IPO Update: Three Biopharma Offerings In January Contrast With Last Year’s Slow Start
Executive Summary
AnaptysBio, Jounce and ObsEva were the first three companies to go public in 2017 – all in January – while no therapeutics firms went public in January 2016. The difference? Better US biopharma stock performance.
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