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Ekta Bagri

Bristol Myers (BMY) Loses 20.5% YTD: Should You Retain or Fold?

Bristol Myers (BMY) faces an uphill struggle as top drugs face challenges. We advise investors to steer clear for the time being.

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SpringWorks (SWTX) Rises More Than 40% in a Year: Here's Why

SpringWorks' (SWTX) Ogsiveo is the first drug approved by the FDA to treat desmoid tumors. The company's efforts to develop its pipeline candidate, mirdametinib, for treating NF1-PN also hold promise.

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Kazia Therapeutics (KZIA) Soars 490% in a Week: Here's Why

Kazia (KZIA) surges after positive data from a phase II/III study on its lead pipeline drug in patients with glioblastoma. Based on this data, it plans to seek an accelerated nod from the FDA.

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Verona (VRNA) Stock Surges 36% in the Past Month: Here's Why

Verona Pharma (VRNA) surges on the recent FDA approval for its lead drug, which is the first inhaled COPD product with a novel mechanism of action in more than 20 years.

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Pacira (PCRX) Rises on Proposed Exparel Reimbursement Plan

Pacira (PCRX) gains upon the inclusion of Exparel as one of only six qualifying non-opioid drugs to treat postsurgical pain in the proposed reimbursement rule, if adopted.

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Inovio (INO) Up as Lead Drug Gets Innovative Medicine Tag in UK

Inovio (INO) soars 19% as its lead candidate, INO-3107, receives the innovative medicine tag under the U.K.'s Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway to treat recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.

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Here's Why You Should Invest in Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) Now

Here, we discuss why investing in Beam Therapeutics (BEAM) stock now may be a prudent move.

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Ahan Chakraborty

Novo Nordisk (NVO) Soars 38% YTD: How Should You Play the Stock?

Novo Nordisk (NVO) is an excellent stock to retain as share prices continue to rise, driven by the stellar performance of GLP-1 drugs. New investors should look for stock price dips to make an entry.

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Kinjel Shah

AbbVie (ABBV) Up 24% in a Year: Buy, Sell or Hold the Stock?

Investors who own AbbVie's (ABBV) stock may stay invested as the company has faced its biggest challenge, Humira's patent cliff- quite well and looks set to return to robust growth next year.

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Biotech Stock Roundup: KYMR, IDYA, QURE Soar on Study Data, HLVX Tanks on Study Failure

IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA) and uniQure N.V. (QURE) are in the spotlight following positive pipeline updates.

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Do Options Traders Know Something About Fortrea (FTRE) Stock We Don't?

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

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Zevra (ZVRA) Rises on Update on Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Drug

The FDA will meet with its Genetic Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee to review Zevra's (ZVRA) new drug application for pipeline candidate arimoclomol. Shares of Zevra gains on the news.

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uniQure (QURE) Soars on New Huntington's Disease Study Data

uniQure (QURE) surges 77% on updated positive interim data from 29 treated patients in the ongoing phase I/II studies of investigational gene therapy, AMT-130, for Huntington's disease.

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Athira (ATHA) Completes Dosing in Alzheimer's Study, Stock Up

Athira (ATHA) completes dosing the last patient in the phase II/III LIFT-AD study on fosgonimeton for treating people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. Stock gains.

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IDEAYA (IDYA) Up on Upbeat Phase II Bladder & Lung Cancer Data

IDEAYA (IDYA) gains 15% on positive clinical data from its phase II study evaluating the 30 mg monotherapy expansion dose of IDE397 to treat MTAP-deletion urothelial and NSCLC patients.

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Study Shows Lilly's (LLY) Obesity Drug More Effective Than NVO's

Data from a new study, also published on the JAMA website, shows that patients taking Lilly's (LLY) obesity drug are likely to lose more weight than those taking Novo's drug.

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Mirum (MIRM) Gets EC Approval for Livmarli Label Expansion

The European Commission approves Mirum's (MIRM) Livmarli for the treatment of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis in patients three months of age and older.

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HilleVax (HLVX) Tanks as Norovirus Vaccine Study in Infants Fails

HilleVax's (HLVX) phase IIb NEST-IN1 study evaluating HIL-214 for preventing acute gastroenteritis caused by norovirus infection in infants fails to meet its primary efficacy endpoint. Stock falls.

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Kymera's (KYMR) Partner SNY to Expand Ongoing HS and AD Studies

Kymera (KYMR) announces expansion plans of ongoing mid-stage studies on KT-474 (SAR444656) by partner Sanofi.

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Adicet (ACET) Up as Kidney Cancer Drug Gets FDA's Fast Track Tag

Adicet (ACET) gains as the FDA grants the Fast Track designation to ADI-270 for the potential treatment of a form of kidney cancer. A phase I study for this indication is set to begin in 2024.

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Here's Why Sarepta (SRPT) Stock Price Surged 57% YTD

Sarepta (SRPT) surges on the commercial potential of its Elevidys, the first FDA-approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Mirum (MIRM) Rises More Than 30% in Past 3 Months: Here's Why

The recent label expansion of Mirum's (MIRM) lead drug, Livmarli, is expected to drive sales in the upcoming quarters. The company's efforts to build its pipeline beyond Livmarli also hold promise.

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Dianthus (DNTH) Gains 18% in the Past Month: Here's Why

Dianthus (DNTH) shares have rallied 18% in the past month on FDA clearance to initiate a phase II study on its lead candidate, DNTH103, to treat an autoimmune indication. Top-line data is expected in 2026.

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Ekta Bagri

Gilead (GILD) Loses 17.6% YTD: How Should You Play the Stock?

While Gilead (GILD) has been reeling under pressure year to date due to pipeline setbacks, holding on to this biotech giant will be prudent at current levels.

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Apellis' (APLS) Syfovre Boost Sales, Regulatory Setbacks a Woe

Apellis' (APLS) revenues rise on the back of the robust uptake of Syfovre for the GA indication. However, the recent regulatory setback in the EU for pegcetacoplan to treat GA is a woe.

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