Colon cancer screening pill developer Check-Cap sets IPO terms
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Check-Cap has become the latest firm to target an initial public offering: it plans to sell 1.2 million shares at $10-12 each, giving it around $13m at the midpoint. If successful, it will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol CHEK.
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