Roth Capital Starts Cempra, Inc. (CEMP) at Buy

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Cempra (CEMP) to Offer $100M in Stock

January 5, 2015 4:04 PM EST

Cempra, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEMP) announced its intention to offer and sell shares of its common stock with an aggregate public offering price of approximately $100 million in an underwritten public offering pursuant to its existing shelf registration statement. The company also intends to... More

Cempra (CEMP) Surges on Positive Phase 3 Results for Solitaire-Oral

January 5, 2015 7:08 AM EST

Cempra (NASDAQ: CEMP) is sharply higher (+29%) in pre-open trading Monday after the company announced positive topline results from a global, pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of solithromycin oral capsules (Solitaire-Oral) in the treatment of patients with community acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP).

In the intent-to-treat population (ITT, all randomized patients), solithromycin met the primary objective of statistical non-inferiority (10% non-inferiority margin) of the early clinical response at 72 (-12/+36) hours after initiation of therapy compared to moxifloxacin. Solithromycin also met the secondary objectives of... More

Cempra (CEMP) PT Raised to $32 at Baird on Positive Solithromycin Data

January 5, 2015 6:27 AM EST

Baird analyst Brian Skorney reiterated an Outperform rating and boosted his price target on Cempra, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEMP) to $32.00 (from $21.00) after Solithromycin clears first phase 3 hurdle.

"We're encouraged by the top-line results posted by Cempra from its Solitaire-Oral study featuring solithromycin,"... More