Why uniQure Stock Is Crashing Today

Shares of uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE) are crashing today, down by 32.6% as of 11:19 a.m. ET. The steep decline came after the gene therapy specialist provided its second-quarter update Monday morning.

Investors weren't all that interested in uniQure's financial results. The company's only revenue is from collaborations. uniQure reported a net loss in Q2 of $39.1 million, or $0.84 per share, on revenue of just $0.5 million.

So why did the biotech stock plunge so much? uniQure announced the postponement of adding higher-dose procedures in a phase 1/2 study of AMT-130 in treating early-stage Huntington's disease.

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