B. Riley FBR analyst George Zavoico upgraded Geron (GERN) to Buy from Neutral and raised his price target for the shares to $3.25 from $1.50. The analyst believes investors should focus on the pivotal Phase III trial of imetelstat. Geron is initiating the pivotal portion of its Phase 3 trial in mid-year, which could lead to FDA approval in 2023, says Zavoico. He sees U.S. sales reaching $250M in 2024 and $750M in 2026. The drug “could meet an unmet medical need and provide a meaningful clinical benefit” for myelodysplastic syndrome patients, Zavoicotells investors in a research note. He expects both imetelstat and Celgene (CELG) and Acceleron’s (XLRN) Luspatercept to be approved for MDS and be “widely used in treating mostly different subgroups.” Shares of Geron are up 11%, or 11c, to $1.14 in premarket trading.
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