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A Data-Rich Year Has Analysts Accepting Their Fate Therapeutics Trade
Friday, March 17, 2017 - 8:33am | 278Wedbush reiterated its Outperform rating on Fate Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: FATE), saying the company is executing well on advancing its early stage cell therapy pipeline into patients, with significant data catalysts expected later this year. The comments came after Fate announced earlier this week...
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Wedbush Cuts TESARO Target By 18% Following SOLO-2 Results
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 8:03am | 402Following the SOLO-2 trial results surpassing expectations, Wedbush’s David Nierengarten stated that the data demonstrated “similar top-line efficacy for Lynparza as that achieved by niraparib in the NOVA study.” The analyst reiterated an Outperform rating on TESARO Inc (NASDAQ:...
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Wedbush Asks: How Does Kite Pharma's ZUMA-1 Compare To Juno's TRANSCEND?
Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 10:18am | 321During its fourth-quarter 2016 earnings call, Juno Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: JUNO) announced it would discontinue development of JCAR015. This development was expected, since JCAR017 is “demonstrating potential for a best-in-class efficacy and safety profile for CD-19 directed CAR-T therapy,...
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Bluebird Bio Shares Could See Value Fly To $95 As 2017 Will Be A 'Catalyst-Filled Year'
Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 8:43am | 338Wedbush’s David Nierengarten expects “several major data readouts” ahead in 2017 to act as catalysts for bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ: BLUE). The analyst reiterated an Outperform rating on the company, with a price target of $95. Data As Catalyst “Early data from registration-...
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Analyst Breaks Down Bluebird Bio's Better-Than-Expected Clinical Results
Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 2:33pm | 371Wedbush analyst David Nierengarten maintains his Outperform rating and $95 target price on bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ: BLUE), which announced positive results from its early-stage cancer study. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based bluebird bio said early data from its ongoing Phase 1 study of bb2121 showed...
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Good And Bad News from Epizyme; Wedbush Analyst Weighs In
Monday, November 28, 2016 - 4:26pm | 260Wedbush analyst David Nierengarten reiterated his Outperform rating on Epizyme Inc (NASDAQ: EPZM) after the company announced that the FDA has granted fast track designation for tazemetostat in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with EZH2 activating mutations. “With its...
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Tailwinds Continue To Hold The Street's Gaze Toward Bluebird Bio Aloft
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 9:39am | 466Wedbush Securities reiterated its Outperform rating and $117 target price on bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ: BLUE) after the company’s R&D Day highlighted improvements to gene therapy platform and favorable regulatory response. The company’s LentiGlobin BB305 product candidate is...
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Wedbush Raises TESARO Price Target From $107 To $139
Monday, October 10, 2016 - 8:54am | 420Wedbush Securities reiterated its Outperform rating and raised its price target on TESARO Inc (NASDAQ: TSRO) shares to $139 from $107 as it "sees the clinical benefit of niraparib in HRD-negative patients as likely leading to approval in the entire platinum-sensitive ovarian market." Waltham,...
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Audentes Therapeutics Initiated Overweight At Wedbush
Monday, August 15, 2016 - 8:34am | 350Wedbush has started coverage of Audentes Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: BOLD) with an Outperform rating and $20 price target, citing the stock as "a compelling opportunity." Audentes' AAV-based gene therapy programs are targeted at Pompe disease, X-linked multiple myopath and Crigler-Najjar, a rare...
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Bluebuird Bio Crashes Nearly 30%: What's Next?
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 11:53am | 1162Shares of bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ: BLUE) plunged nearly 30 percent Monday morning. Bluebird reported mixed results from its ongoing studies at an industry conference. Matthew Harrison of Morgan Stanley acknowledged he "took a swing and missed," but other top Wall Street pros...
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How Wedbush Sees The Alexion–Synageva Deal
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 9:42am | 300In a report published Wednesday, Wedbush analyst David Nierengarten, Ph.D. commented on the merger agreement whereby Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) will acquire Synageva Biorpharma Corp (NASDAQ: GEVA) for $115 per share in cash and 0.6581 Alexion shares – valuing shares of Synageva at...