Athira Pharma to raise up to $170 million in IPO
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Athira Pharma Inc. set terms on Monday for its initial public offering, in which the biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a treatment for neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, can raise up to $170 million and be valued at up to about $489.5 million. The company is offering 10 million shares in the IPO, which is expected to price at $15 to $17. Athira’s stock is expected to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “ATHA.” The company will have 28.8 million shares outstanding after the IPO.
Formerly known as M3 Biotechnology, the company is led by Leen Kawas, a 35-year-old CEO who would be the first woman to guide a company to an initial public offering in Washington state in more than two decades.
Suprotik Sinha is the Content Writer with Synkrama Technologies. He writes about technologies and startups in the global enterprise space. An animal lover, Suprotik, is a postgraduate from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication (SIMC) Pune. He carries 6+ years of experience in Content Writing, and he also worked in mainstream broadcast media, where he worked as a Journalist with Ibn7 ( now known as News18 India) and Zee Media in Mumbai.
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Suprotik Sinha is the Content Writer with Synkrama Technologies. He writes about technologies and startups in the global enterprise space. An animal lover, Suprotik, is a postgraduate from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication (SIMC) Pune. He carries 6+ years of experience in Content Writing, and he also worked in mainstream broadcast media, where he worked as a Journalist with Ibn7 ( now known as News18 India) and Zee Media in Mumbai.
