Guggenheim raised the firm’s price target on Vera Therapeutics (VERA) to $64 from $56 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. After attending the American Society of Nephrology meeting this weekend, the firm says it “once again came away impressed” with the clinical profile for Vera’s atacicept in the treatment of immunoglobulin A nephropathy, or IgAN. Following the ASN meeting, the firm increased its atacicept probability of success view to 85% from 80% and its market penetration rates for the APRIL/BAFF class and for atacicept specifically, the analyst tells investors.
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