Q4 earnings were mixed across 17 tracked pharmaceutical companies. Elanco and ANI Pharmaceuticals beat revenue estimates, while Corcept and Amphastar missed. The XPH pharma ETF posted a 29% one-year return but significantly lagged the S&P 500 over five and ten years.
A federal appeals court affirmed a ruling finding no infringement of two Korlym-related patents by Teva's proposed generic. The decision removes a major legal barrier for generic competition.
Corcept Therapeutics executives and directors were sued over alleged misstatements about a drug candidate’s approval prospects. The suit says insider stock sales totaled $97 million while the stock price was artificially inflated.
Corcept Therapeutics received an FDA Complete Response Letter denying approval of relacorilant for hypertension secondary to hypercortisolism, triggering a 44.76% stock decline and multiple securities class actions.