Will BioVersys Listing Wake Europe From Its IPO Slumber?

The Swiss firm’s plans to go public are a boost for the antibiotics space and for hopes that the continent’s biotechs may follow their US counterparts and find financial solutions on the capital markets.

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Biotech initial public offerings in Europe have been as rare as hen’s teeth in the past few years so the news that Swiss antibiotics specialist BioVersys is looking to list has caught the eye.

The Basel-based company has announced plans for an IPO on the SIX Swiss stock exchange that aims to raise CHF80m ($88m) in the first quarter of this year

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