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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

Top COVID-19 Vaccine Stories of March Put Biotech ETFs in Focus

Investors are closely tracking the progress in coronavirus vaccine development amid the pandemic's renewed resurgence with multiple mutants.

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Company News for Apr 8, 2021

Companies In The News Are: QGEN, MSM, LI, GEO.

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Gilead (GILD) Gets Full Approval for Breast Cancer Drug Trodelvy

Gilead (GILD) obtains full approval for its breast cancer drug, Trodelvy, in the United States for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

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Alkermes (ALKS) Inks Deal With Merck for Ovarian Cancer Study

Alkermes (ALKS) signs a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck to evaluate nemvaleukin alfa in combination with Keytruda for treating platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

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Zacks.com featured highlights include: Avid Bioservices, Oncternal Therapeutics, Amtech Systems and Aytu Biopharma

Zacks.com featured highlights include: Avid Bioservices, Oncternal Therapeutics, Amtech Systems and Aytu Biopharma

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Biotech Stock Roundup: ACAD Down on CRL, EBS Gets Additional Order & Other Updates

The biotech sector was in focus last week with regulatory updates from Acadia (ACAD) and vaccine updates from quite a few companies like Emergent (EBS), among others.

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Biotech Stock Roundup: ACAD Down on CRL, EBS Gets Additional Order & Other Updates

The biotech sector was in focus last week with regulatory updates from Acadia (ACAD) and vaccine updates from quite a few companies like Emergent (EBS), among others.

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QIAGEN (QGEN) Launches QIAseq Kit, Enhances COVID-19 Portfolio

QIAGEN's (QGEN) latest kit is likely to significantly reduce library turnaround times and plastics usage, thus allowing more accurate detection and quantification of molecular variants.

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Dynavax (DVAX) Up on Positive COVID-19 Vaccine Study Data

Dynavax's (DVAX) partner Valneva, developing a COVID-19 vaccine using Dynavax's adjuvant, reports 100% seroconversion rates from a phase I/II study.

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Benjamin Rains

Find Strong Stocks to Start Q2 with New Analyst Coverage

One way to find potential winners is to search for companies that have landed new analyst coverage recently. And the reasoning is pretty straightforward...

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Exelixis' (EXEL) IND for Oncology Candidate Accepted by FDA

The FDA accepts Exelixis' (EXEL) IND for XB002 in patients with advanced solid tumors and a phase I study is expected to start in the second quarter.

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Illumina (ILMN) Preliminary Q1 Revenues Rebound, '21 View Up

Illumina's (ILMN) revenue improvement in the first quarter is likely to have been boosted by on-going business recovery.

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Cidara (CDTX) Inks Agreement With J&J for Influenza Therapies

Cidara (CDTX) and J&J ink a collaboration agreement to develop influenza candidates with the potential to provide protection against all influenza strains.

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ACADIA (ACAD) Gets CRL From FDA for Nuplazid sNDA, Shares Down

The FDA issues a Complete Response Letter to ACADIA's (ACAD) sNDA for Nuplazid (pimavanserin) for treating hallucinations and delusions associated with dementia-related psychosis. Stock falls.

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Supernus (SUPN) Receives FDA Approval for ADHD Treatment

Supernus (SUPN) gets FDA approval for ADHD treatment, Qelbree, in pediatric patients 6 to 17 years of age.

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Emergent (EBS) Gets Extra $23M for COVID-19 Vaccine Production

Emergent (EBS) receives additional $23 million from BARDA to support further expansion of manufacturing capacity for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.

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SpringWorks (SWTX) Begins Dosing in Multiple Myeloma Study

SpringWorks (SWTX) doses the first patient in a phase Ib study evaluating nirogacestat in combination with teclistamab for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

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CytoDyn (CYDY) Files New Protocol With FDA for COVID-19 Study

CytoDyn (CYDY) submits a new protocol with the regulatory body in the United States to study a higher dose of leronlimab for severely-infected COVID-19 patients.

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Exelixis (EXEL) Partner Gets EC Nod for Cabometyx + Opdivo

Exelixis' (EXEL) partner Ipsen secures an approval from the regulatory body in Europe for the combination of Cabomteyx and Opdivo to treat first-line RCC.

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Syndax's (SNDX) Axatilimab Gets FDA's Orphan Drug Tag for GVHD

The FDA bestows an orphan drug designation on Syndax's (SNDX) axatilimab for the treatment of patients with chronic graft versus host disease. Shares up.

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Amgen (AMGN) to Boost Inflammation Pipeline With Rodeo Buyout

Amgen (AMGN) inks an agreement to acquire privately held company, Rodeo Therapeutics Corporation, to boost its inflammation portfolio.

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Biotech Stock Roundup: BLUE/BMY's CAR T Therapy Nod, KLDO's COVID-19 Study News & More

The biotech sector gains prominence with new product approvals from bluebird (BLUE)/Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) and other coronavirus updates.

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Sweta Killa

7 Best Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Up 20% Plus in March

Amid the bull and bear tug-of-war, the demand for leveraged and inverse-leveraged ETFs has increased.

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Sweta Jaiswal, FRM

Moderna ETFs to Gain on Positive 'Real-World' Study Data

Positive coronavirus vaccine progress by Moderna (MRNA) grabs investors' attention.

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bluebird (BLUE), Bristol Myers CAR T Cell Therapy Gets FDA Nod

bluebird (BLUE) and partner Bristol Myers clinch an FDA approval for their chimeric antigen receptor T cell immunotherapy Abecma to address relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

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