Finance Watch: Acrivon Adjusts Expectations To Launch $99.4m IPO
Earnings Season Brings Strategic Shifts, Workforce Reductions
Executive Summary
Public Company Edition: Acrivon launched the 20th biopharma IPO in the US for 2022. Also, Q3 updates reveal job cuts at Tricida, Harpoon, Neoleukin and more; APIM Therapeutics will reverse merge with Nordic Nanovector; plus other follow-on offerings, royalty deals and a sale-leaseback.
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