Catalent (NYSE:CTLT) shares dipped today despite first-quarter financial results that beat the consensus forecast. The Somerset, New Jersey-based company posted profits of $93 million, or 49¢ per share, on sales of $1.025 billion for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2021, for a 13.4% bottom-line gain on sales growth of 21.2%. Get the full story at […]
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Better Therapeutics closes SPAC merger, debuts on Nasdaq
Better Therapeutics announced today that it completed its merger with Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp and has gone public on the Nasdaq. San Francisco-based Better Therapeutics announced its intention to merge with Mountain Crest, a publicly-traded, special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC), in April. Last month, the company confirmed its expectations for the $113 million SPAC merger to […]
Teva announces two offerings worth $7.5 billion, dips on missed Q3 projections
Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:TEVA) shares took a hit today on third-quarter results that fell short of the consensus forecast. TEVA shares were down -4.7% at $8.95 per share in mid-morning trading. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — was down -0.8%. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company posted […]
Philip Morris’ $1.2B offer for inhaled drug delivery tech developer becomes unconditional
Philip Morris (NYSE:PM) announced today that its offer to buy inhaled drug delivery technology developer Vectura has become unconditional. Having received valid acceptances for or acquired 74.77% of Vectura shares, in excess of the 50% required under the acceptance condition, along with confirming that all other conditions to the offer have been satisfied or waived, […]
Stevanato Group brings in upsized IPO worth $453.5M
Stevanato Group announced today that the underwriters of its recently completed initial public offering purchased more than 1 million additional shares. The option exercised by the underwriters saw the acquisition of an additional 1,018,280 ordinary Stevanato Group shares at $21 per share. Piombino Dese, Italy–based Stevanato Group’s IPO resulted in net proceeds of approximately $453.5 […]
Senseonics slides on earnings miss in Q2
Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) shares took a hit today on second-quarter results that missed the consensus earnings forecast. The Germantown, Md.-based diabetes management technology developer posted losses of –$180.3 million on sales of $3.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, seeing its bottom line plummet from losses of just –$7.5 million this time last […]
Tandem Diabetes Care rises after hours on Street-beating Q2
Tandem Diabetes Care (NSDQ:TNDM) shares ticked up after hours today on second-quarter results that came in well ahead of the consensus forecast. The San Diego-based company posted profits of $4 million on sales of $172.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, for a massive bottom-line gain from losses of -$27.1 million this […]
Vaxart stock soars after FDA approves IND application for oral COVID-19 vaccine tablet
Vaxart (NSDQ:VXRT) announced today that the FDA cleared the investigational new drug (IND) application for its oral COVID-19 vaccine. Upon news of the IND application approval for the S-only protein construct-based vaccine candidate, shares of VXRT were up 16.1% at $8.35 in early-morning trading today. South San Francisco-based Vaxart’s S+N oral tablet SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate […]
Dexcom beats Street — but remains coy on U.S. G7 launch
Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) shares are up more than 13% today — a day after Q2 results that topped the consensus forecast. The San Diego-based continuous glucose monitor developer also announced continued clinical and regulatory progress with its next-gen G7, though the timing of a U.S. G7 release is still an open question. Dexcom posted profits of […]
Tenaya Therapeutics prices $180M IPO for targeted therapies
Tenaya Therapeutics announced that it priced an underwritten, upsized initial public offering of common stock worth $180 million. South San Francisco-based Tenaya develops therapies for rare generic disorders and more prevalent heart conditions through gene therapy, cellular regeneration and precision medicine. The company is actively exploring different routs of administration and different infusion- and injection-based methods […]
