies reveal new job cuts.

Finance Watch

The US market for initial public offerings by biopharmaceutical companies didn't get into full gear until February, but seven companies rushed to push their IPOs through the open window this month.

New offerings were on hold while the US government, and therefore the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was shut down...

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