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Incyte (INCY) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

Incyte's (INCY) second-quarter 2023 earnings are likely to have gained from higher Jakafi sales and incremental sales from newly approved drugs.

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Biotech Stock Roundup: BIIB, GSK's Q2 Earnings, KOD Faces Setback & More

Earnings updates from Biogen (BIIB) and GSK (GSK) are in focus in the biotech sector.

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Aquestive (AQST) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in Store?

Aquestive's (AQST) second-quarter 2023 revenues are likely to have been driven by rising licensed product revenues.

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Bristol-Myers (BMY) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in Store?

Investors are likely to focus on the demand for Eliquis and Opdivo along with an incremental contribution from newer drugs when Bristol-Myers (BMY) reports Q2 results.

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Kodiak (KOD) Down as Late-Stage DME Studies Fail

Kodiak (KOD) stock plunges as it failed to meet the primary endpoint in phase III studies evaluating tarcocimab in diabetic macular edema patients.

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Gilead (GILD) Ends Myelodysplastic Syndromes Study on Magrolimab

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) discontinues phase III ENHANCE study, evaluating the potential of magrolimab as a treatment for higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, due to futility based on a planned analysis.

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Roche (RHHBY) SMA Drug Gets Positive CHMP Opinion for Expanded Use

Roche's (RHHBY) Evrysdi gets a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use for extended use in infants under two months with spinal muscular atrophy.

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Vir Biotechnology (VIR) Down on Influenza Study Failure

Vir Biotechnology (VIR) crashes after the phase II study evaluating VIR-2482 for preventing symptomatic influenza A illness fails to meet goals.

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Biotech Stock Roundup: BBIO, ARGX Soar on Study Results, APLS Down on Safety Issues

Regulatory and key pipeline updates from BridgeBio (BBIO) and argenx (ARGX) are in focus in the biotech sector.

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Alkermes (ALKS) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

Higher sales of Alkermes' (ALKS) key drugs like Vivitrol, Aristada and Lybalvi are likely to have driven second-quarter sales.

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Emergent's (EBS) Cyfendus Anthrax Vaccine Gets FDA Nod

Emergent's (EBS) shares rise as its anthrax vaccine, Cyfendus (AV7909), gets FDA approval, offering preventive measures for people aged 18 to 65, who were exposed to the harmful bacillus anthracis germ.

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Bear of the Day: Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND)

Ligand is an innovative Bio-Pharma M&A royalty-generator, but the model is volatile

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Recursion (RXRX) Stock Surges 191% in 3 Months: Here's Why

Recursion's (RXRX) shares rallied almost 191% over the past three months, owing to artificial intelligence-driven acquisitions and strategic collaborations to advance drug development.

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Apellis (APLS) Plunges on Safety Issues With Eye Treatment

Apellis (APLS) suffers a setback on reports of six events of retinal vasculitis (or inflammation) following treatment with Syfovre (pegcetacoplan injection).

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Pieris (PIRS) Pursues Strategic Alternatives, Stock Rises

Pieris (PIRS) announces strategic update after partner AstraZeneca terminated collaboration agreement and returned the rights to elarekibep.

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BridgeBio (BBIO) Up as Heart Drug Meets Primary Goal in Study

BridgeBio's (BBIO) shares surge on announcing positive data from a late-stage study evaluating acoramidis for patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.

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Corcept's (CORT) Early-Stage Study on NASH Reveals Positive Data

Corcept's (CORT) early-stage candidate miricorilant, evaluated to treat patients with presumed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, shows encouraging data.

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Gilead's (GILD) Veklury Gets FDA Nod for Label Expansion

Gilead's (GILD) antiviral treatment Veklury (remdesivir) has now been approved for the treatment of COVID-19 patients with severe renal impairment, including those on dialysis.

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Apellis (APLS) Stock Surges 62% in 6 Months: Here's Why

Apellis' (APLS) shares have rallied 62% over the past six months due to the approval of Syfovre (pegcetacoplan injection) in February. An encouraging uptake of its first marketed product, Empaveli, has further bolstered the stock value.

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