Elixir drops IPO, Aldagen launches IPO

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:59:55 -0400

Elixir Pharmaceuticals has dropped its bid for an $86 million IPO, saying that market conditions aren't right. At the same time, Aldagen, a small biotech company with 18 employees, is making a bid to raise $80 million in an IPO. Aldagen is developing adult stem cell therapies.

The News & Observer notes that if Aldagen is successful, it will raise new funds for research while setting up an exit for its investors. The developer was set up in 2000 to exploit new research at Duke.

- check out the report on Elixir
- see Aldagen's release and read the story for more