CHICAGO, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Alleghany (NYSE: Y), TransAtlantic (NYSE: TRH), Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) and Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN).
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Here are highlights from Monday's Analyst Blog:
"Super Committee" Anything But
U.S. stock futures are down following reports the the U.S. congressional "super-committee" have again failed to reach an agreement to cut $1.2 trillion in spending. The official deadline for an agreement to be reached is this Wednesday, but nobody seems to be holding out much hope. Perhaps what everyone could agree upon is to take the term "super" out of the name "super-committee."
10:00am ETIn mergers and acquisitions news this morning, property and casualty insurerAlleghany (NYSE: Y) has agreed to purchase TransAtlantic (NYSE: TRH) for $3.4 billion.
Tyson Foods TSN 26 cents Tech Data TECDEU Label Expansion for Amgen Drug
Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) recently announced that it received approval from the European Commission (EC) for a label expansion of its colorectal cancer product, Vectibix. Amgen gained EU approval for the use of Vectibix as a first-line treatment in combination with FOLFOX and second-line treatment in combination with FOLFIRI in patients with wild-type KRAS metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have received first-line fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy (excluding irinotecan).
Amgen is looking to drive Vectibix sales by expanding the label into second - and first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer, which will expand the patient base significantly. Results from two studies (PRIME and '181) showed that Vectibix plus chemotherapy (FOLFOX or FOLFIRI) improved progression-free survival in patients with wild-type KRAS mCRC compared to only chemotherapy. Moreover, Amgen reported a higher response rate in the Vectibix plus chemotherapy arm compared to chemotherapy alone.
Vectibix is currently approved in several countries as a monotherapy treatment for wild-type KRAS mCRC patients who are no longer responding to standard chemotherapy. Meanwhile, Vectibix is approved in the US as a monotherapy treatment for patients with EGFR-expressing mCRC after the disease has progressed following or while on treatment with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-containing chemotherapy regimens.
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