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Alvotech Shares Rebound 20% After FDA Letter Selloff

By Dean Seal

 

Shares of Alvotech have rebounded on Monday from a minor selloff last week following the company's disclosure that approval for its drug candidate AVT02 would likely be delayed in the U.S.

The stock is up 20% at $9.30 in premarket trading. At Friday's close, shares had fallen 22% since the start of the year.

The Icelandic company said Wednesday that it had received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a second biologics license application it submitted for AVT02, a biosimilar candidate to Abbvie's Humira.

Because approval is likely to be delayed, Alvotech said it would explore options to raise additional capital to continue advancing pipeline development in the near-term.

Shares sank by more than 8% the next day but recovered on Friday to close at $7.74.

 

Write to Dean Seal at dean.seal@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 03, 2023 09:22 ET (13:22 GMT)

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