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RBC Capital Sees Tough Road Ahead Following Orexigen Therapeutics' (OREX) Takeda Partnership Termination; Cuts PT to $0.60

March 16, 2016 9:46 AM EDT

RBC Capital maintained a Sector Perform rating on Orexigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OREX), and cut the price target to $0.60 (from $1.00), following the company's announced termination of the Takeda partnership. OREX plans to commercialize Contrave in the US by building its own commercial infrastructure. As... More

Leerink Lowers Leerink (OREX) PT to $1 on Move to Acquire Contrave Rights from Takeda

March 16, 2016 7:56 AM EDT

Leerink Partners analyst, Paul Matteis, noted that Orexigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OREX) acquired the Contrave rights from Takeda and lowered his price target to $1 (from $2) on shares as a result. The firm maintained its Market Perform rating.

Yesterday morning OREX announced that it has entered into a deal with Takeda where it will acquire US commercial rights to Contrave; concurrently, OREX also... More

Piper Jaffray Downgrades Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX) to Neutral

March 16, 2016 6:35 AM EDT

Piper Jaffray downgraded Orexigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OREX) from Overweight to Neutral with a price target of $2.00 (from $5.00).

Analyst Charles Duncan commented, "Yesterday Orexigen announced it plans to terminate its commercial partnership with Takeda for Contrave in the US market. We believe this... More

JMP Securities Downgrades Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX) to Market Perform

March 16, 2016 6:34 AM EDT

JMP Securities downgraded Orexigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OREX) from Market Outperform to Market Perform and removed its price target (prior $2.00).

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Shares of Orexigen Therapeutics closed at $0.64 yesterday.

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