Turning Point Prices IPO, Raising $166M to Test Cancer Drugs

Turning Point Therapeutics raised more than $166 million in its IPO, pricing at the top of its range and putting nearly 2 million more shares into the public markets than it had initially planned. Strong demand ahead of the offering prompted the company, which is developing targeted cancer drugs for patients that have developed resistance to other treatments, to sell 9.25 million shares at $18 piece, raising $166.5 million before discounts, commissions, and offering expenses. Turning Point plans to list on the Nasdaq exchange under the stock symbol “TPTX.” It was slated to start trading Wednesday. Strong interest in Turning Point’s shares reflect investors’s appetite for biotech IPOs. Earlier this year in San Diego, Gossamer Bio raised $276 million in an IPO that also surpassed expectations. So, too, did biotech Synthorx’s public debut, in which it raised $131 million in an upsized offering.