** Shares of drug developer Halozyme Therapeutics HALO.O
fall 2.5% to $57.70
** Wells Fargo downgrades stock to "equal weight" from
"overweight"
** However, brokerage hikes PT to $62 from $58, representing
a ~5% upside to stock's last close
** Brokerage says HALO's upcoming launch pipeline is a
reason to own the stock, but consensus numbers already account
for them
** Avg. rating of 11 analysts tracking HALO at "buy"; their
median PT is $64 - LSEG
** As of last close, stock up ~60% YTD vs ~8% climb in the
Nasdaq biotech index .NBI
(Reporting by Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru)
((Kashish.tandon@thomsonreuters.com))