Truist lowered the firm’s price target on Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) to $490 from $520 but keeps a Buy rating on the shares after its Q2 earnings miss. The company’s revenue topped estimates, but its Pain franchise hit a road bump with a no-go on LSR – Phase 3 lumbosacral radiculopathy study – for suzetrigine and VX-993 failure in acute pain, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Truist adds however that the early discovery program in HD has “piqued its interest”.
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