Ipsen rises after RBC ups on Iqirvo U.S. approval
** Shares in Ipsen IPN.PA rise around 5% after RBC upgraded the French biopharma company to "outperform" from "sector perform", seeing mid-term support from Iqirvo (PBC) after its U.S. FDA approval in June
** The broker now sees peak sales for the primary biliary cholangiti treatment at 540 million euros, up from its previous forecast of 300 million euros
** The broker also notes that acromegaly and neuroendrocrine tumors medication Somatuline "is steadily becoming a smaller proportion of sales", positive news for RBC as the drug's erosion to generic competition affected recent growth and shares
** It adds that Ipsen shares now look cheap given the mid-term prospect of 9% compound EPS growth
** Shares are on track for their best day since February 2023 if gains hold, and one of the top performers on France's SBF 120 .SBF120 index
Reporting by Olivier Cherfan
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