Biotech stocks can offer some of the most explosive, exciting opportunities on the market.That is, if you find the right one.Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) is the perfect example. Interest in weight loss medications is skyrocketing just as the biotech is seeing solid success with its GLP-1 drug trials. They are meeting primary and second endpoints allowing it to anticipate launching Phase 2 trials for its oral version of VK2735 later this year.All of this sent the VKTX stock screaming from a November low ...

Right now, biotech is one of the hottest sectors on the market, creating big opportunities for some of the best biotech stocks to buy in April.All of this is thanks to new innovation, millions of retiring baby boomers, demand for better care, pharmaceutical companies nearing patent expirations, a resurgence of mergers and acquisitions, and even new treatments that’ll help you shed weight.Look at obesity drug stocks, for example. Since the start of the year, Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) jumped from about $560 to $77 ...

Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 or ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number: 001-32587 ALTIMMUNE, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 20-2726770 (State or other j ...

Altimmune, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALT) Q4 2023 Results Conference Call March 27, 2024 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Scott Harris - CMO Vipin Garg - CEO Rich Eisenstadt - CFO Scot Roberts - CSO Conference Call Participants Corinne Jenkins - Goldman Sachs Jonathan Wolleben - JMP Liisa Bayko - Evercore Mayank Mamtani - B. Riley Patrick Trucchio - H.C. Wainwright Roger Song - Jefferies Seamus Fernandez - Guggenheim Yasmeen Rahimi - Piper Sandler Operator Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Altimmune Inc. ...

Exhibit 99.1 Altimmune Announces Positive Lean Mass Preservation Data for Pemvidutide and Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results Body composition study showed lean mass preservation, with only 25.5% of weight loss derived from lean mass Enrollment ongoing in IMPACT Phase 2b trial of pemvidutide in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH), with topline 24-week data expected Q1 2025 Preclinical study results showed a direct anti-fibrotic effect of pemvidutide in a non-steat ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it will report its fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 and will provide a business update. Altimmune management will host a conference call at 8:30 am E.T. on March 27 to discuss financial results and provide a business update. The conference call will be webcast live on Altimmune's Investor Relations website at http ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it will report its fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 and will provide a business update. Altimmune management will host a conference call at 8:30 am E.T. on March 27 to discuss financial results and provide a business update. The conference call will be webcast live on Altimmune’s Investor Relations website at htt ...

Altimmune (NASDAQ: ALT) stock price continued its short squeeze this week, soaring to a high of $14.52, its highest point since February 6th last year. The company’s stock surged by more than 580% from its lowest level in 2023. This surge has brought its total market cap to over $608 million.Short squeeze continuesCopy link to sectionALT stock price has jumped sharply in the past few months in a high-volume environment. The most recent data shows that the three-month volume rose to $12.6 million. This week, ...

Altimmune (NASDAQ:ALT) stock is rising higher on Monday but it’s not actually due to any news from the clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.Instead, a clinical trial update from rival Zealand Pharma is behind the increase in ALT stock today. That comes after the company provided results from a Phase 2 clinical trial of liver disease treatment and weight loss drug survodutide.The big news here is that the 6mg dose of the drug was found to be safe during the MASH liver disease clinical trial. That’s a hig ...

With new innovation, high demand for better treatment, pharmaceutical companies strengthening pipelines and a resurgence of mergers and acquisitions, biotech stocks could offer some of the most explosive opportunities of the year.“What’s more, big pharmaceutical companies with sizable piles of cash and the need to address patent expirations on some top-selling products later this decade will be hunting for companies with innovative drugs in development,” says Morningstar.com. In fact, some of the top acquis ...