Canaccord Genuity Reiterates a 'Buy' on Synta Pharma. (SNTA) Following Meeting with Management

January 17, 2012 8:43 AM EST
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Canaccord Genuity reiterates a 'Buy' on Synta Pharma. (NASDAQ: SNTA) price target of $8.00.

Canaccord analyst, George Farmer, said, "Ahead of two critical clinical catalysts, we see 2012 as a potentially transformative year for the company. Per management, interim data from a Phase II trial evaluating lead asset ganetespib (g-pib), an hsp90 inhibitor, in advanced non-small cell lung cancer is expected year-end. This trial is enriched for patients predetermined to possess ALK growth-driving tumor mutations who would theoretically be candidates for treatment with newly approved ALK inhibitor, Xalkori (crizotinib; Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), as well."

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Shares of Synta Pharma. closed at $4.61 yesterday.


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