Scheduled U.S. IPOs - Week of 02/03/2014 | |
Argos Therapeutics (ARGS) - Durham, NC Deal Size: $60 mil Price Range: $13.00 - $15.00 Shares Filed: 4,250,000 Lead Underwriter: Piper Jaffray Developing immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and HIV. | |
Auspex Pharmaceuticals (ASPX) - San Diego, CA Deal Size: $61 mil Price Range: $10.00 - $12.00 Shares Filed: 5,500,000 Lead Underwriter: Stifel Clinical-stage biotech developing treatments for orphan diseases. | |
Biocept (BIOC) - San Diego, CA Deal Size: $20 mil Price Range: $10.00 - $12.00 Shares Filed: 1,818,181 Lead Underwriter: Aegis Capital Corp. Develops and markets cancer diagnostic tests. | |
Continental Building Products (CBPX) - Reston, VA Deal Size: $225 mil Price Range: $16.00 - $18.00 Shares Filed: 13,236,000 Lead Underwriter: Citi Manufactures and sells drywall in the eastern US and Canada. | |
Egalet (EGLT) - Malvern, PA Deal Size: $42 mil Price Range: $11.00 - $13.00 Shares Filed: 3,500,000 Lead Underwriter: Stifel Developing abuse-deterrent oral products for the treatment of pain. | |
Eleven Biotherapeutics (EBIO) - Cambridge, MA Deal Size: $60 mil Price Range: $13.00 - $15.00 Shares Filed: 4,300,000 Lead Underwriter: Citi Clinical-stage biotech developing protein therapeutics to treat eye diseases. | |
Genocea Biosciences (GNCA) - Cambridge, MA Deal Size: $72 mil Price Range: $12.00 - $14.00 Shares Filed: 5,500,000 Lead Underwriter: Citi Develops novel vaccines for infectious diseases through T cell immune responses. | |
GeoPark (GPRK) - Santiago, Chile Deal Size: $180 mil Price Range: $8.00 - $10.00 Shares Filed: 20,000,000 Lead Underwriter: J.P. Morgan Oil and natural gas E&P operating in Chile, Colombia and Brazil. | |
Ladder Capital (LADR) - New York, NY Deal Size: $225 mil Price Range: $16.00 - $18.00 Shares Filed: 13,250,000 Lead Underwriter: Deutsche Bank Commercial real estate mortgage origination and finance company. | |
NephroGenex (NRX) - Research Triangle Park, NC Deal Size: $40 mil Price Range: $12.00 - $14.00 Shares Filed: 3,100,000 Lead Underwriter: Aegis Capital Corp. Clinical-stage biotech developing treatments for kidney disease. | |
Revance Therapeutics (RVNC) - Newark, CA Deal Size: $75 mil Price Range: $14.00 - $16.00 Shares Filed: 5,000,000 Lead Underwriter: Cowen & Company Clinical-stage biotech developing enhanced formulations of botulinum toxin (Botox). | |
uniQure (QURE) - Amsterdam, Netherlands Deal Size: $64 mil Price Range: $13.00 - $15.00 Shares Filed: 4,600,000 Lead Underwriter: Jefferies & Co. Develops gene therapies for the treatment of orphan diseases. | |
IPO Commentary |
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IPO Performance |
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IPO Activity |
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