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Should You Hold Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) in Your Portfolio?

Viking Therapeutics' (VKTX) lead candidate for obesity, VK2735, is expected to have tremendous potential. However, existing competition from obesity drugs in the market remains a woe.

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Nalak Das

5 Stocks With Recent Price Strength to Tap May's Rally

Investors target stocks that are witnessing a bullish run. Some of the stocks seeing price strength are ADMA, NTIC, AGS, MBIN, STRA.

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Novo Nordisk (NVO) Up 3% as Haemophilia Drug Meets Study Goals

Novo Nordisk's (NVO) shares rise 3.1% as the company meets co-primary endpoints in a late-stage study evaluating its investigational candidate, Mim8, for the treatment of haemophilia A.

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Bayer (BAYRY) Q1 Earnings Fall Y/Y on Lower Product Sales

Bayer's (BAYRY) Q1 earnings and sales decline year over year due to a fall in volumes for non-glyphosate-based herbicides and lower prices for glyphosate-based products in the Crop Science division.

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Bristol Myers (BMY) Fails to Meet Goal in Opdivo NSCLC Study

Bristol Myers' (BMY) late-stage label-expanding study evaluating the Opdivo/Yervoy combination fails to meet the primary endpoint of progression-free survival in unresectable stage III NSCLC.

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Benjamin Rains

Bull of the Day: Veeva Systems (VEEV)

The tech firm and the stock are proven winners. Now might be the time for investors to heed tried-and-true investment advice and buy Veeva while others are fearful.

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Amicus (FOLD) Q1 Earnings Top, Sales Lag, '24 Outlook Updated

Amicus (FOLD) reports first-quarter 2024 results, wherein earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate but sales miss the same. The company updates its financial guidance for 2024.

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Xenon (XENE) Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates, Pipeline in Focus

Xenon (XENE) reports better-than-expected first-quarter 2024 earnings. Its development programs for azetukalner in epilepsy and MDD are progressing well.

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Prothena (PRTA) Q1 Earnings Miss Estimates on Higher R&D Expenses

Prothena (PRTA) posts a wider-than-expected loss in the first quarter on lower revenues and higher costs.

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Catalyst (CPRX) Q1 Earnings Beat, Firdapse Sales Drive Revenues

Catalyst (CPRX) reports first-quarter results, wherein earnings and revenues beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate, driven by strong Firdapse sales.

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Acadia (ACAD) Q1 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Revenues Miss

Acadia's (ACAD) earnings in the first quarter of 2024 beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate, while revenues miss the same.

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Intra-Cellular (ITCI) Q1 Earnings and Sales Beat Estimates

Intra-Cellular (ITCI) reports first-quarter 2024 results, wherein both earnings and revenues beat estimates, driven by strong Caplyta sales.

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Pacira (PCRX) Q1 Earnings Miss, Exparel Sales Drive Revenues

Pacira (PCRX) reports first-quarter 2024 results, wherein earnings miss but revenues beat estimates, driven by Exparel sales.

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Is a Surprise Coming for argenx (ARGX) This Earnings Season?

argenx (ARGX) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.

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Denali (DNLI) Q1 Earnings Miss, Pipeline Progress in Focus

Denali (DNLI) Q1 loss narrows year over year due to lower expenses despite nil revenues.

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Apellis' (APLS) Q1 Earnings Match Estimates, Revenues Beat

Apellis (APLS) reports first-quarter 2024 results, wherein earnings match the Zacks Consensus Estimate and revenues beat the same, driven by strong sales of Syfovre.

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Absci (ABSI) to Report Q1 Earnings: Here's What to Expect

The focus is likely to be on progress on its pipeline candidates when generative AI drug creation company Absci (ABSI) reports first-quarter results.

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Recursion (RXRX) to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

Recursion (RXRX) is expected to provide updates on its oncology and rare disease clinical-stage pipeline in its first-quarter earnings release, given the absence of a marketed product.

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