Tech Company Inital Public Offerings
SQZ Biotechnologies IPO
Headquartered in Watertown, SQZ Biotechnologies went public.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
10/30/2020
Transaction Type
IPO
Amount
$70,400,000
Proceeds Purpose
Management says it will use the net proceeds from the IPO as follows:approximately $75 million to advance the clinical development of SQZ-PBMC-HPV, from our SQZ APC platform, including completing our ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with locally advanced and metastatic HPV+ tumors and commencing enrollment for SQZ-PBMC-HPV as a combination therapy;approximately $25 million to initiate our first clinical trial of SQZ-AAC-HPV for the treatment of HPV+ tumors and to advance the development of additional product candidates using our SQZ AAC platform; andthe remainder to advance the development of other product candidates across our pipeline, including additional product candidates in oncology and infectious disease using our SQZ APC platform and product candidates in tolerance using our SQZ TAC platform, as well as for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Company Information
Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
200 Arsenal Yards Blvd.
Watertown, MA 02472
USA
Watertown, MA 02472
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
SQZ Biotechnologies (Nasdaq: SQZ). Many promising therapeutic modalities have limited clinical efficacy due to the challenges of delivering molecules into cells. SQZ Biotech seeks to address this fundamental problem by developing its CellSqueeze platform for use in drug discovery and clinical applications.
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