Targovax (Buy, TP: NOK31.00) - Many triggers expected in 2018
Targovax reported a slightly smaller Q4 operating loss than anticipated. As a result, the remaining cash balance was somewhat larger than expected. More interesting than the loss were the company’s comments regarding its underlying clinical development. In our view, the pipeline of cancer vaccines progressed well and in 2018 we expect several interesting data read-outs. We also forecast a potential out-licensing deal in 2018. We reiterate our BUY recommendation and NOK31 target price.Targovax ASA is a Norway-based company active within the healthcare sector. The Company is developing two complementary and targeted approaches in immuno-oncology: a peptide-based immunotherapy platform for patients with RAS-mutated cancers and a virus-based immunotherapy platform based on engineered oncolytic viruses armed with potent immune-stimulating transgenes for patients with solid tumors. The Company's candidate, TG01, is a peptide vaccine that targets mutations in the RAS genes that are associated with cancer, and it is in a phase II clinical trial in pancreatic cancer. The Company's other RAS targeting immunotherapy, TG02 is developed for colorectal cancer treatment. The Company's adenoviral candidate, ONCOS-102 is developed for the treatment of solid tumors, such as melanoma as well as ovarian and prostate cancer.
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