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Latigo prices $345.6 million IPO at $18 a share
Latigo priced its IPO at $18 a share for $345.6 million, one of the largest biotech raises of the year and enough capital to push its non-opioid painkiller against Vertex's head start. Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, Leerink and Guggenheim ran the books.
Source: SEC filingEarnings split the session at the close: Airbnb's raised revenue outlook lifted it 15.1% while Trade Desk lost nearly a quarter of its value. Travel, optics and AI names carried the session; ad tech and crypto miners absorbed the damage.
