Doctors impressed by tanezumab data, says Cantor Fitzgerald.

 Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Louise Chen says that investors she's spoken with are expecting the data for Pfizer (PFE) and Eli Lilly's (LLY) tanezumab in the first half of 2019 to be similar to or worse than what was seen in the first Phase 3 data set reported on October 23. However, physicians are impressed by the data and do not believe the rapidly progressive osteoarthritis imbalance would impact their desire to prescribe tanezumab if it is approved, Chen tells investors in a research note. The analyst believes the safety for tanezumab will be better than expected and that the drug could replace opioids for the treatment of pain. If that is right, peak sales potential of tanezumab could be billions of dollars, and drive upside to modest expectations for the drug, says the analyst. She keeps an Overweight rating on Pfizer with a $53 price target.


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