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Biogen (BIIB) Q1 Earnings Top, Sales Down as Key Drugs Falter

Biogen (BIIB) beats first-quarter estimates for both earnings and sales and ups earnings guidance for 2021.

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Biotech Stock Roundup: BMYs Opdivo Gets FDA Nod for Gastric Cancer & Other Updates

The biotech sector was in focus last week with regulatory updates from Bristol Myers (BMY), among others.

INCYPositive Net Change BMYPositive Net Change VRTXPositive Net Change CRSPNegative Net Change ANIXNegative Net Change MORPositive Net Change

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Roche (RHHBY) Q1 Sales Affected by Biosimilars & COVID-19

Roche's (RHHBY) performance in the first quarter of 2021 gets negatively impacted by biosimilar competition and coronavirus-related disruptions. Nevertheless, the diagnostics division maintains momentum.

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Vertex (VRTX) Ups Investment in CRISPR Gene Therapy Partnership

Vertex (VRTX) to lead CRISPR Therapeutics for manufacture and commercialization of gene-editing therapy CTX001 which is being developed for treating SCD and TDT.

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Illumina (ILMN) to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in the Offing?

Illumina (ILMN) is likely to have gained during the first quarter on the back of robust performance of the sequencing consumable segment.

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Emergent (EBS) Bayview Unit Operation on Hold for FDA Probe

Emergent (EBS) halts manufacturing at Bayview facility as the FDA initiates investigation of the error that led to manufacturing of faulty doses of J&J's COVID-19 vaccine.

JNJPositive Net Change PFEPositive Net Change MRNAPositive Net Change EBSPositive Net Change

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Seagen's (SGEN) Two sBLAs for Padcev Gets FDA Priority Review

The FDA accepts Seagen (SGEN) and Astellas' two sBLAs for Padcev under a priority review to treat patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma. A verdict is pending on Aug 17, 2021.

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Incyte (INCY), MorphoSys Initiate Dosing in Lymphoma Study

Incyte (INCY) and MorphoSys begin dosing in a study evaluating tafasitamab or placebo, in combination Revlimid and Rituxan, in patients with relapsed or refractory FL or marginal zone lymphoma.

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Bristol Myers (BMY) Opdivo Gets FDA Nod for Gastric Cancer

Bristol Myers (BMY) obtains FDA approval for Opdivo in combination with chemotherapy for patients with gastric cancer, among others.

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Novartis (NVS) Collaborates with Roche for API of RA Drug Actemra

Novartis (NVS) enters into an agreement with Roche for the manufacturing of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for Actemra/RoActemra.

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Will J&J ETFs Suffer on Latest COVID-19 Vaccine Updates?

Let's take a look at some ETFs that can see adverse impacts as Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine sees a setback amid the worsening pandemic conditions.

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Moderna (MRNA) Gives Pipeline Update, to Initiate New Pivotal Study

Moderna (MRNA) is developing 14 mRNA-based vaccine candidates in different stages of clinical development. Interim data from ongoing cytomegalovirus and RSV vaccine studies are promising.

JNJPositive Net Change PFEPositive Net Change MRNAPositive Net Change BNTXNegative Net Change

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Bristol Myers' (BMY) Opdivo Combo Gets EU Nod for First-Line RCC

The European Commission approves Bristol Myers' (BMY) Opdivo in combination with Cabometyx for first-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma.

PFEPositive Net Change MRKNegative Net Change EXELPositive Net Change BMYPositive Net Change

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Biotech Stock Roundup: GILD's UC Drug Approval, REGN's COVID-19 Antibody Data & More

The biotech sector was in focus last week with regulatory updates from Gilead (GILD) and COVID-19 study updates from Regeneron (REGN), among others.

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Waters (WAT) Teams Up With Genovis, Boosts Biopharma Reach

Waters (WAT) collaborates with Genovis for developing automated biotherapeutic characterization workflows.

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Geron (GERN) Begins Phase III Myelofibrosis Study on Imetelstat

Geron (GERN) is evaluating its lead pipeline candidate, imetelstat, in late-stage studies for refractory myelofibrosis and myelodysplastic syndromes.

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Gilead (GILD) Gets FDA Nod for Trodelvy in Urothelial Cancer

The FDA grants accelerated approval to Gilead's (GILD) Trodelvy for treating adult patients with locally-advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.

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Is J&J's COVID-19 Vaccine Setback a Boon for Other Players?

J&J's (JNJ) competitors in COVID-19 vaccine space are anticipated to gain from suspension of its vaccine in the United States, following very few cases of blood clots.

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vTv Therapeutics (VTVT) Gets Breakthrough Tag for Diabetes Drug

The FDA bestows a Breakthrough Therapy designation to vTv Therapeutics' (VTVT) TTP399 as an adjunctive therapy to insulin for treating type I diabetes. Shares rise.

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Myovant (MYOV), Pfizer Start Dosing in Relugolix Combo Study

Myovant (MYOV) and Pfizer (PFE) initiate dosing in the phase III SERENE study evaluating the contraceptive efficacy of the relugolix combination tablet.

PFEPositive Net Change MRNAPositive Net Change RGENPositive Net Change MYOVPositive Net Change

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Bristol Myers' (BMY) Opdivo Combo Encouraging in NSCLC study

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) announces positive results from a late-stage study evaluating Opdivo plus chemotherapy for resectable NSCLC.

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Regeneron (REGN) Posts Positive Data on COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail

Regeneron (REGN) announces encouraging data on antibody cocktail, REGEN-COV, from two phase III studies.

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Seagen's (SGEN) Tisotumab Vedotin BLA Gets FDA Priority Review

The FDA accepts Seagen (SGEN) and Genmab's BLA for tisotumab vedotin under a priority review to treat recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer. A verdict is pending on Oct 10, 2021.

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Do Options Traders Know Something About Inovio (INO) Stock We Don't?

Investors need to pay close attention to Inovio (INO) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

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Celcuity (CELC) Soars on Agreement With Pfizer & Study Data

Celcuity (CELC) is developing gedatolisib in combination with Pfizer's Ibrance and an endocrine therapy in breast cancer patients. It inks deal to gain exclusive rights to gedatolisib from Pfizer.

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