Finance Watch: Three New Biopharma IPOs In The US With Eight More Entering The Queue

Public Company Edition: IPO performance has been mixed in 2019, but May has been the busiest month this year. Also, Insmed leads recent follow-on offerings and Dynavax restructures.

Eight biopharmaceutical companies went public in the US during May with mixed results – including mid-month initial public offerings from Applied Therapeutics Inc., Bicycle Therapeutics Ltd. and IDEAYA Biosciences Inc. – and eight more companies indicated their IPO aspirations in recent weeks.

Five drug developers launched first-time offerings on 7 and 8 May, followed by Applied Therapeutics, Bicycle and IDEAYA. The offerings bring the year's total to 21 biopharma IPOs in the...

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