Early Stage Biotech IPOs Join Late-stage Plays In Appealing to Investors
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
With Epizyme as a top performing biotech IPO and bluebird bio primed to go out soon, investor appetite would seem whetted for early stage biotechs on the public market. With improving overall IPO performance, these returns could again become meaningful for more than a few life science VCs.
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