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Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) shares soared more than 30% in one trading session this week. That's a huge gain for any stock. But it's particularly impressive for Novavax. The biotech stock has been in the

Shares of Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) were up more than 24% as of 12:08 p.m. ET on Monday after the biotech company said Friday that Canada will pay $349.6 million for unused COVID-19 shots from the

Shares of transplant diagnostics company CareDx (NASDAQ: CDNA) were up more than 20% as of 12:20 p.m. ET on Friday after a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that could

Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Management has deemed CRISPR/Cas 9 genome editing as "biotech's breakthrough of the century." Back in 2018, Ark identified this gene-editing tool as a potential $2

Shares of CymaBay Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CBAY) were up more than 37% as of 11:15 a.m. ET on Friday. The clinical-stage biotech saw its shares rise after Ipsen and Genfit announced phase 3 trials data

Shares of CorMedix (NASDAQ: CRMD) were down more than 21% as of noon ET on Thursday. The shares fell after the company announced a stock sale. The healthcare stock is down more than 5% so far this

What do CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP), Bluebird Bio (NASDAQ: BLUE), Editas Medicine (NASDAQ: EDIT), and Intellia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NTLA) all have in common? If you said, "They're biotechs

Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) and Nano-X Imaging (NASDAQ: NNOX) are two small-cap healthcare companies with lots of potential, but their shares come with some hefty risks. They've also both

Shares of Axsome Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AXSM) were down more than 10% as of 3:45 p.m. ET Wednesday after the company announced it is offering 3 million shares at $75 each in a stock sale worth $225

The stock market has treated investors well so far in 2023, and although the past couple of weeks have been a bit more turbulent, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) gave Wall Street a gain of

There are plenty of well-known biotech giants that look like solid investments. But targeting smaller and relatively unknown companies in the industry could provide much juicier returns over the

Clinical-stage biotech Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) is having another tough trading session. As of 1:40 p.m. ET Tuesday, Viking's stock was down by 19.8% on higher-than-normal volume

Viking Therapeutics' (NASDAQ: VKTX) shares were down by 9.9% on heavy volume as of 11:14 a.m. ET on Monday. This sizable drop was due to Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) announcement that it will advance its

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What's small today could become huge in the future. That's especially true in the high-stakes world of biopharmaceutical companies. Three Fool.com contributors identified what they believe could be

Sometimes even the professionals put the horse before the cart. For instance, Wall Street analysts are currently predicting that shares of the gene editing therapy biotech Intellia Therapeutics

Over the last couple of weeks, Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF has been busy buying shares of gene-editing biotech Intellia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NTLA). She's also been selling some shares of

Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) is up 881% in the last 12 months thanks to its ongoing development of a pair of therapies to treat obesity and metabolic disorders like diabetes. As you may have

Last year was a big one for Axsome Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AXSM). The biotech company specialized in central nervous system conditions launched its first two products and saw its share price increase

Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) soared early in the coronavirus vaccine race. The stock climbed more than 2,700% in 2020.

But as the biotech company fell behind in the race, so did its shares. Novavax

Nano-X Imaging (NASDAQ: NNOX), DermTech (NASDAQ: DMTK), and Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) are healthcare growth stocks with plenty of potential, little revenue, and a boatload of risk.

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Even after rising 30% so far this year, shares of Intellia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NTLA) could easily experience another leg up if there's a bull market in the latter half of 2023. With positive

Cathie Wood, the CEO of Ark Investment, has made a name for herself by betting on cutting-edge technology with financial technology stocks, or fintechs, and biotechnology growth stocks making up a

An up-and-coming stock with lots of potential is Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX). Investors have been piling money into the biotech stock this year, as it has surged 150% since January. And at a