bellicumTrout Group is providing IR counsel to Bellicum Pharmaceuticals as the Houston-based biotech company eyes an initial public offering worth up to $115M.

New York counselor Brad Miles of BMC Communications advises Bellicum on the PR front. Trout Group VP Peter Rahmer, a biotech specialist, reps the company for the New York-based IR firm.

Bellicum, which develops immunotherapies that fight cancers, filed Nov. 18.. The clinical stage company recently landed $55M in a Series C round of funding.

Bellicum reported an $8M loss from operations in 2013 and an accumulated deficit of $38.6M.

Xconomy.com noted the company would be the first Houston biotech to go public in 15 years.