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Baird Sees Minimal Read Through for Axovant (AXON) on Lilly's Sola Failure

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Axovant Sciences (AXON), vTv Therapeutics (VTVT) Mechanisms Don't Overlap with Sola - Piper

November 23, 2016 11:22 AM EST

Piper Jaffray analyst Charles Duncan said Lilly's solanezumab failure doesn't change their perception of risk for Axovant Sciences (NYSE: AXON) or vTv Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VTVT), noting these candidates have mechanisms that do not overlap with... More

Pre-Open Stock Movers 11/23: (MDGS) (VEEV) (BLXT) Higher; (JUNO) (LLY) (URBN) Lower (more...)

November 23, 2016 9:24 AM EST

Today's Pre-Open Stock Movers

Medigus Ltd. (NASDAQ: MDGS) 41.6% HIGHER; announced a distribution agreement in Italy with INNOVAMEDICA S.p.A, a privately owned distributor of minimally invasive medical devices. Under terms of the four-year agreement which will take effect January 1st 2017, INNOVAMEDICA S.p.A. will be required to purchase at least 1M of Medigus Ultrasonic Surgical Endostapler (MUSE) equipment over the course of the agreement.

Euroseas Ltd. (Nasdaq:... More

Axovant Sciences (AXON) Sinks 17% on Eli Lilly Sola Failure

November 23, 2016 7:50 AM EST

Axovant Sciences (NYSE: AXON) is down 17% in pre-open trade after Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) announced that solanezumab did not meet the primary endpoint in the EXPEDITION3 clinical trial, a phase 3 study of solanezumab in people with mild dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD).

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Dow, S&P 500 set record high closes ahead of holiday

November 23, 2016 7:33 AM EST

By Caroline Valetkevitch

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and the S&P 500 eked out record high closes on Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, helped by gains in industrial stocks, though losses in technology shares limited the advance and weighed on the Nasdaq.

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) rose 2.7 percent and hit the highest in about two years, while Deere (NYSE: DE) jumped 11 percent to a record high close after the farm equipment maker reported a much smaller-than-expected decline in profit.

Industrial... More

Axovant Sciences (AXON): Allergan Acquisition of Chase a Positive - Baird

November 23, 2016 6:36 AM EST

Baird analyst, Brian Skorney, reiterated his Outperform rating on shares of Axovant Sciences (NYSE: AXON) after Allergan (NYSE: AGN) announced the acquisition of Chase Pharmaceuticals, a privately held company focusing on development of fixed-dose combinations in... More