Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
1127 ET – Novartis’s share-price strength this year raises the bar for upcoming data on late-stage clinical studies that will be pivotal for the Swiss drugmaker’s outlook, Bank of America analysts say in a research note. Pipeline failure could hit consensus estimates, but success would help shift investors’ focus away from patent expirations, according to Bank of America. Among Novartis’s upcoming phase 3 trials, Bank of America is most focused on remibrutinib in relapse-remitting multiple sclerosis and pelacarsen in secondary prevention of cardiovascular events, the analysts say.