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.

Menarini/Stemline, Supernus/US WorldMeds, BioMarin/DiNOAQOR, Adicet/ResTORbio, Vertex/Affinia, Hansoh/NiKang, plus COVID-19 deals in brief and more.

PureTech said it finished 2019 with healthy finances and a promising pipeline which analysts said should offer positive catalysts for the UK group’s stock in 2020.

Company terminates studies of its TORC1 blocker after it fails to prevent respiratory illness in elderly patients with clinically symptomatic respiratory illness (CSRI). ResTORbio is hoping the same drug will be effective in Parkinson’s disease.