By Dean Seal
Shares of Edgewise Therapeutics advanced after the company reported positive results for its latest trial of sevasemten in patients with Becker muscular dystrophy.
The stock rose 5.4% to $29.11 early in the session. Shares have more than doubled since the start of the year.
The biopharmaceutical company said before the bell that the Phase 2 trial of its sevasemten treatment met its primary endpoint in reducing levels of creatine kinase, a marker of skeletal muscle damage.
Patients treated with sevasemten also showed stabilization in an assessment tied to the trial's secondary endpoint, the company said.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 16, 2024 09:38 ET (14:38 GMT)
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