Roivant Sciences Ltd.·Healthcare

Montes Archimedes Acquisition (ROIV) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

Capricorn Fund Managers Ltd raised its stake in Roivant Sciences Ltd. (NASDAQ: ROIV) by 124.4% during the undefined quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 445,500 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 247,000 shares during the quarter. Roivant Sciences

Roivant Sciences (NASDAQ: ROIV) outlined plans to expand development of its JAK1/TYK2 inhibitor brepocitinib into lichen planopilaris (LPP) and provided an update on a Phase III thyroid eye disease (TED) trial for batoclimab during a conference call hosted by the company. Brepocitinib expands into lichen planopilaris Roivant CEO Matt Gline said the company is moving "with

Roivant Sciences Ltd. (ROIV) Discusses Brepocitinib Program Expansion and Phase III Batoclimab Data Update Transcript

Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is a highly morbid inflammatory scalp disorder that causes generally irreversible scarring hair loss, often accompanied by profound pain, itch, and burning sensations; no FDA-approved therapies exist for LPP, highlighting a critical unmet therapeutic need LPP marks the fourth indication in brepocitinib's expanding late-stage development program Multiple lines of evidence, including strong mechanistic rationale and clinically meaningful results in an investigator-initiated placebo-controlled study of brepocitinib in LPP, support rapid development of brepocitinib in this indication A seamless Phase 2b/3 potentially registrational trial of brepocitinib in LPP enrolled its first subjects in March 2026 Immunovant's Phase 3 studies of batoclimab in thyroid eye disease (TED) each failed to meet their primary endpoint; safety results were consistent with previous findings Patients in the TED studies demonstrated greater levels of proptosis improvement from baseline after the initial 12-week high-dose period than after the following 12-week low-dose period, supporting the benefit of deeper IgG suppression. The hyperthyroid patients in the TED studies showed similar response rates of thyroid hormone normalization to those seen in the batoclimab Phase 2 study in Graves' disease Immunovant remains focused on rapid advancement of IMVT-1402 in multiple indications Roivant will host an investor call to discuss these updates today, April 2, 2026, at 8:00 a.m.

Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is a highly morbid inflammatory scalp disorder that causes generally irreversible scarring hair loss, often accompanied by profound pain, itch, and burning sensations; no FDA-approved therapies exist for LPP, highlighting a critical unmet therapeutic need LPP marks the fourth indication in brepocitinib's expanding late-stage development program Multiple lines of evidence, including strong mechanistic rationale and clinically meaningful results in an investigator-initiated placebo-controlled study of brepocitinib in LPP, support rapid development of brepocitinib in this indication A seamless Phase 2b/3 potentially registrational trial of brepocitinib in LPP enrolled its first subjects in March 2026 DURHAM, N.C., April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Priovant today announced a new Phase 2b/3 clinical program for brepocitinib in lichen planopilaris (LPP), a highly morbid inflammatory scalp disorder affecting approximately 100,000 adults in the United States.
Roivant Sciences Ltd., a biopharmaceutical and healthcare technology company that researches and develops medicines. The company develops product candidates for the treatment of various therapeutics, including solid tumors, sickle cell diseases, hypophosphatasia, oncologic malignancies, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, vitiligo, hyperhidrosis, acne, myasthenia gravis, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, thyroid eye diseases, sarcoidosis, and staph aureus bacteremia. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.