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Biotechnology News 21 October 2025 - 28 October 2025

Intellia Stock Crashes on CRISPR Trial Safety Scare – What’s Next After 45% Plunge?

Intellia Stock Crashes on CRISPR Trial Safety Scare – What’s Next After 45% Plunge?

NTLA Stock Plunges on Trial Halt Intellia’s stock implosion began early Monday after the biotech stunned investors with news of a trial pause. Before the market opened on Oct. 27, the Cambridge, MA-based company announced it had temporarily halted patient dosing and screening in two late-stage trials of its in vivo CRISPR therapy NTLA-2001 due to a serious adverse event ts2.tech. The immediate market reaction was brutal: NTLA stock plunged ~44% in pre-market trading and went on to close around $14.79 (down roughly 42% for the day) ts2.tech marketbeat.com. In dollar terms, shares that traded near $25–26 late last week collapsed into
28 October 2025
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Co-Diagnostics (CODX) Stock Skyrockets 200% on Saudi JV – Is This Just the Beginning?

Co-Diagnostics (CODX) Stock Skyrockets 200% on Saudi JV – Is This Just the Beginning?

Stock Skyrockets on Saudi Arabia Deal Announcement Co-Diagnostics’ stock price erupted on Monday after the company unveiled a strategic joint venture in the Middle East. Shares of the small-cap diagnostics firm opened around $0.59 and quickly soared, at one point up 133% to about $0.82 by mid-morningbenzinga.com. The surge only intensified as trading progressed – by late morning the stock was up 148% and still climbing, prompting a wave of retail trader excitement onlinemenafn.com. CODX ultimately closed at $1.07, marking a stunning +206% one-day gainfinance.yahoo.com. For context, the stock had ended the prior trading day at roughly $0.35nasdaq.com, and was down over 70% in the past year before
27 October 2025
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Intellia Therapeutics Stock Plummets 45% After CRISPR Trial Shock – Can Gene-Editing Hopes Survive?

Intellia Therapeutics Stock Plummets 45% After CRISPR Trial Shock – Can Gene-Editing Hopes Survive?

CRISPR Trial Halt Triggers Sell-Off Intellia’s stock was hammered on Monday after the biotech stunned investors with news of a clinical trial pause. Before the opening bell, the Cambridge, MA-based company announced it had temporarily halted patient dosing and screening in two late-stage trials of its in vivo CRISPR treatment nexiguran ziclumeran (NTLA-2001) due to a serious adverse event reuters.com. A patient in the Phase 3 MAGNITUDE study – which tests NTLA-2001 in transthyretin amyloidosis patients with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) – experienced Grade 4 elevations in liver enzymes and bilirubin after receiving the one-time gene therapy reuters.com ca.investing.com. This met the trial’s pre-specified safety
27 October 2025
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CRISPR Therapeutics Stock Soars on Gene-Editing Breakthroughs, Then Stumbles – What’s Next for CRSP?

CRISPR Therapeutics Stock Soars on Gene-Editing Breakthroughs, Then Stumbles – What’s Next for CRSP?

Stock Price Rollercoaster in 2025 CRISPR Therapeutics’ stock has been on a wild ride this year. As of midday October 27, CRSP hovered around $67 per share – off its highs but still up dramatically from early 2025 levels Genengnews. Over the past six months, the stock jumped 83% (from about $38 in April to the mid-$70s by mid-October) Genengnews. Just this month, shares spiked 5% in three days after the company reported positive gene-editing data in a new therapy, briefly topping $71 Genengnews. Year-to-date, CRSP had nearly doubled as of early October ts2.tech, reflecting growing investor enthusiasm for gene-editing
27 October 2025
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RNA Stock Skyrockets: Avidity Biosciences Soars on $12B Novartis Buyout and Breakthrough Trials

RNA Stock Skyrockets: Avidity Biosciences Soars on $12B Novartis Buyout and Breakthrough Trials

Stock Performance & Recent Trends Prior to the buyout news, RNA stock had been on a steady uptrend in 2025. The share price more than doubled from the low-$20s a year ago to the high-$40s this month ts2.tech. In the past three months alone, RNA jumped ~40%, fueled by upbeat clinical updates and M&A speculation ts2.tech. The stock hit a 52-week peak of $56 in early October ts2.tech after its lead DMD therapy showed strong results and secured FDA Breakthrough designation. Shares pulled back slightly to around $49 by late October, but remained up 100%+ year-over-year ts2.tech. A major catalyst
27 October 2025
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Recursion (RXRX) Stock Surges on AI Drug Discovery Hype – What’s Driving the Rally?

Recursion (RXRX) Stock Surges on AI Drug Discovery Hype – What’s Driving the Rally?

AI-Driven “TechBio” Strategy Recursion’s narrative centers on its AI-enhanced drug discovery platform. Founded in 2013 in Salt Lake City, Recursion has spent years building RecursionOS, a giant database of cellular images and chemical data powered by machine learning biotechhealthx.com. The company invested heavily in bio-automation infrastructure (like its NVIDIA-based supercomputers) to train AI models on billions of data points. Its strategy is twofold: use this tech to generate proprietary drug candidates while partnering with pharma giants to co-develop new drugs. As one biotech newsletter notes, Recursion “has focused on fewer but more strategically important deals” with big pharma, securing hefty
26 October 2025
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NeurAxis (NRXS) Stock Skyrockets on First-Ever FDA Approval for GI Pain Device

NeurAxis (NRXS) Stock Skyrockets on First-Ever FDA Approval for GI Pain Device

Recent FDA Approval and Market Reaction NeurAxis’s Oct. 24, 2025 announcement of FDA 510(k) clearance for its PENFS device immediately grabbed market attention. The clearance authorizes use in adults (8 years and up) for functional abdominal pain associated with FD and nausea, a segment previously lacking any approved device treatmentinvesting.com. Investing.com and other outlets confirm this milestone — noting it’s “the first FDA clearance or approval” for an adult FD treatmentinvesting.com. In pre-market trading on Oct. 24, NRXS shares jumped (around +4% in early quotes) on the news, reflecting relief that FDA evidence support (from pediatric studies) could be extended
24 October 2025
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Reviva Pharma Rockets 28% on Schizophrenia Trial Win – Analysts Eye 1000% Upside

Reviva Pharma Rockets 28% on Schizophrenia Trial Win – Analysts Eye 1000% Upside

As of Oct 24, 2025, RVPH shares trade around $0.57 investing.com, after a volatile October run (ranging roughly $0.26–$0.84). The stock has surged ~28% on Oct 23 (to $0.5675 markets.financialcontent.com) after a prior drop (–23% on Oct 8 benzinga.com). Recent catalysts include completion of a 1-year Phase 3 trial (brilaroxazine OLE) showing robust, sustained efficacy revivapharma.com, and plans for an FDA meeting in Q4 2025 toward a 2026 NDA revivapharma.com. Reviva also raised capital via equity offerings (~$10M in Q2 and ~$9M in Sept revivapharma.com revivapharma.com) to fund its CNS pipeline. Analysts remain extremely bullish – consensus is “Strong Buy”
24 October 2025
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Genenta Science Stock Skyrockets on Strategic Gene-Therapy Alliance – Is a $25 Price Target Next?

Genenta Science Stock Skyrockets on Strategic Gene-Therapy Alliance – Is a $25 Price Target Next?

Genenta’s Oct. 24 announcement ignited optimism. According to the official press release, Anemocyte will incorporate Genenta’s clinically validated LVV plasmid DNA platform (originating from Naldini’s research) into its production pipeline investing.com. “By making our clinically validated LVV plasmid DNA technology platform available to Anemocyte and its clients, we are contributing to the reliable and scalable development of advanced therapy programs across the industry,” said CEO Pierluigi Paracchi investing.com. Anemocyte’s CEO Marco Ferrari added that the deal ensures customers have access to “a robust, well-established platform” for cutting-edge cell therapies investing.com. In effect, the partnership helps Genenta and its clients secure
24 October 2025
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Inhibrx Biosciences Stock Soars on Breakthrough Cancer Trial News

Inhibrx Biosciences Stock Soars on Breakthrough Cancer Trial News

Breakthrough Trial Results in Rare Bone Cancer Inhibrx’s lead drug, ozekibart, achieved a landmark win in its ChonDRAgon trial for advanced conventional chondrosarcoma. This rare bone cancer has no approved systemic therapies, so the positive data are significant. According to the company and press accounts, the trial met its primary endpoint with a statistically significant jump in progression-free survival (PFS) biospace.com. Patients on ozekibart lived a median 5.52 months without progression versus 2.66 months on placebo – a 52% reduction in the risk of progression or death biospace.com. All patient subgroups (including those with or without IDH mutations) saw benefit,
24 October 2025
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Beam Therapeutics Stock Soars on FDA Backing – Analysts Forecast ~70% Upside

Beam Therapeutics Stock Soars on FDA Backing – Analysts Forecast ~70% Upside

Ticker: Beam Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BEAM) globenewswire.com. – Price (Oct 21, 2025): ~$30 per share (about +17% recently) ts2.tech. – Sector: Biotechnology (precision gene editing) globenewswire.com. – Recent News: FDA granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) and Orphan Drug designations to Beam’s lead programs (BEAM-101 for sickle cell disease and BEAM-302 for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency) globenewswire.com stocktitan.net. Early trial data for these programs have been promising. – Analyst Outlook: Consensus is “Moderate Buy” with average 1-year target ~$45–46 marketbeat.com nasdaq.com, implying roughly 70–80% upside. Beam’s stock jumped sharply after the FDA awarded priority designations to its gene-editing therapies. On Oct 20,
21 October 2025
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SPRO Stock Skyrockets on Breakthrough Oral Antibiotic Data

SPRO Stock Skyrockets on Breakthrough Oral Antibiotic Data

Stock Performance stockanalysis.com stockanalysis.com Spero’s shares have roughly doubled this year, hitting around $2.29 on Oct 20, 2025. The stock has traded in a broad range ($0.51–$3.22 over 52 weeks) stockanalysis.com. Trading volume is light (hundreds of thousands of shares), and the stock’s beta (~1.46) indicates volatility. In recent days, SPRO has climbed on the back of the Phase 3 data. The 50-day moving average (~$2.03) and 200-day average (~$1.83) (see data marketbeat.com) suggest the trend has turned positive after the spring rally. Year-to-date, SPRO is up ~120%, well above the small-cap biotech average. Recent Developments gsk.com gsk.com At IDWeek
21 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

PLS Group share price slips into weekend as Morgan Stanley and MUFG filings land

PLS Group share price slips into weekend as Morgan Stanley and MUFG filings land

7 February 2026
PLS Group shares closed at A$4.12 Friday, down 1.2% after a 3.7% drop Thursday. Morgan Stanley and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group disclosed increased voting power in the lithium miner, both citing changes dated Feb. 2. The moves came as lithium prices fell and Australian equities posted their sharpest drop in months. PLS reports interim results Feb. 19.
Commonwealth Bank share price near A$159 as CBA earnings, dividend week looms after ASX rout

Commonwealth Bank share price near A$159 as CBA earnings, dividend week looms after ASX rout

7 February 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia shares closed at A$158.91, down 0.23% Friday, as the S&P/ASX 200 fell 2.03% and nearly A$70 billion was wiped from the market. The bank reports half-year results and an interim dividend on Feb. 11, with shares going ex-dividend Feb. 18. CBA flagged a A$68 million provision linked to ASIC’s Better Banking review. The RBA raised rates to 3.85% on Feb. 3, with CBA passing on the increase from Feb. 13.
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