** Morphosys' stock MORG.DE drops around 15% after Goldman
Sachs downgrades the German biotech group to "sell" from
"neutral"
** The broker cites disappointing Q3 sales, increasing
competitive headwinds and limited catalysts over the next twelve
months as reasons for the downgrade
** Including today's fall the stock has dropped by 62.82%
YTD
** If losses hold, it will see its worst day since November
14, when it closed 29.2% lower
** Out of 12 analysts that cover Morphosys, five rate the
stock "strong buy" or "buy", three rate it "hold" and four
rate the stock "strong sell" or "sell"
(Reporting by Linda Pasquini and Tristan Chabba)
((Linda.pasquini@thomsonreuters.com))