Finance Watch: Investors Bet Billions On Big Biopharma Offerings
Executive Summary
Public Company Edition: After an initial hit to valuations from COVID-19, massive amounts of money have been raised by drug developers, such as argenx with a $862.5m stock sale. However, only two IPOs launched in the US in May, including ADC with a $267m offering.
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