TYK Medicines Inc. made a strong debut on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE), raising HK$579 million (US$74.32 million) to commercialize its lead compound, EGFR inhibitor TY-9591, now in pivotal trials in patients with EGFR mutation-positive lung cancer.
Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: Apiject Systems, Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Work Medical Technology Group.
Diakonos Oncology Corp. has developed a process to manufacture dendritic cell vaccines that the company believes are substantially more potent than its predecessors.
With biopharma IPO volume at a 10-year low, two companies are bucking the trend with plans to plunge into the public market. Bifunctional antibody drug developers Bicara Therapeutics Inc. and Zenas Biopharma Inc. have filed with the SEC to go public though neither has named share-price ranges.