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☆ 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday after a tumultuous week
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The data didn't sway the market odds on the Fed cutting interest rates three times this year, starting in September. The industrial conglomerate raised its full-year outlook. Two of the Club's industrial names, Honeywell and Dover , reported earnings this week with mixed fortunes for their stocks. Dexcom shares plunged more than 35% after the medical device company missed on revenue and cut its full-year outlook. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

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☆ What Eli Lilly investors can learn from the slow launch of a competitor's drug
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Club holding Eli Lilly is expecting to get approval for its Alzheimer's treatment in the coming weeks, but investors looking for immediate financial success should temper their expectations. The FDA's decision on Lilly's drug, known as donanemab, is expected by the end of March. In the meantime, Eli Lilly's diabetes and obesity drugs, the heart of our investment thesis, should continue to fuel the lion's share of the company's topline growth. About 2,000 patients are currently taking Leqembi, Biogen said Tuesday, up from 800 at the time of the company's third-quarter report in November. LLY YTD mountain Eli Lilly's stock performance so far in 2024.

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PANW YTD mountain Palo Alto Networks YTD About half of the funds raised from this Lilly sale will go into building up our position in Palo Alto Networks . But here is our problem with reading too much into the conference calls of Tenable and Cloudfare and extrapolating that to Palo Alto. While it is highly likely that deal uncertainty increased out of the regional banking crisis, Palo Alto Networks is in a special class within the industry because it is taking share from the little guys. As a market leader in thirteen categories within security, Palo Alto is a winner from what is happening in the market. And with a management team committed to profitable growth and accelerating leverage in the business, we think Palo Alto Networks will continue to surprise to the upside.

The Alzheimer's Association and the pharmaceutical industry say the drug companies are not directly involved in the campaign. But the Alzheimer's Association says patients simply don't have the time to spare. The agency did not address the Alzheimer's Association campaign. Association members have met 30 times with staffers for the state's 20 members of Congress, Ryan Schiff, the chapter's public policy manager, said. Spokespeople for all three companies said they do not work with the Association on its campaign to expand Medicare coverage of the drugs.

☆ Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's drug hits a regulatory hurdle. But our belief in the stock isn't shaken
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Eli Lilly 's (LLY) attempt to receive accelerated regulatory approval for its Alzheimer's drug donanemab has been rejected. Eli Lilly said it will keep working with the FDA to "evaluate the fastest pathway" for donanemab to reach patients. Indeed, analysts at Barclays wrote in a note to clients Thursday that "we now see [accelerated approval] off the table." LLY 1Y mountain Eli Lilly (LLY) 1-year performance "It's definitely not a thesis-breaker," Bank of America analyst Geoff Meacham told CNBC on Friday. David Ricks, CEO, Eli Lilly Scott Mlyn | CNBC

☆ Eli Lilly has spent years and billions of dollars in search of an effective Alzheimer's drug. But success is not all or nothing for the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +22 min

Eli Lilly (LLY) has spent decades researching Alzheimer's disease without successfully bringing to market a treatment that slows the memory-destroying condition. For Eli Lilly as a company, an Alzheimer's drug is an important pursuit. Lilly's Alzheimer's history Eli Lilly's "first real foray" into Alzheimer's came in the 1990s, according to Dr. John Sims, Eli Lilly's head of medical development for donanemab. Financial implications for Lilly LLY mountain 2021-10-08 The Club started a new position in Eli Lilly (LLY) in October 2021. The Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company's offices in San Diego, California, September 17, 2020.

☆ Biogen hires former Sanofi head Viehbacher as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Manas Mishra | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The appointment of Viehbacher, who founded private equity firm Gurnet Point Capital after being ousted from French drugmaker Sanofi (SASY.PA) in 2014, concludes a months-long search for a successor to Michel Vounatsos. "The selection of a new CEO has been front-of-mind for Biogen investors since Mr. Vounatsos' announced departure," said Wedbush analyst Laura Chico. Investors and analysts are now pinning their hopes on the second Alzheimer's drug Biogen is developing with Japan's Eisai Co Ltd (4523.T) after it slowed the progress of the memory-robbing disease by 27% in a trial. Viehbacher served as chief executive of Sanofi for six years and was instrumental in the company's $20 billion deal for Genzyme in 2011. Viehbacher will step into his role on Nov. 14, Biogen said.

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Biogen Inc (BIIB.O) on Tuesday said the Alzheimer's disease drug it is developing with Japan's Eisai Co Ltd (4523.T) would be used by doctors in a competitive market as investors wait for data from rival therapies made by Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N) and Roche (ROG.S). The drug, lecanemab was shown to slow the progress of the disease by 27% in a trial last month, and additional data is expected next month. "The data needs to be seen from the other anti-amyloid therapies before we decide what is going to be meaningful," said Biogen interim research chief Priya Singhal. Its costs were about halved as the company significantly cut back on commercial infrastructure around the launch of Aduhelm, its previous Alzheimer's drug that has sputtered amid controversy over efficacy and lack of coverage by health insurers. read moreInvestors have been pinning hopes on the Alzheimer's drug as cheaper generics of Biogen's multiple sclerosis treatment Tecfidera have entered the market, hurting sales.

☆ Biogen and Eisai report successful test on Alzheimer's treatment
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBiogen and Eisai report successful test on Alzheimer's treatmentCNBC's Shep Smith reports on positive news regarding a drug trial from Biogen and Japan's Eisai, which showed a 27% decrease in cognitive decline among early stage Alzheimer's patients.

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