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Eli Lilly (LLY) PT Maintained at $95 at Cowen on 1Q18 Report; 'Top & Bottom Line Beat... FY18 Guidance Raised'

April 24, 2018 11:50 AM EDT

Cowen maintained its price target on Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) at $95.00 while maintaining a Outperform rating, following the company's first quarter earnings report.

Analyst Steve Scala notes an upbeat outlook on the shares, as LLY reported first quarter sales and earnings per share results above... More

Piper Jaffray Remains Bullish on Biogen (BIIB) Following 1Q

April 24, 2018 8:48 AM EDT

Piper Jaffray reiterated an Overweight rating and $407.00 price target on Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) following the company's 1Q earnings report. BIIB posted total revenue of $3,131M, missing consensus $3,152M but beating Piper Jaffray's $3,080M estimate. Non-GAAP EPS of $6.05 easily beat consensus $5.93.

BIIB's anti-CD20... More

Biogen (BIIB) Tops Q1 EPS by 13c, Miss on Revenues

April 24, 2018 7:00 AM EDT

Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) reported Q1 EPS of $6.05, $0.13 better than the analyst estimate of $5.92. Revenue for the quarter came in at $3.1 billion versus the consensus estimate of $3.15 billion.

Total revenues of $3.1 billion, an 11% increase versus the prior year or a 15% increase excluding hemophilia... More

Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) & Incyte Corporation (INCY) Confirms FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of Baricitinib 2mg and Against 4mg

April 24, 2018 6:01 AM EDT

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Arthritis Advisory Committee recommended approval of the 2-mg dose of baricitinib, a once-daily oral medication for the treatment of moderately-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for adult patients who have had an inadequate response or intolerance to methotrexate. While the Advisory Committee unanimously supported the efficacy of the 4-mg dose of baricitinib, it did not recommend approval of the 4-mg dose of baricitinib for the proposed... More