Finance Watch: Ayala Launches First Biopharma IPO In May
Executive Summary
The cancer drug developer raised $55m. Also, Lyra raised $56m in the last of four biopharma IPOs in April, Biogen sold $3bn worth of debt, Oberland raised a $1.05bn fund and Praxis launched with more than $100m.
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