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Implied Volatility Surging for Seres Therapeutics (MCRB) Stock Options

Investors need to pay close attention to Seres Therapeutics (MCRB) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

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Ekta Bagri

3 Biotech Stocks Poised to Gain in the Second Half of 2021

Here we present three biotech companies, which outperformed the sector in the year so far and are likely to witness a winning run in the near term.

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Gilead (GILD) Gains 19% YTD: What to Expect in The Second Half?

Gilead (GILD) maintains momentum in the year so far on the back of Veklury for the treatment of COVID-19 and the same is expected to continue in the second half.

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Alector (ALEC) Up on Tie-Up With Glaxo for Neurological Diseases

Alector (ALEC) signs a global collaboration deal with Glaxo to co-develop/commercialize two monoclonal antibodies - AL001 and AL101 ¿¿¿ for treating various neurodegenerative diseases. Stock up.

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Glaxo (GSK)/Alector Ink Deal for Neurodegenerative Indications

Glaxo (GSK) and Alector set to co-develop and co-commercialize AL001 and AL101 for neurodegenerative diseases. Glaxo issues a formal response to activist hedge investor, Elliott's call for board changes.

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

Moderna ETFs to Rise on Positive COVID-19 Vaccine Updates

Moderna has once again come up with interesting updates about its COVID-19 vaccine.

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3 Reasons to Invest in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) Now

Regeneron's (REGN) efforts to expand the label of its approved drugs and concurrently develop the pipeline are impressive and makes it a good bet for investors, for now.

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Arcutis (ARQT) Terminates Study of Drug to Treat Vitiligo

Arcutis (ARQT) ends phase IIa study evaluating its investigational anti-JAK1 candidate, ARQ-252, to treat vitiligo.

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Apellis (APLS) Up on Tie-up With Beam for Novel Therapies

Apellis (APLS) signs a collaboration deal with Beam Therapeutics to develop new treatments for complement-driven diseases. Shares rise.

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Debanjana Dey

Oncology Space Gains Momentum in 2021: 5 Stocks to Focus on

Oncology stocks like OncoCyte (OCX), PerkinElmer (PKI), Catalent (CTLT), Cardiff Oncology (CRDF) and NovoCure (NVCR) are expected to continue their run over the next few months.

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Allogene (ALLO) Multiple Myeloma Candidate Gets Fast Track Tag

Allogene's (ALLO) next-generation allogeneic CAR T therapy, ALLO-605, gets Fast Track designation from the FDA to treat patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

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Deciphera (DCPH) Begins Dosing in Study on Cancer Candidate

Deciphera (DCPH) doses the first patient in a phase I study evaluating its ULK kinase inhibitor, DCC-3116, for treating advanced/metastatic tumors driven by mutations in RAS/RAF genes.

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Biotech Stock Roundup: NTLA Surges on Study Data, EXEL & ALT Down on Updates & More

The biotech sector was in focus last week with pipeline updates from Intellia (NTLA), Exelixis (EXEL) and Regeneron (RGEN), among others.

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Horizon (HZNP) Begins Phase II Study for Lupus Candidate

Horizon (HZNP) starts phase II study to evaluate HZN-7734, an antibody to treat systemic lupus, which is an autoimmune disease wherein the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells and tissues.

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Moderna (MRNA) COVID-19 Vaccine Effective Against Delta Variant

Moderna's (MRNA) share price reaches all-time high, following authorization from the government of India for mRNA-1273 and encouraging neutralizing activity against several COVID-19 variants demonstrated in studies.

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Cerevel (CERE) Novel Schizophrenia Drug Succeeds in Phase I

Cerevel Therapeutics (CERE) surges as schizophrenia candidate, CVL-231, demonstrates clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement in PANSS Total score at 6 weeks in phase Ia study.

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Iovance (IOVA) Announces Lung Cancer Study Data on TIL Therapy

Iovance (IOVA) is developing several TIL therapies, including LN-145, in a mid-stage study. Data from the lung cancer cohort evaluating LN-145 monotherapy demonstrates an ORR of 21.4%.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Intellia Therapeutics, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, CRISPR Therapeutics, Beam Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Intellia Therapeutics, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, CRISPR Therapeutics, Beam Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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Gilead's (GILD) Kite Announces Positive Data on Yescarta

Gilead (GILD) announces results from the ZUMA-7 study on Yescarta and completes submission of application to the FDA seeking approval of lenacapavir.

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Exelixis (EXEL) Down on Data from Ongoing Liver Cancer Study

Exelixis (EXEL) and partner announce unimpressive data from the late-stage COSMIC-312 study in patients with previously untreated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Intellia (NTLA) Up on Positive Gene-Editing Drug Interim Data

Intellia (NTLA) posts positive interim data from phase I study on lead genome-editing candidate NTLA-2001 being developed for treating transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis. Stock up.

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BioMarin (BMRN) Re-Files MAA for Hemophilia Gene Therapy in EU

Biomarin Pharmaceutical's (BMRN) new MAA in EU includes 52 weeks' data from the phase III GENEr8-1 study, along with four and three-year follow-up data from the ongoing phase I/II dose escalation study.

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3 Biotech Stocks Up on Intellia's CRISPR Therapy Study Data

Intellia (NTLA) announces first-ever, promising clinical data on an in vivo CRISPR-based therapy. Stocks of CRSP, EDIT and BEAM rise on investor enthusiasm about their CRISPR-based candidates.

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Company News for Jun 29, 2021

Companies in the news are: NTLA, AVXL, MNKD, KYMR

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Bristol Myers (BMY) Gets Positive CHMP Opinion for Abecma

Bristol Myers (BMY) obtains positive CHMP opinion for cell immunotherapy, Abecma, for multiple myeloma and Opdivo for the indication of gastroesophageal junction cancer.

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