Spanish biotechs go public
19/11/2015
Diego Gutiérrez
Spanish biotechs go public
It is not uncommon for the biotech sector to be punished on occasion in the stock market because of traditional bubbles and high valuations. However, the S&P Biotechnology select Industry index shows that the situation has improved and has risen by 11% since January. In addition, of the 200 or so biotechs listed on Wall Street, none of them have a sell recommendation.. Moreover, experts are betting to buy or overweight around 190 of them. Spanish companies are also taking the plunge and Neol Bio has recently been floated on the MAB, while Oryzon's IPO is imminent and is set to take place before Christmas.

 
 

Neol Bio goes public on the MAB

Neol Bio, dedicated to the development of innovative microbial industrial biotechnology processes, debuted on the Alternative Stock Market (MAB) at the end of November.

El presidente de Neol Bio,José Manuel Arrojo, señaló que la incorporación al MAB proporciona a la compañía «vías de financiación para garantizar el crecimiento de la empresa para la nueva fase de desarrollo en la que se encuentra, gracias a la notoriedad que proporciona este mercado y a la transparencia y rigor que exige». Los sectores en los que operamos; Oleoquímica, Omega-3 DHA y Bioenergía, y las tecnologías que desarrollamos nos permitirán, con la financiación adecuada, multiplicar varias veces el tamaño y el valor de Neol Bio».

Oryzon is in the final stages of its IPO

Oryzonwhich researches diseases such as leukaemia and Alzheimer's, wants to go public before Christmas, although it says it does not rule out delays. The company's valuation will be €96M and a price per share of €3.39.

"As we already communicated in a previous post, Oryzon has recently received a €16.5M round to prepare for the IPO" says Diego Gutierrez of Oryzon. Abra-Invest.

In addition, the company sees the IPO as a stepping stone to the American market.

Oryzon achieved a net profit of €6.6 million in 2014, with record revenues of €13.1 million after signing its first licensing agreement with multinational Roche for €$21M and development milestones of up to €500M for its OLY1001 molecule for acute myeloid leukaemia.

Transplant biomedical raises €1.5M

Transplant biomedical has closed a €1.5M round which was led by Kereon Partners, and in which he has also participated Caixa Capital Risc.

The Barcelona-based company is developing an innovative medical device for the preservation and transport of abdominal and thoracic organs for transplantation. The funds raised in the round will be used to accelerate the development and commercialisation of this device.

The company intends to start marketing the system between 2017 and 2018.

 "This device would improve post-transplant outcomes and lead to a better use of available organs and therefore to a reduction in the mortality of patients awaiting transplantation, as it would maintain the abdominal organs in better condition than at present during transport (cold ischaemia), thus increasing the viability of such grafts prior to transplantation.e"says Dr Joan Rodés, president of the Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agustí Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and member of the company's Scientific Advisory Board.

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Other posts that may interest you

October 2015: Funding for the biotech sector: InnoUp Farma and Oryzon Genomics  Spanish biotechs go international: Artax Biopharma, PharmaMar and Mind The Byte.

 

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