Finance Watch: Biopharma IPOs Slow But SPACs Back On The Go
New Merck Debt Totals $8bn; ImmunoGen Raises $297.5m
Executive Summary
Public Company Edition: It has been almost a month since a biopharma firm launched an IPO in the US, but special purpose acquisition corporations continue to take drug makers public, including Alvotech and Aerami. Outside the US, MaaT closed an IPO in Paris and BeiGene priced a Shanghai offering.
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