China’s First Biotech Refinancing Deals in 2022 To Raise $712m

Junshi and Chipscreen expect to raise a combined $711.9m in a private stock placement and issuance of convertible bonds to fund facilities construction and R&D.

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deals are first such attempt by Chinese biotechs to raise post-STAR Market IPO funds • Source: Alamy

Two domestically-listed Chinese biotechs are looking to strike refinancing deals to raise a combined $711.9m on the country’s Nasdaq-equivalent STAR Market under the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Hong Kong- and Shanghai-listed Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd. on 7 March announced it plans to raise roughly CNY4.0bn...

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