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Roche (RHHBY) Reports Positive Phase I Data on Obesity Drug

Roche's (RHHBY) obesity candidate, CT-996, demonstrates clinically meaningful weight loss in the ongoing phase I study.

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Acadia's (ACAD) Nuplazid Drives Growth, Pipeline Setbacks a Woe

Acadia (ACAD) is witnessing robust growth in revenues, driven by Nuplazid and Daybue sales. However, pipeline setbacks, along with stiff competition and dependency on Nuplazid sales, remain a woe.

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Acadia's (ACAD) Nuplazid Drives Growth, Pipeline Setbacks a Woe

Acadia (ACAD) is witnessing robust growth in revenues, driven by Nuplazid and Daybue sales. However, pipeline setbacks, along with stiff competition and dependency on Nuplazid sales, remain a woe.

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Lisata (LSTA) Stock Rallies More Than 30% YTD: Here's Why

Lisata (LSTA) is progressing well with developing its lead investigational pipeline candidate, certepetide, which is being studied for various cancer indications.

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Sundeep Ganoria

Moderna (MRNA) Stock Rises 22% YTD: Time to Buy the Stock?

Shares of Moderna (MRNA) continue to soar thanks to the encouraging development of its non-COVID pipeline. The company's potential product launches over the next few years make it worth looking at.

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Beam Therapeutics' (BEAM) CFO to Step Down, Stock Declines

Beam Therapeutics' (BEAM) current chief financial officer, Terry-Ann Burrell, is set to step down from her role on Aug 9. The stock falls 4.7%.

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Kyverna (KYTX) Gets RMAT Designation for CAR T-Cell Product

The FDA grants the Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy ("RMAT") designation to Kyvernas' (KYTX) lead candidate, KYV-101, for the treatment of patients suffering from refractory stiff-person syndrome.

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Supriyo Bose

5 High ROE Stocks to Buy as Low Inflation Fuels Rate Cut Hopes

United Therapeutics (UTHR), ABB (ABBNY), Lockheed Martin (LMT), MPLX (MPLX) and Banco de Chile (BCH) are some of the stocks with high ROE to profit from as easing inflationary pressures ignite rate cut hopes.

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Incyte (INCY) Gains 19.6% in Three Months: Here's Why

Incyte (INCY) jumped 19.6% in the past three months as investors appreciated the stock grants and buyback plan.

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Verastem (VSTM) Begins Dosing in Solid Tumors Study in China

Verastem (VSTM) doses the first patient in a phase I/II study conducted by GenFleet Therapeutics, evaluating KRAS G12D inhibitor, GFH375/VS-7375 in solid tumors. Shares rise.

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Novo Nordisk (NVO) GLP-1 Drug Regarded Safe for Brain by Oxford

Oxford study demonstrates that Novo Nordisk's (NVO) semaglutide is not associated with a risk of adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes compared with other antidiabetic medications over one year.

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Legend Biotech (LEGN) Up 12% on Reports of Takeover Bid

A third-party article suggests that Legend Biotech (LEGN) hired investment banking firm Centerview Partners to help its board review the takeover offer.

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Immutep (IMMP) Up as Combo Therapy Meets Carcinoma Study Goals

Immutep (IMMP) jumps 15% on positive results from a late-stage study evaluating its candidate, efti, in combination with Keytruda to treat first-line head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients.

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Implied Volatility Surging for Fennec (FENC) Stock Options

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

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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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