Stifel analyst Alex Thompson downgraded Dice Therapeutics (DICE) to Hold from Buy with a price target of $48, down from $54, after Eli Lilly’s (LLY) deal to acquire Dice for $2.4B. The firm views the likelihood of deal-closure as high given the early stage nature of Dice’s oral IL-17 program DC-806, which is still in Phase 2, despite Lilly’s own IL-17 antibody that competes with other approved agents in the “highly-competitive” psoriasis market.
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