After Bloomberg reported that Paratek Pharmaceuticals (PRTK) is exploring its strategic options, including a possible sale, after receiving takeover interest, Raymond James analyst Laura Chico said she sees omadacycline as a promising asset and sees a takeout as "certainly one plausible outcome." While its "probably premature to think about a takeout price," Chico said that a possible price could arguably fall in the high-$40 to low-$50 range, adding that Merck (MRK), Pfizer (PFE) and Allergan (AGN) would all be potential buyers. She keeps a Strong Buy rating and $36 price target on Paratek shares.

Pfizer announced that the European Commission, or EC, has granted marketing authorization for Emblaveo for the treatment of adult patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections, or cIAI, hospital-acquired pneumonia, or HAP, including ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP, and complicated urinary tract infections, or cUTI, including pyelonephritis. It is also indicated for the treatment of infections due to aerobic Gram-negative organisms in adult patients with limited treatment options.