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Cancer biotech Bellicum Pharmaceuticals files for a $115 million IPO

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, which is developing adjunct cancer immunotherapies based on a conditionally responsive platform, filed on Tuesday with the SEC to raise up to $115 million in an initial public offering.  2014 has seen a rush of biotech IPOs,...read more

The next big cancer biotech: Juno Therapeutics files for a $150 million IPO

Juno Therapeutics, which is developing immunotherapy treatments for hematologic and solid tumor cancers, filed on Monday with the SEC to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering. The year's largest biotechs by deal size (FWP; $221 million)...read more

US IPO Pricing Recap: The crazy chicken flies while 8 IPOs trade down or flat

This week's 10 IPOs largely disappointed as 70% were forced to price below the proposed range and 80% closed the week up 1% or less. Before this week, only 36% of IPOs this year had first-day pops of 1% or less. The enthusiasm for last week's ...read more

Thursday saw four IPOs raise under $100 million; two broke issue

Two of the four IPOs on Thursday broke issue after pricing below the range. Less than a quarter of IPOs in the past three months have traded down on the first day.  The top performer, Intersect ENT (XENT), priced at the low end and gained 18%. The...read more