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Fly News Breaks for November 5, 2019
INO, REGN
Nov 5, 2019 | 10:45 EDT
Piper Jaffray analyst Christopher Raymond says he's incrementally positive and would be an aggressive buyer of Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) this morning after an "important and overlooked data event." Inovio top-lined interim Phase 2 data looking at INO-5401 plus INO-9012 in combo with Regeneron's (REGN) Libtayo and standard of care in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme, conferring six month progression free survival of 80% and 75% in methylated and un-methylated glioblastoma, respectively, Raymond tells investors in a research note. With decent patient numbers, this compares to the 60% and 40% seen in standard of care, adds the analyst. Raymond thinks this morning's update potentially portends a "real advance" in glioblastoma multiforme. With Inovio's current $236M market capitalization, the analyst sees a "sizeable disconnect" in the shares. He keeps an Overweight rating on the shares with a $10 price target. The stock in early trading is up 9%, or 21c to $2.59.