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Lessons Learned And What's Ahead: I-Mab, JW, RemeGen CEOs On Biotech Financing

JPM Panel Discusses Issues And Options

 
• By Brian Yang

Top executives from three high-flying Chinese biotechs, all of which have gone public on Nasdaq and in Hong Kong, offered lessons learned and looked forward to what’s ahead in a panel session at the recent JPM conference.

CHINA BIOTECH IPO AND FUNDRAISING DISCUSSED BY JPM PANEL • Source: Shutterstock

In a key panel discussion as part of the Biotech Showcase held on the sidelines of the recent J.P. Morgan Global Healthcare Conference, moderated by Scrip senior editor Brian Yang, the CEOs of three Chinese biotech firms that went public in 2019-2020 talked about their unique initial public offering process.

I-Mab Biopharma Co., Ltd successfully floated on Nasdaq, JW Therapeutics Co., Ltd became the first cell therapy developer...

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