SunTrust analyst Yatin Suneja says that Novartis' (NVS) recent acquisition of Selexys Pharmaceuticals "provides further clinical and commercial validation for the selectin class of adhesion molecules as meaningful therapeutic targets." The analyst notes that the acquisition came after Selexys' SelG1, which utilizes a P-selectin antibody, showed positive Phase II data in sickle cell disease. GlycoMimetics (GLYC) develops selectin antagonists. The analyst expects interest in the name to accelerate as more data is announced. Suneja keeps a Buy rating on the shares.

TD Cowen analyst Yaron Werber raised the firm's price target on BeiGene (BGNE) to $236 from $235 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm updated its model to reflect lower collaborative revenue given termination of Novartis (NVS) agreement for tisle in Sep 2023.