In a report released today, Gbola Amusa from Chardan Capital maintained a Buy rating on Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: IOVA), with a price target of $30. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $13.
Amusa said:
“We now affirm our conviction view, seeing renewed opportunities for vast share price upside after a recent stock pullback. (On page 2 of this research, we highlight the vast opportunity in refractory melanoma.) Iovance’s recent pullback in stock performance may be due to a misunderstanding from erroneous reports regarding rights to TILs, and therefore presents a buying opportunity ahead of data readouts. We note the pullback coincided with the recent publication in a case study from Steven Rosenberg’s group at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) demonstrating remarkable efficacy of autologous TIL therapy in a patient with chemorefractory breast cancer. However, it was erroneously reported in multiple news outlets that Gilead (unrated) subsidiary Kite had signed an agreement for rights to the technology.”
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Currently, the analyst consensus on Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc is a Strong Buy with an average price target of $22.75.
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The company has a one-year high of $19.90 and a one-year low of $4.45. Currently, Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc has an average volume of 887.9K.
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Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company, which engagesin the development and commercialization of novel cancer immunotherapy products. Its lead product candidate, LN-144 for metastatic melanoma, is an autologous adoptive cell therapy utilizing tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, or TIL, which are T cells derived from patients’ tumors.
