ESPR Seeks Diversification Through Rare Liver Disease Candidate, Shares Rise
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Oct 17 2025
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Source: NASDAQ.COM
New Development Candidate: Esperion Therapeutics has nominated ESP-2001, an allosteric ATP citrate lyase inhibitor, for preclinical development aimed at treating primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a rare autoimmune liver disease with no current approved treatments.
Market Potential and Financial Performance: If successful, ESP-2001 could tap into a market opportunity exceeding $1 billion annually, while Esperion's existing products, Nexletol and Nexlizet, have seen a 42% increase in U.S. sales, contributing to the company's growth amidst a rising stock price.
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Analyst Views on EVO
Wall Street analysts forecast EVO stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for EVO is 6.00 USD with a low forecast of 5.00 USD and a high forecast of 7.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
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Moderate Buy
Current: 3.790
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Current: 3.790
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About EVO
Evotec SE is a Germany-based drug discovery and development company. The company is engaged in development of new pharmaceutical products through research alliances and development partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, patient organizations and venture capital companies. The drug discovery solutions are provided in the form of fee-for-service work, integrated drug discovery alliances, development partnerships, licensing of drug candidates and consulting arrangements. Evotec SE operates in a number of areas, including neuroscience, diabetes and complications of diabetes, pain and inflammation, oncology, infectious diseases, respiratory diseases and fibrosis. Its pipeline covers a range of therapeutic areas, such as CNS Insomnia, Chronic cough, immunology & inflammation, women’s health endometriosis, nephrology, dermatological diseases, fibrotic disease and antiviral, among others.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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