** Shares of hair-restoration drug developer Veradermics MANE.N more than double in New York Stock Exchange debut

** Stock opened for trading at $34 and rose as high as $40; last up 126.5% at $38.5

** MANE sold 15.1 million shares in an upsized IPO at $17 apiece to raise $256.3 million

** It had earlier planned on selling 13.35 million shares priced between $14 and $16 apiece

** MANE is developing treatments for pattern hair loss, a condition affecting roughly 50 million men and 30 million women in the United States

** Pharma giant Eli Lilly LLY.N had indicated interest in buying up to 4.9% of MANE shares sold in the IPO

** Jefferies, Leerink Partners, Citigroup, and Cantor were joint book-running managers for offering

(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)

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