
Behind Friday's $161M IPO: A star scientist, GPCR drug discovery and a plan to challenge pharma in diabetes
What does it take to pull off a $161 million biotech IPO these days?
In Structure Therapeutics’ case, it means having a star scientist co-founder paired with the computational drug discovery company Schrödinger, $198 million in private funding from blue-chip investors, almost six years of research work on G protein-coupled receptors and a slate of oral, small-molecule drugs, with an eye on the huge and growing diabetes and weight-loss market.
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