Eleven biopharmaceutical companies have gone public in the US in July, raising $2.38bn through initial public offerings, including four IPOs on 24 July from Annexon Biosciences, iTeos Therapeutics Inc., Inozyme Pharma Inc. and Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.
Finance Watch: With Four More IPOs, July May Match Or Exceed June’s 14
Public Company Edition: iTeos, Annexon, Nurix and Inozyme went public on 23 July and now CureVac has added its name to the IPO queue for what could be a large offering. Also, BioNTech raises $511.5m as COVID-19 vaccine progresses and PTC gets $650m from sale of risdiplam royalties.
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