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Intercept Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock
...statement on Form S-1 relating to the shares of common stock being sold in this offering was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2013. A preliminary prospectus relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC, and a...
