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MLTX: Highlights from the RBC Healthcare Conference
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MLTX: Highlights from the RBC Healthcare Conference
EQUITY RESEARCH QUICK TAKE
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Brian Abrahams, M.D. (Head of Global
Healthcare Research)
Kevin Meli, Ph.D. (Senior Associate)
Nevin Varghese, Ph.D. (Analyst)
May 19, 2026
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
Highlights from the RBC Healthcare Conference
NASDAQ: MLTX | USD 16.44 | Sector Perform | Speculative Risk | Price Target USD 16.00
Sentiment: Neutral
CEO Jorge Santos da Silva presented; mgmt sounded confident to us on the potential approvability of SLK in HS given consistency
and positive meetings with the derm division at the FDA, and believes there is still room to differentiate in PsA for SLK; we see a
strategy emerging though continue to see a high competitive bar, so we remain Sector Perform, Spec Risk, with a $16 PT.
• Mgmt expressed high confidence on the HS BLA path - the company will have an end of June investor day showing 52 week
HS data, updated adolescent data, and go into label details, which consistent with prior messaging, will include the adolescent
population.
• Tone and tenor from the FDA at the recent pre-BLA meetings was consistent with prior interactions, and there have been no
changes to highlight at the derm division or team level so they do not believe recent FDA changes will impact their ongoing
discussions.
• The MIRA data renalaysis plan with the FDA has been agreed upon - to align with the ph.III VELA studies - given multiple impution
in VELA and NRI imputation in MIRA, could look slightly more efficacious (though recall, had looked positive to begin with so
unlikely to be a needle mover, in our view).
• In addition to HiSCR, other endpts like IHS4 (lesion counts endpoint that includes dTs), HiSQOL (and that competitors may not
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