On June 11, Novartis rose 3.11% in pre-market trading, trading at $152.71/share, with trading volume of $1.1354 million. The stock gained on a cluster of positive pipeline developments.
On the news front, Novartis announced that its experimental muscular dystrophy therapy del-brax achieved the primary endpoint and key secondary endpoints in a Phase I/II study. On the same day, the company entered a molecular glue drug collaboration with Orionis Biosciences valued at over $1.4 billion in total. Additionally, the combination of Tafinlar and Mekinist received approval from China's National Medical Products Administration for a new indication in BRAF V600E mutation-positive differentiated thyroid cancer. The convergence of multiple pipeline milestones has bolstered market expectations for the company's R&D portfolio value.
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