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October 7, 2026

“Top Left”: Our September 2026 Biotech IPO League Table

Welcome to the latest update of New Street Investor Relations’ Biotech IPO League table, where we look at biotech IPOs raising at least $50M in new equity on either Nasdaq or the NYSE. As a reminder, where banks were joint lead bookrunners, we only record the bank that sat “Top Left” on a prospectus.

Biotech IPOs in September 2026 (most recent first):

CompanyDate PricedIssue PriceTop LeftAmount raised $M
ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.24-Sep-202617.00J.P. Morgan513.19
Electra Therapeutics, Inc.17-Sep-202615.00Jefferies350.00

Source: FactSet – amounts raised may differ from those detailed in company press releases.

September saw two biotech IPOs raising at least $50M in new equity:

  • ADARx Pharmaceuticals – developing next-generation siRNA therapeutics – was brought by J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, TD Cowen, UBS, and LifeSci.
    • 30,187,500 shares were priced at $17 per share.
    • Green shoe was exercised in full.
    • Gross proceeds were $513.2M.
    • Stock currently trading at ~$19.
  • Electra Therapeutics – developing precision medicines for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases and cancer – was brought by Jefferies, TD Cowen, Evercore, and Cantor.
    • 23,333,334 shares were priced at $15 per share.
    • 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3.5M shares granted to underwriters.
    • Gross proceeds were $350.0M.
    • Stock currently trading at ~$10.

Investment Banks Ranked by Number of Biotech IPOs Sat Top Left in 2026:

RankBankNumber of deals sat top left
1J.P. Morgan9
2Goldman Sachs5
3=Jefferies3
3=Leerink3
5Morgan Stanley2
6=BofA1
6=JonesTrading1

Source: Company filings

  • As of September 30, 2026, J.P. Morgan remains in pole position, having sat Top Left on nine of the year’s biotech IPOs.
  • Goldman Sachs is in 2nd place, appearing Top Left on five.

Reverse Chronological list of 2026 Biotech IPOs (most recent first):

CompanyDate PricedIssue PriceTop LeftAmount raised $M
ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.24-Sep-202617.00J.P. Morgan513.19
Electra Therapeutics, Inc.17-Sep-202615.00Jefferies350.00
Vogenx, Inc.11-Aug-202613.00JonesTrading93.44
Braveheart Bio, Inc.06-Aug-202618.00Goldman Sachs439.88
BlossomHill Therapeutics, Inc.06-Aug-202616.00J.P. Morgan150.00
Latigo Biotherapeutics, Inc.06-Aug-202618.00Goldman Sachs345.60
Attovia Therapeutics05-Aug-202617.00Morgan Stanley332.35
Apnimed, Inc30-Jul-202616.00BofA220.80
Scribe Therapeutics, Inc.23-Jul-202615.00Leerink148.01
Kardigan, Inc.18-Jun-202616.00J.P. Morgan460.00
Parabilis Medicines, Inc.10-Jun-202620.00Leerink770.50
Odyssey Therapeutics, Inc.08-May-202618.00J.P. Morgan289.80
Seaport Therapeutics, Inc.30-Apr-202618.00Goldman Sachs260.04
Hemab Therapeutics Inc.30-Apr-202618.00Goldman Sachs346.73
Avalyn Pharma, Inc.29-Apr-202618.00Morgan Stanley345.00
Alamar Biosciences, Inc.16-Apr-202617.00J.P. Morgan219.94
Kailera Therapeutics, Inc.16-Apr-202616.00J.P. Morgan718.75
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.26-Feb-202616.00Goldman Sachs400.00
Satellos Bioscience, Inc.06-Feb-202610.10Leerink57.20
SpyGlass Pharma Inc05-Feb-202616.00Jefferies172.50
AgomAb Therapeutics NV05-Feb-202616.00J.P. Morgan200.00
Veradermics, Inc.04-Feb-202617.00Jefferies294.77
Eikon Therapeutics, Inc.04-Feb-202618.00J.P. Morgan381.20
Aktis Oncology, Inc.08-Jan-202618.00J.P. Morgan365.36

Source: FactSet – amounts raised may differ from those detailed in company press releases.

  • As of September 30, 2026, there have been 24 biotech IPOs.
  • This compares to 9 for the whole of 2025, and 16 for 2024.

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