Replimune surges after FDA panel votes in favor of skin cancer drug

BUZZ-Replimune surges after FDA panel votes in favor of skin cancer drug 

** Shares of drug developer Replimune REPL.O more than double to $12.41 premarket

** US FDA's panel of outside advisers on Thursday voted to back results from a trial studying the company's drug for a type of skin cancer

** REPL seeks accelerated approval for RP1 in combination with Bristol Myers Squibb's BMY.N Opdivo in advanced melanoma in patients whose tumors grew despite prior treatment, with a decision expected by August 2

** "Given the media attention surrounding this decision, we think it's a near certainty that the FDA follows the panel's advice" - Cantor Fitzgerald

** Brokerage assumes unadjusted peak U.S. sales of $708 million by 2040 for RP1

** Up to last close, stock down 44.3% YTD


(Reporting by Sneha S K)

((Sneha.SK@thomsonreuters.com;))

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