Biogen Plunges After Alzheimer’s Blow, Analysts Downgrade

(Bloomberg) — Biogen Inc. shares plunged early on Monday and analysts braced for further declines after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel harshly judged the efficacy of the company’s experimental Alzheimer’s disease therapy, dimming prospects it will be approved by the agency.The stock fell 32% as futures trading resumed on Nasdaq after shares were halted on Friday.Wall Street firms didn’t mince words over the weekend about the panel’s findings, which was that data from a single clinical trial with positive results was insufficient to show the treatment worked. Raymond James called it a “disaster,” while Baird wrote that …read more

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