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Best Pharmaceutical Stocks To Follow Now - April 1st

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat's screener highlights five pharma stocks to watch: Eli Lilly (LLY), Cyclerion Therapeutics (CYCN), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Novo Nordisk (NVO) and Pfizer (PFE) — each ranked by the highest dollar trading volume among pharmaceutical shares in recent days.
  • Key investor drivers and risks: Pharmaceutical stocks are heavily influenced by clinical trial results, regulatory approvals, patent expirations and pricing/reimbursement changes, and carry high R&D and regulatory risk.
  • Commercial products underpin interest: Several firms on the list have marketed drugs likely to drive attention—examples include Eli Lilly's diabetes/obesity drugs, Apellis's EMPAVELI/SYFOVRE, and Pfizer's vaccines and COVID-19 treatments.
  • MarketBeat previews top five stocks to own in May.

Eli Lilly and Company, Cyclerion Therapeutics, Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk A/S, and Pfizer are the five Pharmaceutical stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Pharmaceutical stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in discovering, developing, manufacturing, and marketing prescription drugs and therapies. For investors these stocks are characterized by high research-and-development costs and regulatory risk, with share prices often driven by clinical trial results, drug approvals, patent expirations, and changes in pricing or reimbursement policies. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Pharmaceutical stocks within the last several days.

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)

Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, and markets human pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, and Humulin U-500 for diabetes; Jardiance, Mounjaro, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes; and Zepbound for obesity.

Read Our Latest Research Report on LLY

Cyclerion Therapeutics (CYCN)

Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops treatments for serious diseases. It is developing Olinciguat, an orally administered vascular soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial to out-license for cardiovascular diseases; and Praliciguat, a systemic sGC stimulator that is licensed to Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.

Read Our Latest Research Report on CYCN

Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS)

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic compounds through the inhibition of the complement system for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. It offers EMPAVELI for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, C3 glomerulopathy and immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy; and SYFOVRE for treating geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration and geographic atrophy (GA).

Read Our Latest Research Report on APLS

Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)

Novo Nordisk A/S, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North America, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Diabetes and Obesity Care, and Rare Disease.

Read Our Latest Research Report on NVO

Pfizer (PFE)

Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular metabolic, migraine, and women's health under the Eliquis, Nurtec ODT/Vydura, Zavzpret, and the Premarin family brands; infectious diseases with unmet medical needs under the Prevnar family, Abrysvo, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, and Trumenba brands; and COVID-19 prevention and treatment, and potential future mRNA and antiviral products under the Comirnaty and Paxlovid brands.

Read Our Latest Research Report on PFE

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