-- スイス株式市場は、米国とイラン間の地政学的緊張の高まりを受け、中東戦争の解決への期待が薄れ、月曜日の終値でスイス市場指数が1.45%下落し、暗いムードで週明けを迎えた。 「今朝早く、米国が海上封鎖を突破しようとしたイランの貨物船を拿捕したことで、中東紛争は激化した。これに対し、イランは報復を誓った。火曜日に停戦期限を迎える中、イランは封鎖が解除されない限り交渉に参加しないとしており、第2ラウンドの交渉の見通しは依然として不透明だ」とダンスケ銀行は述べた。「米国とイランが合意に向けた交渉を試みる中、今週は市場は不安定な状態が続く可能性が高い。もし海峡を通じた原油輸送がすぐに再開されなければ、原油価格はさらに上昇し、再び1バレル100ドルを超えるだろう。」 一方、今週のスイス経済指標発表予定は、3月の貿易収支データのみとなっている。その他、ドイツとユーロ圏の4月ZEW景況感指数、そして英国の3月インフレ率が注目されています。 企業関連では、イーライリリー(LLY.SW)がバイオテクノロジー企業ケロニア・セラピューティクスを最大70億ドルの現金で買収する最終契約を締結しました。買収額には、32億5000万ドルの前払い金と、その後のマイルストーン達成に応じた支払いが含まれます。この買収は下半期中に完了する予定で、リリーの遺伝子治療能力の強化につながると期待されています。 「自家CAR-T細胞療法は、様々な癌患者の治療成績を大幅に改善してきましたが、製造、安全性、アクセスにおける大きな障壁のため、実際に治療を受けられるのは対象となる患者のごく一部に過ぎません。ケロニアのin vivoプラットフォームは、はるかに簡便な既製製剤で迅速かつ持続的な効果をもたらすことで、この状況を変える可能性を秘めています」と、リリー・オンコロジーのエグゼクティブバイスプレジデント兼プレジデント、そしてコーポレートビジネス開発責任者のジェイコブ・ヴァン・ナーデン氏は述べています。 「KLN-1010の初期臨床データは、多発性骨髄腫患者にとっての潜在的な進歩として、またケロニア社のプラットフォームの概念実証として、非常に有望です。」
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