Shares of AnaptysBio Inc. remained flat in premarket trading Thursday after plunging over 32% in the prior session, marking the stock’s steepest single-day loss since March 2021. The collapse followed the company’s announcement that it would halt further investment in its experimental therapy ANB032 after the drug failed to meet primary and

Shares of AnaptysBio, Inc. ANAB, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, plunged 32.8% on Dec. 11 after it announced that the phase IIb study of pipeline candidate, ANB032, a BTLA agonist, was unsuccessful.

AnaptysBio will end the development of its experimental drug to treat eczema as the treatment failed to meet the goals of a mid-stage trial, the company said on Wednesday, dragging its shares nearly 40% lower.