Shield Raises Reduced IPO As Anemia Drug Nears Approval
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Executive Summary
Shield Therapeutics, which is expecting EU approval for its novel oral iron replacement drug Feraccru (ST10, ferric maltol) during this quarter, has raised £32.5m in an initial public offering on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
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