uniQure N.V. develops treatments for patients suffering from rare and other devastating diseases in the United States. The company offers HEMGENIX that allows people living with hemophilia B to produce factor IX, which can lower the risk of bleeding. Its lead product candidate is AMT-130, a gene therapy candidate, which is in Phase I/II clinical study for the treatment of Huntington’s disease. The company also develops AMT-260, which is in Phase I/IIa clinical trial for the treatment of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; AMT-162, which is in Phase I/IIa clinical trial to treat superoxide dismutase enzyme-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; and AMT-191, an investigational gene therapy candidate which is in phase I/IIa clinical trial for the treatment of fabry disease. It has a licensing agreement with Apic Bio to develop, manufacture, and commercialize intrathecally administered investigational gene therapy for ALS caused by mutations in SOD-1; and development and commercial supply agreement with CLS Bhering. uniQure N.V. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
It’s been a while since we checked in on commodity markets, which, like other markets, are having quite the interesting year. In particular, gold continues its march upward, while oil remains in a slump. As for the rest, most have been up and down and ended up close to where they were a year ago. By the end, you’ll see why gold stocks still look cheap despite these record prices — and why oil stocks, oddly enough, look expensive even as crude declines.
The market is up 4.3% over the last week, with the Information Technology sector leading the way, up 15%. On the other hand, with a decline of 3.8%, the Communication Services sector is lagging behind. The market is up 8.5% over the last 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 11% annually. Market details ›