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Biotech News News 9 October 2025 - 24 October 2025

Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX) Stock Rockets on Breakthrough Inflammation Study – Analysts Bullish

Ventyx Biosciences (VTYX) Stock Rockets on Breakthrough Inflammation Study – Analysts Bullish

Stock Performance and Recent Rally Ventyx Biosciences has been one of 2025’s biggest small-cap biotech movers. The Nasdaq-listed stock jumped sharply on Oct. 22 after hours, when the company announced the positive Phase 2 data. On Oct. 22 regular trading, VTYX ended at $3.86 (up +2.66% that day) marketbeat.com, but in electronic after-hours trading it skyrocketed roughly 85–90%, touching the low $7’s marketbeat.com benzinga.com. By early Oct. 23 the stock was quoting around $3.86 (as markets reopened), reflecting profit-taking after the spike. Over the past six months, the stock had already climbed over 230%, driven by pipeline optimism benzinga.com. Analysts
Arcturus Therapeutics Stock Soars to New High Then Crashes on Trial Data – What Investors Need to Know

Arcturus Therapeutics Stock Soars to New High Then Crashes on Trial Data – What Investors Need to Know

Stock Performance & Analyst Sentiment Arcturus stock had been riding a wave of positive sentiment through October 2025. On Oct 21 it closed at $23.16 – its highest level in a year marketbeat.com – following stronger-than-expected Q2 results (earnings beat and record revenue). However, on Oct 22 the company’s interim cystic fibrosis data triggered a dramatic sell-off. Investing.com reported that ARCT fell about 50% as investors digested the mixed news ng.investing.com. By pre-market trading the next day it was down over 60% at roughly $9 benzinga.com. MarketBeat confirmed that Guggenheim downgraded the stock to Neutral on Oct 22 marketbeat.com. Overall,
Replimune Stock Rockets 100% on FDA Nod – Analysts Eye Upside

Replimune Stock Rockets 100% on FDA Nod – Analysts Eye Upside

Stock Performance and Recent Rally Replimune’s stock has been extremely volatile in 2025. It soared on Oct. 20 after the FDA acceptance news: shares nearly doubled from about $4.50 to $8.94 that day marketbeat.com. (On Oct 21, REPL was trading around $8.95 reuters.com.) This reversed a mid-year collapse – in July 2025 a disappointing FDA Complete Response Letter caused the stock to collapse ~73% in one day globenewswire.com. Over the past year the 52-week trading range is roughly $2.68 (low) to $17.00 (high) marketbeat.com, reflecting that roller-coaster. Institutional interest remains high: recently hedge funds like TD Asset Management increased their
Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Surges 150% on $1B+ Chugai Collaboration – Analysts Weigh In

Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Surges 150% on $1B+ Chugai Collaboration – Analysts Weigh In

Rani Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech developing the RaniPill® capsule for oral delivery of biologic drugs, was essentially flat around $0.45–$0.50 from mid-September through early October. On Oct. 17, it announced a collaboration with Chugai (which is majority-owned by Roche reuters.com) to turn one of Chugai’s injectable rare-disease antibodies into a pill formulation. The news, coupled with the new funding, ignited a buying frenzy ts2.tech. By mid-day Friday, RANI was up ~180% on the session ts2.tech, markedly outpacing the broader market’s modest gains (the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were each up only ~0.5% that day investing.com). Deal Details: Under the Chugai
Biotech Breakthrough: Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Skyrockets on $1B Deal – What Investors Need to Know

Rani Therapeutics (RANI) Stock Nearly Triples on $1B Chugai Deal – What Investors Should Know

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 RANI Stock Price Explodes on Deal News Rani Therapeutics’ stock price erupted on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, after the company unveiled its game-changing pharma partnership and a significant financing boost. In pre-market trading, RANI shares jumped over +150%, and the rally continued after the opening bell ts2.tech ts2.tech. The stock — which had closed at just $0.47 the day before — briefly hit about $1.37 intraday (nearly a 3× gain) on extremely heavy volume ts2.tech ts2.tech. By midday, RANI was still trading around $1.30, up ~180% on the day, marking a stunning one-day surge
Artiva Biotherapeutics (ARTV) Stock Skyrockets on FDA Fast Track News – What’s Next for Investors?

Artiva Biotherapeutics (ARTV) Stock Skyrockets on FDA Fast Track News – What’s Next for Investors?

In summary, Artiva Biotherapeutics stock has erupted in October 2025 on the back of a major FDA Fast Track win and renewed optimism around its NK-cell therapy for RA. The latest developments – from surging share price and volume to analyst projections of multi-fold upside – underscore the high stakes and high hopes riding on AlloNK’s success. For biotech investors and observers, ARTV will be a stock to watch closely in the coming months, as upcoming trial data and FDA feedback chart the next chapter for this promising yet still speculative biotech play. Latest Stock Price and Trend Analysis 247marketnews.com
Praxis Precision (PRAX) Stock Skyrockets on Game-Changing Phase 3 Results – What Experts Say

Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX) Stock Skyrockets 180% on Game‑Changing Trial – Analysts See ‘Blockbuster’ Upside

Record Stock Surge on Phase 3 Breakthrough Praxis Precision Medicines shares skyrocketed on October 16, 2025, after the biotech reported game-changing Phase 3 trial results for its essential tremor drug. The stock closed that Thursday at $162.71, up over 183% in a single day medcitynews.com. Earlier that morning, Praxis announced that ulixacaltamide – its experimental therapy for essential tremor – had succeeded in two pivotal late-stage studies. The news sent PRAX stock soaring more than threefold before the opening bell reuters.com reuters.com, smashing its previous highs. By midday, Reuters estimated Praxis was on track to add about $2.67 billion to its market
Scienture (SCNX) Stock Skyrockets on New FDA-Approved Blood Pressure Drug Launch

Scienture (SCNX) Stock Skyrockets on New FDA-Approved Blood Pressure Drug Launch

SCNX Stock Climbs on Arbli Launch Pills and a daily pill organizer: Arbli’s liquid formulation helps patients (especially children/elderly) who can’t swallow tablets. Scienture’s stock jumped sharply on Oct. 16 after the company formally launched Arbli™ in the U.S. market. In a GlobeNewswire press release that morning, Scienture announced that Arbli™ is now shipping through major pharmaceutical wholesalers nationwide globenewswire.com. Arbli is the first FDA-approved oral liquid form of losartan, a top-selling blood pressure drug. The launch news and accompanying marketing caused traders to bid up SCNX: one trader wrote that shares moved “from yesterday’s close around 72 cents to
Whitehawk Therapeutics Stock Rockets on AI Partnership – What Investors Need to Know

Whitehawk Therapeutics Stock Rockets on AI Partnership – What Investors Need to Know

Whitehawk’s stock popped dramatically on Oct. 16 after news of the Tempus collaboration. Shares had been around $2 per share in mid-October stockinvest.us, but the new AI partnership sent them soaring in early trading. By mid-day Oct. 16, various data sites showed WHWK up roughly 50–67% on the session investing.com. (For comparison, it had already gained ~6.6% on Oct. 15 stockinvest.us stocktitan.net.) The sudden jump reflects investor excitement about the Tempus deal, which was announced in a press release on Oct. 16 marketscreener.com. The Tempus AI collaboration was officially billed as a “multi-year” partnership to use Tempus’s de-identified, multimodal clinical
Theriva Biologics Stock Skyrockets 92% on Cancer Trial Breakthrough – What’s Next for TOVX?

Theriva Biologics Stock Skyrockets 92% on Cancer Trial Breakthrough – What’s Next for TOVX?

Recent Clinical Developments and Pipeline Updates Theriva Biologics – a Rockville, MD-based clinical-stage biotech – has made headlines with promising cancer trial results. On October 13, 2025, the company announced that expanded data from its VIRAGE Phase 2b trial in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma will be presented at the ESMO 2025 Congress on Oct. 20 ts2.tech. In this trial, patients receiving VCN-01 (an oncolytic adenovirus therapy) plus standard gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel chemo showed markedly better outcomes than chemo alone. Interim data filed with the SEC reveal VCN-01 improved median overall survival to around 11–14 months versus ~8–11 months for chemo-only patients ts2.tech.
Akero Therapeutics (AKRO) Skyrockets on $5.2 B Novo Nordisk Buyout – Pipeline Breakthroughs & Expert Outlook

Akero Therapeutics (AKRO) Skyrockets on $5.2 B Novo Nordisk Buyout – Pipeline Breakthroughs & Expert Outlook

Sources: Akero Therapeutics investor materials; Novo Nordisk press statements; Reuters, TS2.tech and FierceBiotechnews reports ts2.tech ts2.tech fiercebiotech.com; MarketBeat and DirectorsTalk analyst surveys marketbeat.com directorstalkinterviews.com; Economic Times deal summary economictimes.indiatimes.com economictimes.indiatimes.com; Business Wire legal alert businesswire.com businesswire.com; and TradingView market data marketbeat.com tradingview.com.
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