Re­gen­eron plans $1B stock buy­back; Mer­ck part­ner touts PhI­Ib re­sults for Keytru­da com­bo in pan­cre­at­ic can­cer

→ With a sol­id third quar­ter, dri­ven by sales of Dupix­ent, and flush with more than $6 bil­lion in cash — Re­gen­eron $REGN on Tues­day said it was buy­ing back $1 bil­lion in stock. “New $1B stock buy­back plan is en­cour­ag­ing and bis­pe­cif­ic pipelines are pro­gress­ing. Lib­tayo 1L NSCLC 2nd in­ter­im look in FY20 could be cat­a­lyst but looks un­dif­fer­en­ti­at­ed. Q3 slight­ly bet­ter vs ex­pect­ed and mgt do­ing right things but we re­main con­cerned about Beovu’s com­pe­ti­tion as FY20 ests need to come down,” Cowen’s Yaron Wer­ber wrote in a note.

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