
China's Giant Biogene trades up after $70m Hong Kong IPO

Giant Biogene, a China-based producer of skin treatments that use bioactive ingredients, gained nearly 10% on debut following a HKD 549.4m (USD 70m) Hong Kong IPO.
The company, which was established in 2000 and launched its first product in 2009, raised just one round of private funding – a pre-IPO round last October of CNY 7.36bn (USD 1bn). Participants included...
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