This Hedge Fund-Backed Biopharma Company Is Still Trying to Go Public

Zentalis set terms for its offering but warns that Covid-19 could set back many crucial developments for the company.

Andreas Halvorsen, CEO of Viking Global. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Andreas Halvorsen, CEO of Viking Global.

(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

A fledgling biopharma company with heavy hedge fund backing is seemingly moving forward with its initial public offering, despite the stock market’s sharp selloff and overall volatility and growing concern that the Covid-19 virus is spreading throughout the United States.

On Friday Renaissance Capital, an IPO research specialist, said in a report that as many as 20 IPOs have been delayed due to the coronavirus.

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