Aspen Neuroscience completes IPO, raising $140.6 million for Parkinson's research
What happened
Aspen Neuroscience completed its initial public offering, selling 9.4 million shares at $15 each and raising $140.6 million. The company will debut under the ticker symbol ASPE. Aspen Neuroscience is developing sasineprocel, a one-time cell therapy designed to replenish dopamine-making cells in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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Why it matters
The IPO funding will support Aspen Neuroscience's clinical testing of sasineprocel in a Phase 1/2a study. This places Aspen Neuroscience in competition with treatments from Bayer's subsidiary BlueRock Therapeutics and Novo in the market for Parkinson's disease.
Aspen Neuroscience filed an S-1 registration statement with the SEC to pursue an IPO on Nasdaq.
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Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific (Netherlands)Speculative
Thermo Fisher Scientific might see increased demand for life science suppliers due to Aspen Neuroscience's clinical expansion.