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IPO Update: 58 Drug Developers Raised $12.5bn Through Q3

With Three More In Q4, 2020 Total Reaches 61

 
• By Mandy Jackson

The average return for companies that went public in the US through the end of September was 49.4% as of 5 October. The fourth quarter started with three additional initial public offerings on 1 October.

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58 IPOs through Q3 in the US grossed $12.5bn with a 49.4% average return • Source: Shutterstock

The market for biopharmaceutical initial public offerings in the US has grown more impressive in each quarter of 2020 in almost every way. There were nine IPOs in the first quarter, 20 in the second and 29 in the third quarter for a total of 58 first-time offerings by drug developers – eight more than the 50 IPOs for all of 2019. 

Also, the 29 companies that went public in the first two quarters of this year grossed $7.2bn and with 29...

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