Troutman Pepper Advises Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. on $18M IPO
ATLANTA – Troutman Pepper client Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for Parkinson's Disease and related disorders that arise inside and outside of the brain, recently closed its initial public offering (IPO) of 1.8 million shares of common stock at a public price of $10 per share. Read a company press release about the IPO.
Inhibikase Therapeutics takes an innovative approach to developing therapeutics for halting and reversing the effects of neurodegenerative diseases inside and outside of the brain, including Parkinson’s disease. This approach targets the activation of c-Abl kinase, which the company believes play a significant role in the initiation and progression of neurodegenerative diseases and offers promise for those patients for whom current therapies have not worked.
A team of Troutman Pepper attorneys, led by Partner Merrill Kraines and Counsel Todd Kornfeld as well as Partner Judy O’Grady and Associate Kirk Dungca, assisted Inhibikase throughout its IPO, advising in the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of its Registration Statement on Form S-1 and amendments thereto, and providing corporate, securities, regulatory, benefits and tax advice.
Other Troutman Pepper attorneys who worked on the IPO included partners Bob Friedel, David Kaplan, Howard Shire, and David Stauber; counsel and registered patent attorney Michael Patané; associates Sheri Adler, Cagatay Akkoyun, Jennifer Lang, Dean Longfield, Kai Xi Wang, and Abigail Yeo; and attorneys Christina Boston and Noreen Onimus; among others.
Health sciences is a core practice at Troutman Pepper. The firm has more than 150 attorneys who represent clients such as innovative biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device developers and manufacturers; physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; health insurers and other payors; and a wide range of members of the health care supply chain.
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