Aducanumab

Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) and its Japanese partner Eisai disclosed encouraging results from an 18-month Phase 2 study of its Alzheimer's therapy BAN2401. Here's how some Street analysts reacted to the news.  The Analysts Raymond James' Laura Chico maintained a Market...

Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) tumbled 8 percent Wednesday after announcing a cohort expansion for its aducanumab Alzheimer’s trials — a change certain to delay results. The news, coupled with expected sales declines, has converted one analyst from an advocate to an observer. The Rating...

Analysts at Stifel turned bullish on Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) for four key reasons. The firm's Thomas Shrader upgrades Biogen's stock from Hold to Buy with a price target boosted from $300 to $415. First, there have been no news reports on the "gigantic" aducanumab phase 3 trial, which started in...

Analysts at Morgan Stanley turned bullish on Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) as the company's phase 3 Alzheimer's catalyst could "make all its potential issues disappear." The firm's Matthew Harrison upgraded Biogen's stock rating from Equal-Weight to Overweight with a price target boosted from $311 to $...

Goldman Sachs upgraded Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) from Neutral to Buy and raised its price target to $338 on the strength of the pharmaceutical company’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aducanumab. Analyst Terence Flynn said the drug “could now be one of the first disease-modifying drugs to...

Alzheimer's has proven to be one of the most stubborn diseases known to modern medicine. An incurable, devastating illness that inspires frustration — even anger — against and from the scientific community itself, which has failed to develop new, effective therapies. Susanne...

H.C. Wainwright said it is not surprised by Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE: LLY)’s announcement of solanezumab failing to slow the cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s Disease patients. The news is also said to be a negative for Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB), which is testing its own Alzheimer's...

Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE: LLY) fell steeply Wednesday after it announced that its Alzheimer's disease treatment candidate solanezumab didn't meet the primary endpoint in a late-stage clinical trial dubbed EXPEDITION3. In a sympathy move, Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) also traded notably lower. Is the...