Biopharma IPO Interest Peaks Following Strong Reception

A dozen hedge funds, including Perceptive, Farallon, and Marshall Wace, will benefit from companies that either went public or filed plans in the past few days.

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The IPO market is getting stronger for fledgling life sciences and biopharma companies that have hedge fund and other venture capital investors. At least two went public late last week, with both receiving a strong reception from investors. Both also upsized their deals, and the stock of one of them is already up significantly.

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