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Veru Stock Surges 66% After Positive Breast Cancer Trial Results

Sam Boughedda trader
Updated 14 Dec 2020

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Biopharmaceutical company Veru Inc (NASDAQ: VERU) shares are up over 65% on Monday after the company said its VERU-111 treatment has anti-cancer activity in Paclitaxel Sensitive and Paclitaxel Resistant Triple Negative Breast Cancer Tumors.

VERU-111 is an oral cytoskeleton disruptor that is currently being evaluated in both Phase 1b and Phase 2 clinical trials in men with prostate cancer. Veru said that in the prostate cancer clinical trials, the treatment has significant anti-tumour efficacy.

The company said that concerning breast cancer, “triple-negative breast cancer cells implanted into mice, orally administered VERU-111 almost completely inhibited tumour growth, whereas the placebo-treated tumours increased more than 10-fold.”

The company now plans to meet with the FDA in the first half of 2021 and advance VERU-111 into Phase 2b clinical trials in women with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer in 2021.  

After opening the session at $10.82 per share, Veru Inc’s stock is now at $10.57, up 66.48% on the day. 

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Sam is a trader and lead stock market writer at AskTraders. After starting his career in the forex market, Sam now focuses on stocks, specifically consumer staples.