EHA Preview: ASCO Overlap Gives Smaller Companies Chance To Shine

Cargo Therapeutics has got an early boost from its abstract to be presented the European meeting, while Shattuck has suffered on safety doubts for its CD47 inhibitor.

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Congresses like EHA give early-stage companies a chance to shine, but uncertain data releases can cause major share price swings • Source: Shutterstock

Smaller biopharma companies will have a chance to shine at this year’s European Hematology Association congress, with Cargo Therapeutics and Kymera among those already picked out by analysts as ones to watch ahead of the meeting next month.

Key Takeaways

  • Many big pharma datasets at EHA follow on from ASCO presentations – which should give smaller companies room to promote their results

That is because while numerous major studies are due to be presented by big pharma at the EHA in Madrid,...

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