Three Chinese Biotechs Ride Market Recovery To Raise Funds

InventisBio and Akeso seek to gross a combined $384.3m in an initial public share sale in Shanghai and a private placement in Hong Kong respectively, while Chipscreen completed raising $74.4m by selling convertible bonds in Shanghai.

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Deal-making picks up pace as bio-sector stock index rebounds • Source: Alamy

Chinese biotechs are rushing to raise cash through the public market as investor sentiment has improved.

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