Finance Watch: Biopharma IPOs Defy Broader Stock Performance Trends

Public Company Edition: With returns for newly public biopharma companies rising, seven more jumped in line to go public in the US between the beginning of February and early March, while two drug developers launched IPOs in the EU. Meanwhile, already public companies keep raising gobs of cash.

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Since already-good returns for January's initial public offerings are rising, seven additional biopharmaceutical companies indicated their intention to launch IPOs in the US between early February and early March.

January's biopharma IPOs delivered an average return of 52.8% by Feb. 1 and the return for those seven companies grew...

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