Novartis wins FDA approval for prostate cancer therapy

  • On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the approval for Swiss pharma giant, Novartis (NYSE:NVS) to market its radioligand therapeutic agent Pluvicto as a treatment for certain adult patients with prostate cancer.
  • According to labeling information announced by the FDA, Pluvicto identified as lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan in generic terms is approved for intravenous use in prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
  • The medication is indicated for patients who have received androgen receptor (AR) pathway inhibition and taxane-based chemotherapy.
  • The decision was based on results from the Phase III VISION trial in which the treatment which was formerly called 177Lu-PSMA-617 along with standard of care (SOC) improved overall survival in PSMA-positive mCRPC patients compared to SOC alone.
  • Novartis (NVS) added Pluvicto to its pipeline as part of its 2018 acquisition of U.S.-based cancer drugmaker, Endocyte.

    Over the current book year the total revenue will be 53.04 billion CHF (consensus estimates). This is slightly more than 2021's revenue of 52.88 billion CHF.

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    The analysts expect for 2022 a net profit of 13.3 billion CHF. For this year the consensus of the result per share is a profit of 6.21 CHF. The PE-ratio therefore is 13.82.

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    Analysts expect a dividend of 3.36 CHF per share. Thus the dividend yield equals 3.91 percent. The average dividend yield of the pharmaceutical companies equals a limited 1.37 percent.

    Novartis 's market capitalization is based on the number of outstanding shares around 193.75 billion CHF. 15

    At 17.37 the stock trades 0.63 percent lower at 85.85 CHF.

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