Patheon shares jump 17 percent

Patheon,(NYSE:PTHN) the contract drug maker headquartered in Durham, priced its initial public offering of stock at $21 and closed up 17 percent at $25 a share, Thursday.

It sold 17.6 million shares.

Formerly Patheon Pharmaceuticals, the company is a business unit of DPx Holdings. It will use the approximately $670 million raised in the IPO to pay down its $550 in debt.

The company moved to the Triangle from Canada in 2008. (https://wraltechwire.com/business/tech_wire/news/story/3063567/).

The company employs 8,700 people globally, with 5,100 in North America and about 150 in Durham

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