The pharma company now has two positive proof-of-concept trials under its belt, including its weight-loss pill.
Oppenheimer raised the firm's price target on Terns Pharmaceuticals to $20 from $17 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. Terns reported an interim update on TERN-701's Phase 1 study in chronic myeloid leukemia, providing "encouraging" three month efficacy and safety data that reinforce confidence surrounding its differentiated profile over existing tyrosine kinase inhibitors, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm believes TERN-701's emerging profile supports development in earlier-line settings, and its three-month performance strengthens its optimism surrounding longer-term major molecular response data, expected in Q4 of 2025.
Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s stock jumped 7.5% premarket Tuesday, after the company announced positive data from an early-stage trial of a treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia.
Terns Pharmaceuticals is developing TERN-601, an oral GLP-1R agonist, which showed a placebo-adjusted weight loss of 4.9% in a phase 1 trial for obesity treatment. The company plans to initiate a phase 2 study for TERN-601 in 2025, creating a significant catalyst opportunity for investors. The company is also developing TERN-701 for chronic myeloid leukemia, with interim phase 1 data expected in December 2024, offering another investment opportunity.
Viking Therapeutics isn't the only weight loss biotech out there. Terns Pharmaceuticals just published some good phase 1 clinical trial data.
Terns Pharmaceuticals' early-stage weight loss asset just reported positive clinical trial results. Even though it's showing some promise, Terns remains a risky bet.
Terns Pharmaceuticals just reported some strong data from a phase 1 clinical trial. The data suggest that it might be able to make a highly tolerable weight loss drug.
TERN stock soars on positive data from the early-stage study of TERN-601 for obesity, showing statistically significant weight reduction compared to placebo.
Terns Pharmaceuticals' TERN-601 shows impressive weight loss results in a phase 1 study, positioning TERN competitively in the obesity drug market. The commercial viability of TERN-601's manufacturing scalability could be an advantage over certain competitors like Novo Nordisk's Rybelsus. TERN has sufficient funds to support operations into 2026, and a recent $125M public offering could allow it to go further.
Terns Pharmaceuticals' weight-loss pill has proved effective in a small trial, but still has much to prove before it can compete with blockbusters Zepbound and Wegovy.
Terns plans to move to a Phase 2 trial for its TERN-601 small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist and will submit the latest data to a coming scientific conference.
Terns Pharmaceuticals said on Monday its oral obesity drug helped to reduce weight by an average of 4.9% in an early stage study, sending its shares surging 31% in premarket trading.