Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it intends to separate its Diabetes business into a new standalone company. The medtech giant said the strategic decision can create “a more focused Medtronic” with a more simplified portfolio in high-margin growth markets. At the same time, it creates an independent, scaled leader in diabetes. The new company — […]
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Beta Bionics to raise $114.4M in IPO
Beta Bionics today filed a prospectus outlining its aim to bring in $114.4 million in its initial public offering (IPO). Earlier this month, the maker of the iLet bionic pancreas filed a registration statement with the SEC relating to a proposed IPO. Irvine, California-based Beta Bionics filed to list its common stock on the Nasdaq market […]
Beta Bionics is proposing an IPO
Beta Bionics announced today that it filed a registration statement with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering (IPO). The amount of shares of common stock included in the IPO and the price range remain undetermined. Irvine, California-based Beta Bionics filed to list its common stock on the Nasdaq market under the “BBNX” […]
Fractyl Health goes the IPO route
Fractyl Health — developer of medtech and gene therapies to reverse diabetes and obesity — began trading on the Nasdaq today under the symbol GUTS. Lexington, Massachusetts–based Fractyl Health priced its 7,333,333 shares of common stock at $15 per share, enabling it to bring in about $110 million from the IPO. The company expected the […]
BD board approves Embecta diabetes business spinoff
BD (NYSE:BDX) announced today that its board of directors approved the planned spinoff of its diabetes care business, Embecta. Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based BD confirmed in May 2021 that it planned to spin off its diabetes care business as an independent, publicly-traded company during the first half of 2022, and in December 2021, it confirmed the […]
Stevanato Group brings in upsized IPO worth $453.5M
Stevanato Group announced today that the underwriters of its recently completed initial public offering purchased more than 1 million additional shares. The option exercised by the underwriters saw the acquisition of an additional 1,018,280 ordinary Stevanato Group shares at $21 per share. Piombino Dese, Italy–based Stevanato Group’s IPO resulted in net proceeds of approximately $453.5 […]
Tenaya Therapeutics prices $180M IPO for targeted therapies
Tenaya Therapeutics announced that it priced an underwritten, upsized initial public offering of common stock worth $180 million. South San Francisco-based Tenaya develops therapies for rare generic disorders and more prevalent heart conditions through gene therapy, cellular regeneration and precision medicine. The company is actively exploring different routs of administration and different infusion- and injection-based methods […]
Pear Therapeutics to go public via merger with SPAC
Prescription digital therapeutics pioneer Pear Therapeutics announced today that it will go public by merging with a SPAC called Thimble Point Acquisition Corp. Boston-based Pear Therapeutics’ combination with the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), whose management team is associated with the Pritzker Vlock Family Office, will result in a combined company named Pear Holdings Corp. […]
Gyroscope Therapeutics launches IPO roadshow
Gyroscope Therapeutics announced today that it launched the roadshow for its initial public offering of nearly 7 million shares. London-based Gyroscope’s U.S. offering includes up to 6.75 million American Depository Shares (ADSs) representing 6.75 million ordinary shares, according to a news release. Gyroscope expects pricing for the IPO to range between $20 and $22 per […]
CureVac stock soars after $213.3M IPO
Shares of CureVac (NSDQ:CVAC) continue to rise after the company reportedly raised $213.3 million in its initial public offering on Friday. According to a report from MarketWatch, the Germany-based biotech outfit priced its IPO at $16 per share and sold more than 13.3 million shares to raise the $213.3 million. Currently, shares of CVAC are […]
