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Artiva Biotherapeutics, a US-based company that develops off-the-shelf, natural killer (NK) cancer therapies, has cancelled plans to go public in the US. Learn more about the withdrawn IPO, and find out about similar companies you can invest in from Canada.
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What we know about the Artiva Biotherapeutics IPO
On November 1, 2022, Artiva Biotherapeutics announced it was cancelling its plans to go public. Originally, the company had planned to conduct an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “ARTV.” Altogether, it was hoping to raise around $100 million USD.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and Evercore Group, L.L.C. were slated to act as the lead underwriters of the deal. You can read more about the IPO in this document submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 6, 2022.
On November 3, 2022, Artiva announced it was partnering with Affimed, a Germany-based company that also develops cancer treatments, to produce a NK cell therapy. Both companies are aiming to get approved to begin testing in the first half of 2023.
Buy stocks in similar companies
Even though you won’t be able to buy Artiva Biotherapeutics stock, you can still invest in other companies that develop cancer treatments.
| Company | Stock info |
|---|---|
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | NYSE: BMY |
| Pfizer | NYSE: PFE |
| Bellicum Pharmaceuticals | Nasdaq Capital Market: BLCM |
| ImmunityBio | Nasdaq Global Select Market: IBRX |
| Nkarta | Nasdaq Global Select Market: NKTX |
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