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Fly News Breaks for November 28, 2016
LLY, AVXL
Nov 28, 2016 | 08:01 EDT
After Eli Lilly's (LLY) solanezumab failed its third Phase 3 study in early-stage Alzheimer's disease, Maxim analyst Jason McCarthy noted that Anavex's (AVXL) 2-73 targets the disease "more broadly upstream" to restore proper CNS cell function and has shown "promising early data." While too soon to draw any firm conclusions, given the lessons learned from failures in pursuit of other avenues, Anavex "may be on the right track" by looking upstream, said McCarthy, who keeps a Buy rating and $15 price target on the stock.