Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Eric Schmidt assumed coverage of Verastem (VSTM) with an Overweight rating and no price target The company is developing and commercializing drugs for Ras-driven cancers, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm thinks the shares are worth $15 based on a sum-of-the-parts valuation. The company’s avutometinib and defactinib looks like a better and more tolerable drug than the MEK inhibitors that are used off-label in recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer, contends Cantor.
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