Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) – Oral VK2735 Delivers Excellent Phase I Weight Loss of 5.3% at 28 Days; Highest Dose Not Reached Yet Due to Outstanding Safety

BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – Viking (VKTX) Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) – Oral VK2735 Delivers Excellent Phase I Weight Loss of 5.3% at 28 Days; Highest Dose Not Reached Yet Due to Outstanding Safety. (…more)

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Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) – Significantly Undervalued After Roche Pays $2.7 Billion For Competitor

BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – Viking (VKTX) Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) – Significantly Undervalued After Roche Pays $2.7 Billion For Competitor, Phase I ‘2735 Oral Proof-of-Concept Data in Q1 2024. (…more)

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Precigen

Precigen (PGEN) — FDA Says PGEN’s 2012 Phase I/II Will Serve as Pivotal, Data in Q224, FDA Also Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation

BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – PGEN received very good FDA news when the agency recently confirmed that the ongoing Phase I/II single arm trial of PRGN-2012 in RRP will serve as the pivotal study to support accelerated approval and no additional randomized, placebo-controlled trial will be required to support submission of a BLA. (…more)

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Viking (VKTX) — VKTX Delivers Excellent Phase IIb VOYAGER Data in NASH

BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – Viking (VKTX) delivered the goods this morning when they announced positive top-line results from its Phase IIb VOYAGER clinical trial of VK2809 in patients with biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). (…more)

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Celldex (CLDX) — Barzo Shines At AAAAI Meeting

BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – Celldex (CLDX) On further inspection of the Phase II 12-week CSU data, barzolvolimab’s wide therapeutic window continues to support it Best-In-Class compound profile. The urticaria market is extremely underestimated and we expect barzo forecasts will rise significantly from here. BUY (…more)

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Celldex (CLDX) — CSU Events Further Solidify Barzo As Best-In-Class – BUY

BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – Celldex (CLDX) Underwhelming details of NVS remibrutinib (‘REMI’) Phase III trial in chronic spontaneous urticaria (‘CSU’) were released at a major medical meeting last week. Combining that negative event with two more disappointing regulatory/clinical events – the REGN/SNY’s receipt of a CRL of Dupixent and the failure of AMGN/AZN’s tezepelumab – potential competition for Celldex’s barzolvolimab (‘barzo’) is falling by the wayside. (…more)

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Thorne HealthTech (THRN) — New Recommendation

NEW RECOMMENDATION – We are initiating coverage on Thorne HealthTech (NASDAQ – THRN). For many reasons we believe Thorne is akin to the “Apple” of the nutritional supplement business. (…more)

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Celldex (CLDX) — Mix-Up At AAD Causes Undue Sell Off; EoE Trial Posted, Begins In May

BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – Celldex (CLDX) Celldex shares have been on a downward spiral since the exceptional durability data was presented at the AAAAI meeting in late February; the details are a bit lengthy but we remain steadfast that barzolvolimab (“barzo”) is the best-in-class and exceptionally unique mast cell inhibitor around. (…more)

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Madrigal

Madrigal (MDGL) & Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) – LLY’s Phase II MASH Data Puts Pressure on MDGL (March 14 PDUFA) & VKTX (Q1 Phase I Oral Data)

BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – Viking (VKTX) Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) – LLY’s Phase II MASH Data Puts Pressure on MDGL (March 14 PDUFA) & VKTX (Q1 Phase I Oral Data), Both Still BUYS With Upcoming Catalysts (…more)

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Celldex (CLDX) — Dupixent Receives CRL in CSU – BUY

BIOINVEST BREAKING NEWS – Celldex (CLDX) After the close on Friday, Regeneron and Sanofi announced that the FDA issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) for Dupixent (“Dupi”) in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU). With an expected 2-year delay (or more), this is a major setback for Dupi. And hence, we believe it (…more)

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Madrigal

Madrigal (MDGL) — MDGL/VKTX Strong BUYs After Overreaction to Lilly Phase II Data

Madrigal (MDGL) / Viking (VKTX) are both strong BUYS after the overreaction to Lilly’s Phase II, 337 patients, data that showed a 24% weight loss at 48 weeks in the high dose from their new triple drug combo.Madrigal (MDGL) / Viking (VKTX) Strong BUYs After Overreaction to Lilly Phase II Data  (…more)

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Sorting Through The Rubble

BIOINVEST SPECIAL UPDATE – Biotechs were under pressure this week as the sudden failure of SVB and drug pricing concerns delivered a double whammy in a continued rising rate environment. In our view, while all biotech stocks are being sold indiscriminately, we believe (…more)

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