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Shares of biotech Aurinia Pharmaceuticals surged on Thursday after the corporate introduced optimistic outcomes from a trial for its lupus-related drug.
The Victoria, Canada-based firm rallied 78% on Thursday after its section three trial for drug voclosporin posted optimistic efficacy and security ends in the therapy of lupus nephritis, the corporate stated in an announcement on Thursday night. The bounce in Aurinia’s inventory pushed its market cap to greater than $1 billion.
Some analysts count on the inventory to quadruple on the better-than-expected trial outcomes.
“The information have been higher than we anticipated,” Alethia Younger, biotech analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald, stated in a be aware on Thursday. “We expect that shares might be up at the least 300-400% primarily based on this information. If we conservatively assume VCS is a $1B drug, we predict that buyers may put a 3-4x income a number of on the corporate (so $3-4B).”
Cantor has an chubby score on Aurinia and a 12-month value goal of $24, which might translate right into a 186% acquire from Wednesday’s shut.