The IPO year of Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd. is 2021
Initial public offering is a type of public offering in which shares of a company usually are sold to institutional investors that in turn, sell to the general public, on a securities exchange, for the first time.
Through IPO a privately held company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are mostly used by companies to raise the expansion of capital, possibly to monetize the investments of early private investors, and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required to repay the capital to its public investors. After the IPO, when shares trade freely in the open market, money passes between public investors.
Although IPO offers many advantages, there are also significant disadvantages, chief among these are the costs associated with the process and the requirement to disclose certain information that could prove helpful to competitors.
The IPO process is colloquially known as going public. Details of the proposed offering are disclosed to potential purchasers in the form of a lengthy document known as a prospectus. Most companies undertake an IPO with the assistance of an investment banking firm acting in the capacity of an underwriter. Underwriters provide several services, including help with correctly assessing the value of shares.
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of various drugs in the therapeutic areas of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune, neurologic, and infectious diseases in the People's Republic of China. The company offers JS001, a recombinant humanized anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody under the trade name of TUOYI for the indication of melanoma, mucosal melanoma, soft tissue sarcoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, triple negative breast carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. It is also developing UBP1211, a biosimilar of Humira for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriasis; JS002, a recombinant humanized anti-PCSK9 monoclonal antibody for treating hyperlipidemia; UBP1213, a recombinant humanized anti-BLyS monoclonal antibody for injection. In addition, the company is developing JS501, a biosimilar of Avastin; and JS003, a recombinant humanized anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody for injection; JS101, a pan-CDK inhibitor; TAB004/JS004, a recombinant humanized anti-BTLA monoclonal antibody for injection; and JS005, a recombinant humanized anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody for injection. It has an agreement with Eli Lilly and Company to co-develop therapeutic antibodies for the potential prevention and treatment of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus as well as Coherus Biosciences, Inc. for the development and commercialization of toripalimab, Junshi Biosciences' anti-PD-1 antibody. Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.