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Snap says it won't meet prior forecasts for revenue and profit; shares slide 43%

Why Allakos Stock Plummeted 87.5% in the Last Month of 2021

Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool
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Why Allakos Stock Plummeted 87.5% in the Last Month of 2021
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Allakos published phase 3 Enigma 2 and phase 2/3 Kryptos trial data on its lirentelimab monoclonal antibody as a treatment for eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs), and the results shocked the market. Lirentelimab had shown promising results as a treatment for eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases in its phase 2 trials, and the phase 3 data caught the market off guard. The crushing study results were followed by a series of downgrades from high-profile analysts.

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