Cidara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CDTX) inventory is falling on Thursday regardless of the immunotherapy firm getting optimistic information from the FDA.
The massive FDA information is the approval of rezafungin as a remedy for “candidemia and invasive candidiasis in grownup sufferers with restricted or no different remedy choices.” That enables it a $20 million milestone cost from its settlement with Melinta Therapeutics.
To associate with this, Melinta Therapeutics, the licensor of the drug, intends to launch it this summer season. That would lead to one other $40 million in regulatory milestone funds and $370 million in industrial milestones. It additionally will get royalties from gross sales.
So Why Is CDTX Inventory Falling Immediately?
Traders can blame the corporate’s newest earnings report for the drop. The corporate introduced in earnings per share of -19 cents on income of $10.21 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Each of these are beneath Wall Road’s estimates of -17 cents per share and income of $10.57 million. For comparability, CDTX reported EPS of -26 cents and income of $7.2 million in the identical interval of the yr prior.
Whereas the FDA information regarding rezafungin is nice information for CDTX inventory, these missed earnings are overshadowing that announcement. In consequence, the corporate’s shares are falling 12.1% throughout pre-market buying and selling on Thursday. Nevertheless, the corporate’s inventory is up 153.3% year-t0-date as of Wednesday’s shut.
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