Finance Watch: Ten IPOs In One Week Bring 2021 Total To 80
Latest First-Time Offerings Bring In $1.2bn
Executive Summary
Public Company Edition: This year is just six initial public offerings away from matching 2020’s record-breaking total of 86 biopharma IPOs in the US. Also, Idorsia raised $662.5m through the sale of convertible bonds and Cytokinetics closed a $316.3m follow-on offering.
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