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-HZNP’s Tepezza drug for thyroid eye disease showed stronger than expected 1Q20 growth

-Even after a post-1Q20 report jump, HZNP shares still reasonable value vs growth potential

-Both Tepezza an Krystexxa medicines show promise; stock could rise up to 30%

If the stock market recovery is for real, and we think it is, some investors might move away from more defensive equities such as healthcare shares. That’s understandable, but all portfolios can benefit from balance and diversity, so don’t eschew healthcare stocks completely.

That’s doubly true if the healthcare stock in question appears to be on the cusp of fast growth and potentially turning sustainably profitable.  And what if it has the only U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved drug to treat the debilitating thyroid eye disease (TED)? TED is a rare, progressive and vision-threatening autoimmune disease that heretofore has been treated with steroids and surgery.  Throw in a promising pipeline and you are describing Horizon Therapeutics Plc (HZNP).

Source: FS Insight, Bloomberg
The Ireland-domiciled biopharma company specializes in treatments—some of the orphan drugs for rare diseases—and currently has 11 approved medicines, for diseases such as gout, urea cycle disorders...

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