Finance Watch: Two SPAC Deals, Two IPOs Take Four Biopharmas Public
Surrozen Merging With Consonance-HFW Acquisition, Raising $212m
Executive Summary
Public Company Edition: Mergers with special purpose acquisition corporations may be heating up, but in addition to the Surrozen and Tango SPAC deals Recursion and Biomea launched initial public offerings. Also, Organon sells $5.6bn worth of notes to fund spinout from Merck & Co.
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