Alumis: Phase 2b LUMUS lupus trial misses primary and secondary endpoints in the overall population; shares -54% pre-market on 2026-09-01 after a brief halt. IFNGS-high subgroup showed responses; psoriasis NDA still on for Q4 2026 — article

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Alumis: Phase 2b LUMUS lupus trial misses primary and secondary endpoints in the overall population; shares -54% pre-market on 2026-09-01 after a brief halt. IFNGS-high subgroup showed responses; psoriasis NDA still on for Q4 2026 — article

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The 09-01 crash that the tape read as an unexplained price step was a failed Phase 2b lupus readout: envudeucitinib missed both endpoints in the overall population, with only the prespecified interferon-high subgroup responding. That is a smaller addressable market, not a dead program; the psoriasis filing is unaffected. A biotech that halves on a subgroup-only miss is a story about what the market had priced for lupus, and the bounce on 09-02 (+9%, RSI 20) is the first read on whether anyone believes the subgroup path.

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The 09-01 crash that the tape read as an unexplained price step was a failed Phase 2b lupus readout: envudeucitinib missed both endpoints in the overall population, with only the prespecified interferon-high subgroup responding. That is a smaller addressable market, not a dead program; the psoriasis filing is unaffected. A biotech that halves on a subgroup-only miss is a story about what the market had priced for lupus, and the bounce on 09-02 (+9%, RSI 20) is the first read on whether anyone believes the subgroup path.

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