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Insys Therapeutics Up On Bullish Analyst Initiation

Specialty drugmaker Insys Therapeutics (INSY) was up 4% in morning trading on the stock market today after RBC Capital Markets launched coverage with an outperform rating. Analyst Randall Stanicky pointed to the strong launch of Subsys, a spray form of fentanyl used to rapidly treat pain in cancer patients. He predicted that by 2020 it could have 40% share of its niche, saying that it’s meaningfully different from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries’

Insys Q4 Earnings Beat Street; Stock Hits High

Biotech Insys Therapeutics (INSY) soundly beat analysts’ Q4 estimates and announced a stock split Tuesday, sending shares soaring more than 20% to a new high on the stock market today. The company’s revenue totaled $40 million in the quarter vs. just $5 million in the year-earlier quarter, as sales of its pain medicine Subsys ramped quickly from its March 2012 launch. Analysts had expected $35 million on average. Profit totaled 71 cents a share,