Can­cer-fo­cused Black Di­a­mond vaults on to Nas­daq in $200M+ pub­lic de­but, mark­ing biggest biotech IPO in 2020 so far

Ver­sant-backed Black Di­a­mond Ther­a­peu­tics has set its sights on an up­sized biotech IPO to kick 2020 off.

The first start­up out of Ver­sant’s Ridge­line dis­cov­ery en­gine in Basel is set to make its pub­lic de­but on Thurs­day, rais­ing gross pro­ceeds of $201 mil­lion through the sale of 10.6 mil­lion shares priced at $19 a pop.

That ex­ceeds the ini­tial plan to raise $151 mil­lion by of­fer­ing 8.9 mil­lion shares at a price range of $16 to $18 — a pos­i­tive sign that the IPO win­dow is still wide open for busi­ness, es­pe­cial­ly for can­cer biotechs. On­col­o­gy is lu­cra­tive, with can­cer fast catch­ing up with car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease as the most dead­ly con­di­tion in the de­vel­oped world.

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