Piper Jaffray analyst Christopher Raymond kept an Overweight rating and $220 price target on Amgen (AMGN) following a Reuters report from earlier on Friday which stated that CVS (CVS) has excluded Amgen’s Aimovig from its formulary. The analyst called the report “Friday afternoon clickbait” and noted that while CVS currently provides preferred status to Teva’s (TEVA) Ajovy and Eli Lilly’s (LLY) Emgality, this was made public in late 2018. In a check with management, Raymond found out the decision only encompasses about one-third of CVS network, that CVS is actively working to improve this access, and that 70% of commercial migraine patients have contracted access to Aimovig. Raymond concluded that this was “not something to worry about” in his view, and did not change his Q4, FY19, or FY20 estimates on Aimovig. In Friday trading, shares of Amgen were down just over 1% to $198.77.
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