Coronavirus vaccine maker CureVac plans US listing in July
The German government plans to take a stake of about 23 percent in unlisted CureVac to help fund the biotech company’s further development of a Covid-19 vaccine
German vaccine maker CureVac plans to raise funds by selling stock in an initial public offering in the United States next month, a finance ministry document seen by Reuters on Monday showed.
The German government plans to take a stake of about 23 percent in unlisted CureVac to help fund the biotech company's further development of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The finance ministry said in a letter to parliament's budget committee dated June 15: "It (CureVac) currently has a big capital requirement and plans a flotation on the Nasdaq in New York in July 2020."
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European biotech firms prefer Nasdaq because the US capital market offers a critical mass of highly specialised biopharma investors, analysts say. German biotech firms BioNtech and Morphosys have recently sought US listings.
