A controversial eye treatment from Apellis can lead to sharp returns for investors, according to JPMorgan.
The bank upgraded the biopharmaceutical stock to overweight from neutral and raised its price target to $81 from $60.
The drug aims to treat an eye disease called geographic atrophy, which, according to the Syfovre website, affects about 1 million people.
APLS YTD mountain Apellis ytd chart Analyst Anupam Rama believes that Apellis' overall pipeline has only been strengthened by recent approvals of Syfovre.
The analyst noted that some physicians who had initially paused treatment of Syfovre have already begun to return to prescribing the injection.
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