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Theriva Biologics downgraded to Hold from Buy at Maxim

Maxim downgraded Theriva Biologics (TOVX) to Hold from Buy with no price target The firm cites the company having announced top-line data from the Phase 2b VIRAGE study evaluating oncolytic virus candidate VCN-01 in combination with chemotherapy vs. chemotherapy alone in 1st line pancreatic cancer, noting that while the key measure of median overall survival demonstrated a 2.2 month improvement and a p value of 0.0546 was just over the threshold for statistical significance, in pancreatic cancer, the mOS is key and came in narrower than expected based on the prior data. Maxim calls the overall data “mixed and unimpressive”.

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