• Arcturus Therapeutics fell as a lot as 53% to $40 on Tuesday, extending its losses for a second straight day after Wall Avenue was disenchanted with the medical firm’s COVID-19 vaccine updates. 
• Analysts from Barclays, Raymond James, and Baird all downgraded their scores for Arcturus on Tuesday. 
• Arcturus launched scientific and preclinical knowledge for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, ARCT-021, on Monday whereas additionally asserting that the Singapore Well being Sciences Authority accredited the vaccine for Part 2 scientific research.  
• Barclays analyst Gena Wang wrote that the interim knowledge of the vaccine candidate was “disappointing,” per Searching for Alpha.
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Arcturus Therapeutics fell as a lot as 53% to $40 on Tuesday, extending its losses for a second straight day after Wall Avenue was disenchanted with the medical firm’s COVID-19 vaccine updates.

Arcturus released clinical and preclinical data for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, ARCT-021 on Monday whereas additionally asserting that the Singapore Well being Sciences Authority accredited the vaccine for Part 2 scientific research. 

Barclays known as the interim knowledge of the vaccine candidate “disappointing,” based on a report cited by Seeking Alpha. Analyst Gena Wang wrote that greater dose animal research confirmed some efficacy, however “security considerations restricted additional dose escalation.”

The agency downgraded its ranking for Arcturus from “chubby” to “equal weight.”  Barclays holds a value goal of $46 for the inventory. Raymond James additionally downgraded its ranking from “outperform”to “market carry out,” whereas Baird analysts downgraded the inventory from “outperform” to “impartial” and lowered its value goal from $79 to $69. 

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Shares of Arcturus presently commerce round $42.

In the meantime, Piper Sandler senior biotech analyst Yasmeen Rahimi stated she was disenchanted within the vaccine candidate’s neutralizing titers, however “compelled by the strong pre-clinical knowledge supporting T-cell-driven efficacy, and proceed[s] to imagine in ARCT’s mRNA expertise.” Rahimi charges Arcturus “chubby” and has a value goal of $140 for the inventory.

Final week, Arcturus boasted a 989% year-to-date achieve. Monday and Tuesday’s sell-off has erased these positive factors, however the inventory has nonetheless returned over 290% this yr. 

Based on Arcturus, no security considerations had been recognized with the vaccine candidate and all opposed occasions besides 2 had been delicate or average at doses chosen for Part 2.