There are about 7 million Alzheimer’s patients in Europe.
Once they find out there is a daily pill with few, if any, side effects that is highly likely to slow, stop, or even reverse progression, they will not care whether approval is conditional or not. Virtually all will want Blarcasimine.
To claim that CMA will result in a share price of only $15 to $20 is absurd. That would equate to market cap of only $1.3B to $1.7B for a blockbuster drug that will eventually be approved worldwide. Not to mention, other potential blockbusters under development.
Of course CMA would require additional expenses impacting the bottom line and share price, as well, but certainly not to that extent. And don’t forget tens of millions of shares that were shorted will have to be purchased. The risk to the shorts of a buyout is astronomical. They will have to cover no matter what kind of approval.