The Latest De-SPAC Debacle

Casdin, Corvex, Soros, and Louis Bacon are among the victims of the latest ill-fated blank-check merger.

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It is yet another de-SPAC disaster.

A pharmaceutical company that last week completed its merger with a blank-check company sponsored by two prominent hedge fund firms is the latest company to have its stock mauled.

Shares of EQRx closed Tuesday at $6.41, down more than 21 percent on the day and more than 35 percent since the stock began trading last Friday, following the company’s merger with CM Life Sciences III.

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