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Company News for Jan 8, 2025

Companies In The News Are: RPM, LNN, TSLA, MRNA.

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Denali's ALS Study Fails to Meet Primary and Secondary Endpoints

DNLI's DNL343 fails to achieve the primary and secondary endpoints, as observed from an analysis of Regimen G of the phase II/III HEALEY ALS platform trial.

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RARE's Cholesterol Drug Evkeeza Gains EC Approval for Expanded Use

EC expands the label of Ultragenyx's Evkeeza in the EU to treat younger patients aged 6 months to 5 years suffering from a rare cholesterol disorder.

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Exelixis Stock Surges 50% in a Year: Is There Room for Further Growth?

EXEL's shares surge 50% in a year on the back of the strong performance of its lead drug Cabometyx. We are optimistic about the stock as we believe there is room for further growth.

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KOD Stock Rallies 271% in 6 Months on Eye Disease Program Updates

Kodiak stock skyrockets 271% in six months on the back of positive updates from the tarcocimab program for treating retinal vascular diseases.

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Santanu Roy

Beat the Market the Zacks Way: SoFi Technologies, Lisata Therapeutics, AutoZone in Focus

Our time-tested methodologies helped investors navigate the market well last week. Here are some of our key performance data from the past three months.

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MESO Stock Surges 80% in a Month After FDA Approval of GVHD Drug

Mesoblast stock climbs 80% in a month following the FDA's approval of Ryoncil as the only approved therapy for SR-aGVHD in children aged two months and older.

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CAPR Stock Up on Completion of Rolling Submission of DMD Drug BLA

Capricor stock gains 8% upon completing the rolling submission of the BLA for its lead asset, deramiocel, to treat DMD cardiomyopathy in the United States.

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MNPR Stock Skyrockets 384% in 3 Months After Deal With AZN

Monopar stock skyrockets 384% in three months following a licensing deal with AstraZeneca for a late-stage Wilson Disease candidate.

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VSTM Up as NDA for Ovarian Cancer Combo Gets FDA's Priority Review Tag

The FDA accepts Verastem's NDA for the accelerated approval of avutometinib to treat recurrent KRAS mutant ovarian cancer under priority review. The stock rises 41%.

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Company News for Jan 2, 2025

Companies In The News Are: X, BHVN, SGMO, PFE, BLDR.

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Corcept Submits Application for Another Cushing's Syndrome Drug

CORT makes pipeline progress with the submission of a new drug application for relacorilant to treat patients with endogenous hypercortisolism.

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Novartis' Gene Therapy Meets Primary Endpoint in SMA Study

NVS' phase III study on experimental gene therapy candidate Intrathecal onasemnogene abeparvovec (OAV101IT) meets its primary goal.

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Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for December 30th

CCRD, TRDA and NRXP made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stocks list on December 30, 2024.

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JNJ Inks Licensing Deal With Kaken for Eczema Candidate KP-723

Johnson & Johnson announces a global licensing deal with Kaken for the latter's eczema candidate, KP-723, to further strengthen its dermatology portfolio.

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Ahan Chakraborty

What Awaits These 4 Biotech Stocks That More Than Doubled in 2024

Here are four drug and biotech stocks, ARQT, MESO, MNPR and KOD, which have more than doubled in 2024 with room for further growth in 2025.

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights ADMA Biologics, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. and ChromaDex

ADMA Biologics, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. and ChromaDex are part of the Zacks top Analyst Blog.

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Ahan Chakraborty

Novo Nordisk Stock Plunges 18% in a Week: What Should Investors Do?

NVO stock declines after a recent obesity study setback and intense competition from market rivals but offers long-term growth potential.

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AZN's Tagrisso Gets Approval in the EU for Expanded Use in NSCLC

AstraZeneca wins approval in the EU for the label expansion of Tagrisso to treat adult patients with locally advanced, unresectable NSCLC.

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NVO Stock Plunges as Obesity Drug CagriSema Misses Target in Phase III

Novo Nordisk stock slumps as the 22.7% weight loss achieved with its next-gen obesity candidate, CagriSema, in a phase III study misses its guidance of 25%.

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Nalak Das

Buy 5 Genomics & Synthetic Biology Stocks Likely to Soar in Short Term

These five geonomics and synthetic biology stocks are likely to soar in the short-term. They Are: CRSP, IMCR, GLUE, RIGL, CSTL.

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Ekta Bagri

Gilead Stock Gains 15.4% in a Year: Should You Buy, Sell or Hold?

GILD has put up a steady performance in 2024, with a new drug approval, positive data readouts and strong quarterly results. We believe there is more room for growth, given GILD's strong fundamentals.

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Ekta Bagri

Intellia Crashes 60% in a Year: How Should You Play the Stock?

NTLA stock is down significantly in 2024 as investors are not pleased with the recent data from its in vivo CRISPR-based therapies. We advise prospective investors to stay on the sidelines for now.

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RARE Submits BLA to the FDA for Sanfilippo Syndrome Gene Therapy

Ultragenyx submits a BLA to the FDA seeking the accelerated approval of UX111 for patients with Sanfilippo syndrome type A in the United States.

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