Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock (MLYS)

Two healthcare stocks, Precigen and Mineralys Therapeutics, have seen significant stock price increases recently due to FDA approval and promising clinical trial results in rare disease treatment and hypertension medication development.

Mineralys Therapeutics presented subgroup analyses from its Phase 3 Launch-HTN trial, demonstrating lorundrostat's efficacy in reducing blood pressure across diverse high-risk patient populations with uncontrolled hypertension, with consistent safety and meaningful clinical results.

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Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc. (MLYS) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

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