TABLE: Avalanche outperforms with the week's best IPO

Gene therapy for eye diseases captured the interest of investors during the week ending 1 August with an initial public offering from Avalanche Biotechnologies that launched at the top of a preliminary price range and a first-day closing price that was 47% above the IPO value.

Gene therapy for eye diseases captured the interest of investors during the week ending 1 August with an initial public offering from Avalanche Biotechnologies that launched at the top of a preliminary price range and a first-day closing price that was 47% above the IPO value.

Avalanche isn't the only ophthalmic gene therapy company to complete an IPO in 2014 – Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC)...

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