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IPO Update: Booming Biopharma On Pace For Another Record Year

62 Drug Developers Went Public In First Half Of 2021

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Only 25 more initial public offerings are needed for 2021 to beat 2020’s record-breaking 86 IPOs. However, the average return for this year’s offerings is just 1.1% as of 1 July versus 11% at the end of the first quarter.

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62 firms went public during the first half of 2021 versus 86 in all of 2020 • Source: Alamy

With 62 biopharmaceutical company initial public offerings in the US during the first half of 2021, this year is on track to beat 2020’s record-setting total of 86 drug developer IPOs. If drug developer valuations, which took a hit earlier this year, continue to improve during the second half, 2021 could outpace 2020 before the end of the third quarter, given the current pace of first-time offerings – 31 per quarter versus last year’s pace of 21 IPOs per quarter.

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