Piper Jaffray remains “largely bullish” on the biopharma sector but acknowledges a “new and unexpected” source of uncertainty now with the announced departure of FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, analysts led by Christopher Raymond tell investors in a research note. With a track record of favoring innovation and pushing for increased regulatory efficiency while also advocating for more competition, Dr. Gottlieb was about as “market friendly, patient focused and industry friendly as one could have hoped,” Piper writes. The firm adds that while it has no reason to believe the next commissioner “will be quite as radical and potentially damaging to the industry,” it does think investors would do well to watch the selection process very closely.
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