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US IPO Recap: IPO market continues torrid pace with six pricings, 12 new filers

Six US IPOs were able to raise $970 million last week including two $330 million + deals. Three IPOs offered double-digit first-day pops, including e-commerce...read more

Portola Pharmaceuticals prices upsized IPO at $14.50, within the range

Portola Pharmaceuticals, which is developing a blood thinner and a novel reversal agent for acutely ill patients, raised $122 million in an upsized IPO by offering 8.4 million shares at $14.50, the midpoint of...read more

6 US IPOs planned for the week of May 20

The following IPOs are expected to price this week: Alcobra (ADHD), an Israeli drug company developing a non-stimulant ADHD treatment, plans to raise $25 million by...read more

US IPO Recap: Ten deals price, highest weekly total since 2010

Deal flow picked up from already high levels, but returns were light in a ten-IPO week, just the second since 2007. Half of the week’s deals were from financial companies, while the largest was a $947 million offering from Quintiles Transnational (Q), a...read more