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HALO: CMS IRA Proposal Should Have Limited Impact on HALO
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HALO: CMS IRA Proposal Should Have Limited Impact on HALO
Equity Research
Company Update — June 15, 2026
Biotechnology
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
CMS IRA Proposal Should Have Limited Impact on HALO Equal Weight
Price Target: $75.00
Our Call Ticker HALO
Upside/(Downside) to Target 7.9%
We see limited impact to HALO from CMS’s modified IRA proposal, given majority of
royalties are protected by orphan status, biosimilar dynamics, and low Medicare exposure. Price (06/12/2026) $69.50
We cont. to view long-term thesis tied to next-gen platforms like Hypercon. 52 Week Range $51.06 - 82.22
Market Cap (MM) $8,540
What's new? On Friday, CMS proposed a modified rule for IRA negotiation, providing a Enterprise Value (MM) $9,577
more narrow language on fix-dose combinations (FDCs). Under this proposal, for FDCs Average Daily Value (MM) $112
containing more than one active ingredient leading to alternate route of administration, Dividend Yield 0.0%
all of their related formulations will be aggregated for IRA negotiation consideration. This
means that hyaluronidase containing subQ products may not be treated separately from $ (Dec) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY
their IV versions for IRA negotiations. EPS
2026E 1.60 A 1.90 E 2.11 E 2.61 E 8.21 E
What does this mean for HALO? The proposal could bring certain ENHANZE products 2027E 2.22 E 2.56 E 2.53 E 2.65 E 9.97 E
into the same IRA selection analysis as their IV counterparts, given hyaluronidase is
Source: Company Data, Wells Fargo Securities estimates, and Factset.
considered as an active ingredient co-formulated with the therapeutic antibody. However, NA = Not Available, NC = No Change, NE = No Estimate
product-level exposure will depend on orphan drug status and biosimilar availability with
medicare exposure.
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