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Chandrima Sanyal

3D Printing Firms Join Fight Against Coronavirus-Led Disaster

Here, we discuss the efforts of additive manufacturing companies to improve safety for healthcare workers with 3D-printed materials.

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Zacks Equity Research

Gilead Asks FDA to Withdraw Orphan Drug Tag for Remdesivir

Gilead (GILD) asks the FDA to revoke the Orphan Drug designation granted to its experimental drug, remdesivir, for the treatment of COVID-19.

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Zacks Equity Research

Biotech Stocks Accelerate Efforts for Coronavirus Treatments

Given the urgent need for curing infected COVID-19 patients, let's take a look at the companies developing drugs/treatments for the same.

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Daniel Laboe

How To Play The W-Shaped Recovery

Patience is the name of the game during market downturns

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Zacks Equity Research

Novavax Rallies as Influenza Vaccine Meets All Goals in Study

Novavax's (NVAX) NanoFlu, the influenza vaccine candidate for adults aged 65 years and older, meets all the primary and secondary endpoints in late-stage study. Shares rise.

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Daniel Laboe

Top 5 Drug Stocks To Stop The Coronavirus Pandemic

It is only a matter of time before this virus anxiety is a thing of the past.

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Zacks Equity Research

Biotech Stock Roundup: HOTH & IMV to Develop Coronavirus Vaccines, & More

The biotech sector is in focus with pipeline updates from companies evaluating treatments for the novel COVID-19.

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Zacks Equity Research

CytomX & Astellas Collaborate to Develop Novel Cancer Therapy

CytomX (CTMX) and Astellas Pharma sign collaboration agreement to develop novel cancer therapy using CytomX's Probody therapeutic technology platform.

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Zacks Equity Research

Implied Volatility Surging for Revance Therapeutics (RVNC) Stock Options

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

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Zacks Equity Research

Aytu BioScience to Issue Coronavirus Rapid Test in North America

Aytu BioScience (AYTU) expands the right to distribute and commercialize the COVID-19 IgG/IgM rapid test across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Stock jumps.

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Eiger Completes NDA Submission of Progeria Drug Lonafarnib

Eiger (EIGR) completes rolling submission of the NDA seeking approval for lonafarnib as a treatment for progeria and progeroid laminopathies, ultra-rare diseases causing accelerated aging in children.

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Kinjel Shah

Lilly Halts Enrollment, Biotechs Focus to Find Coronavirus Cure

Supply-chain disruptions due to coronavirus outbreak may hurt biotech companies' first-quarter earnings. However, those making treatments/vaccines may make huge profits if their products get approval.

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Zacks Equity Research

Hoth Surges on Collaboration With Voltron for COVID-19 Vaccine

Hoth (HOTH) soars following a joint venture with Voltron Therapeutics for a vaccine for COVID-19.

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Zacks Equity Research

Roche Gets FDA Approval for Actemra Trials in COVID-19

Roche (RHHBY) gets FDA nod to evaluate Actemra plus standard of care in hospitalized adult patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

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Radhika Pujara

Tech Giants Boost Efforts to Deal With Coronavirus Crisis

Here we discuss how tech giants including Microsoft (MSFT) and others are leaving no stone unturned to address COVID-19 crisis in innovative ways, backed by AI, ML and cloud computing capabilities.

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Sanghamitra Saha

Coronavirus Scare Supports These Biotech ETFs & Stocks

Growing coronavirus concerns provide some support to these biotech ETFs and stocks amid a massive market sell-off.

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Benjamin Rains

Find Strong Stocks During the Coronavirus Crisis with this Filtered Zacks Rank 5 Screener

Today we are going to utilize our Filtered Zacks Rank 5 Screener to help investors find what could be solid investments when stocks start to recover...

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Axsome Expedites Completion Timeline of AD Study on AXS-05

Axsome (AXSM) speeds up the evaluation time of AXS-05 under the phase II/III ADVANCE-1 study for Alzheimer's disease agitation to ensure safety of patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Zacks Equity Research

Coronavirus Test Kit Demand to Drive These 3 Stocks

Point-of-care testing enables better patient triage, bed management, and patient care decisions. Here are three stocks to benefit as demand rises.

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Zacks Equity Research

Novartis to Donate Generic Hydroxychloroquine for Coronavirus

Novartis (NVS) will donate 130 million doses of generic hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 treatment.

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Zacks Equity Research

Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for March 23rd

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, March 23rd.

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Zacks Equity Research

Gilead's HCV Drug Epclusa Gets FDA Nod for Expanded Age Group

The FDA approves Gilead's (GILD) sNDA for Epclusa to treat chronic hepatitis C infection in children aged six years and above or weighing at least 17 kg.

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Ekta Bagri

Mylan, Teva in Focus As Chloroquine Being Tested for Coronavirus

Malaria drug, chloroquine, is being tested for the treatment of patients infected with COVID-19. Generic makers, Mylan and Teva ramp up efforts to contribute to the same.

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Zacks Equity Research

Emergent (EBS) to Help Vaxart Develop Coronavirus Vaccine

Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) teams up with Vaxart to support development of the latter's oral vaccine candidate for treating coronavirus disease.

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Tracey Ryniec

Coronavirus Worries? Screen for Stocks with Management Excellence

With the coronavirus sell-off increasing worries about debt, here are 5 companies with low debt to equity ratios.

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