BioCentury
ARTICLE | Finance

Nearing $30B in 2021, global biotech IPOs on pace to top record

IPOs by Pyxis, IsoPlexis and Cognition bring October’s tally to almost $900M in fresh paper

October 8, 2021 10:00 PM UTC

Three IPOs that priced on Friday brought global biotech IPOs to nearly $30 billion year-to-date, but the two largest offerings — by Pyxis and IsoPlexis — slipped in their debuts on NASDAQ.

Biotechs have raised a total of $28.7 billion in IPOs with less than three months to go in the year. That’s on pace to top last year’s record $34.6 billion raised via IPOs...