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  • Jefferies has cut Gemini Therapeutics Inc GMTX to Hold as the Company explores alternatives.
  • The analyst Chris Howerton has also reduced the price target to $1.50, down from $23 after the Company announced a CEO transition and reprioritization.
  • He has reduced the odds of success of GEM103 to 0% in his model to arrive at his new price target, Howerton noted.
  • Yesterday, Gemini announced its plans to reduce its workforce by approximately 80% and is exploring strategic alternatives after halting GEM103 Phase 2a trials in GA and wet AMD trials in January
  • This is the second reprioritization for Gemini in less than six months. In October, the Company shook things up to focus on late-stage plans for its eye disease drug. But that was short-lived, and the biotech has also begun evaluating strategic alternatives. 
  • The latest layoffs will affect 24 employees. President and CEO Jason Meyenburg also departed, as Executive Chair Georges Gemayel assumes the vacant roles on an interim basis. 
  • Gemini disclosed in an SEC filing that restructuring charges would land in the $1.6 million to $1.9 million range.
  • Price Action: GMTX shares are down 11.8% at $1.20 during the market session on the last check Tuesday.
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