Prospects for a Grail IPO remain unclear. The biotech filed to go public last fall, but it struck a deal to be acquired by Illumina (ILMN) for $8 billion instead. As of mid-2021, regulators were still reviewing the deal for approval.
While the merger is still unclear, shares of Illumina are currently available for purchase.
Latest updates
December 16: Illumina has criticized EU regulators in court for the Commission’s scrutiny of its acquisition of Grail.
August 18: US biotech company Illumina acquires Grail, even though the European Commission has not completed its review of the acquisition.
April 20: In response to competition concerns, EU antitrust regulators will examine Illumina’s proposed acquisition of Grail.
March 30: The Federal Trade Commission has filed to block Illumina’s proposed acquisition of Grail.
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If Grail goes public independently, you’ll be able to buy shares after the IPO happens. You can also buy shares of Illumina now — though it’s unclear whether Illumina’s acquisition of Grail will hold.
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What we know about the Grail IPO
Grail filed a registration form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol GRAL. Not yet an official IPO, this is one of the first steps of taking a private company public.
The exact IPO date has not been announced. There's no news yet about how much the stock will cost when it goes public. We'll update this page with more information as it becomes available.
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It's impossible to predict how any stock will perform — and IPOs can be particularly volatile. Looking at the performance of similar companies can help you decide if now is a good time to buy Grail stock.
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uniQure N.V. develops treatments for patients suffering from rare and other devastating diseases. It offers HEMGENIX that has completed Phase III HOPE-B pivotal trial for the treatment of hemophilia B. The company also develops AMT-130, a gene therapy that is in Phase I/II clinical study for the treatment of Huntington's disease. In addition, it is developing AMT-162, which is in preclinical trial for the treatment of superoxide dismutase 1- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; AMT-260 that is in preclinical trial to treat temporal lobe epilepsy; AMT-191, which is in preclinical trial for the treatment of fabry disease; AMT-161 that is in preclinical trial to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by mutations; AMT-240, which is in preclinical trial to for the treatment of autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease; and AMT-210 that is in preclinical trial to treat Parkinson's disease. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes oncology drug products. It offers ROLVEDON(Eflapegrastim), a novel long-acting granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. The company develops Poziotinib, a novel irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor for non-small cell lung cancer tumors with various mutations. It has co-development, commercialization, and in-license agreements with Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.; a patent and technology license agreement with The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; and license agreement with Therapyx, Inc. The company was formerly known as NeoTherapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in December 2002. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. As of July 31, 2023, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Assertio Holdings, Inc.
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