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Fly News Breaks for April 19, 2018
MYL, TEVA, NVS, ACET
Apr 19, 2018 | 09:37 EDT
After Aceto (ACET) cited the continued intense competitive and pricing pressures in the generic industry when withdrawing its guidance last night, and Novartis (NVS) this morning reported that net sales at its generic unit Sandoz dropped 4% in the quarter, Wells Fargo analyst Davis Maris says he's not ready to call the bottom in generics pricing. Those that have are premature, Maris tells investors in a research note titled "Negative Read Throughs For Generics Continue." The Aceto and Sandoz pricing news shows the data continue to be negative for U.S. generic industry pricing, the analyst contends. He sees a negative read-through for companies with large U.S. commodity generic exposure, such as Teva (TEVA) and Mylan (MYL).