Third Harmonic Bio’s stock market debut was the only biotech IPO that crossed the $100 million threshold in the third quarter as the slowdown in IPO activity showed little sign of changing. Small deals continue to represent most of the IPO activity.
Summer weather is heating up but the market for IPOs remains cold. Bausch + Lomb’s successful return to the public markets in the second quarter proved to be an exception as the slowdown in IPO activity reached levels not seen in years.
PurpleLab® stands out from others in this sector by providing its data analytics services to several different groups of users across healthcare and pharma companies.
The biggest biotech IPO of 2021 belongs to a cell therapy developer that has yet to reach the clinic. Cell therapy and artificial intelligence were hot categories of newly public companies, but even though IPOs reached record levels this year that streak is not expected to continue in 2022.