Amylyx Lawsuit Submission Form
(i) defendants had overstated RELYVRIO’s (a dual UPRBax
apoptosis inhibitor composed of sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol, for the treatment of ALS in adults in the U.S.) commercial prospects; (ii) patients were discontinuing treatment with RELYVRIO after six months; (iii) the rate at which new patients were starting treatment with RELYVRIO was decreasing; (iv) accordingly, defendants had also overstated RELYVRIO’s prescription rate; (v) defendants attempted to hide the foregoing negative trends from investors and the market by blocking analysts from viewing RELYVRIO’s prescription data; and (vi) as a result, Defendants’ public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Investigation History
On November 9, 2023, AMLX announced 3Q 2023 results, including 3Q GAAP earnings-per-share, missing consensus estimates by $0.12. On an earnings call the same day, management stated that the number of new patients starting treatment with its approved drug Relyvrio for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a/k/a Lou Gehrig’s Disease) was “steady” despite the increase in “discontinuations” of treatment after six months. An ISI analyst questioned the Company’s claim specifically noting that his math suggested otherwise and that Amylyx had blocked analysts from seeing Relyvrio prescription data in the summer of this year. The same analyst also stated that, “[k]nowing that [Amylyx’s] stock had underperformed in 2023 already, management could have communicated the discontinuations dynamic much earlier.”
Following this news, Amylyx’s stock price fell by $5.74 per share, or approximately 32% to close at $12.26 per share.