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Jul. 27, 2013

Conatus, AcelRx strengthen biotech IPO trend

Two initial public offerings in California this week extend the trend of biotech and pharmaceutical companies reaching out to the public markets amid dwindling investment from private sources.


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


After facing several years of dwindling capital investments from private sources, biotech and life sciences companies have been launching into the public capital markets this year with a vengeance.


Another example of that came Thursday, when Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. made its debut on the Nasdaq with the help of legal counsel from Latham & Watkins LLP. The San Diego-based biotechnology comp...

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