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Evofem Looks To Raise $100M In Additional Public Offering

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San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences , a publicly held, biopharmaceuticals company which is developing products in the area of women's sexual and reproductive health, says it has priced approximately $100M in common stock to the public. Evofem had its IPO back in 2018. Wainwright & Co. READ MORE>>.

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Bio Roundup: Cerevel’s Shell, Thrive’s Rise, Drug Price Drama & More

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Bain Capital and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE ) launched it in 2018 with neuroscience compounds from the pharma giant’s labs. If you’ve never heard of Arya (NASDAQ: ARYBU ), it’s a shell company that Perceptive Advisors formed specifically to serve as a vehicle to take a private company public. Cerevel is young, but it’s pretty far along.

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Two Days, Five Biotech IPOs, and $359M Raised for Clinical Trials

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Five biotechs priced their IPOs and at least one more is coming. According to IPO research firm Renaissance Capital , 47 IPOs have priced so far this year across all sectors, down 27 percent compared to the same period in 2018. Just as last year, healthcare IPOs lead the way.

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Bio Roundup: 2019 Trials, Pilgrim Price Chat, Pre-Xmas Sales & More

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Before you fly off, or drive, or simply unplug, check out our preview of what could be next year’s top clinical studies; the tumult in big pharma’s on again-off again relationship with consumer healthcare; big names on the move in the nation’s capital; and a flurry of year-end deals. Happy holidays, everyone.

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SPECIAL REPORT: 2019 Blockchain Outlook — Reality Check

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After a breakout year in 2017, the blockchain sector suffered a series of blows in 2018, from crashing cryptocurrency prices to increased regulatory scrutiny of crypto ventures and deepening skepticism about whether the technology was actually useful.

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Could Facebook’s Crypto Break Financial System? Congress Airs Fears

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Soaring prices of Bitcoin and other so-called digital tokens were attracting investments from speculators hoping to get rich quick—but these virtual coin values were also known to drop just as suddenly, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council noted.

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Bio Roundup: $74B for Celgene, Two CAR-T Tales, Ready for SF & More

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In 2018, my Exome colleagues and I published hundreds of stories about health, medicine, the biopharma industry, government policy, and more. Topics ranged from the worries over CRISPR genome editing and Wild West biohacking, to Nobel Prize-fueled drug approvals and the headaches around drug prices (even for drugs meant to cure headaches).

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