Some Investors Feel Burned by Drugmakers’ Clinical-Trial Reports - News Summed Up

Some Investors Feel Burned by Drugmakers’ Clinical-Trial Reports


Roche Holding AG shares jumped 6.5% on a single day in early March when the drugmaker said its new breast-cancer treatment, Perjeta, helped prolong average patient survival in a clinical study. But the stock gave up nearly all those gains three months later, when the Swiss company disclosed full details of the trial at a medical conference. The study, dubbed Aphinity, showed what some doctors said was only a marginal benefit for...


Source: Wall Street Journal August 14, 2017 12:00 UTC



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