CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ Blueprint Medicines Corp. (BPMC) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $634 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of $11.16 per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $6.49 per share.
The cancer drug developer posted revenue of $745.1 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $565.9 million.
Blueprint Medicines shares have risen 31% since the beginning of the year. The stock has climbed 56% in the last 12 months.
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