** Drug developer Acer Therapeutics' shares ACER.O up 8.1%
at $2.26 premarket
** Co announces agreement with FDA on special protocol
assessment for its late-stage trial of edsivo in vascular
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome patients, a genetic disease which can
cause abnormal fragility in blood vessels urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNXbMLcC6
** Co plans to start trial by end of Q2
** All 3 brokerages covering ACER rate the stock "buy";
their median PT is $10
** Stock down 8% YTD up to last close
(Reporting by Leroy Leo in Bengaluru)
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