NEW YORK, April 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Allakos Inc. (“Allakos” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ALLK).  Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 9980.

The investigation concerns whether Allakos and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices. 

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On December 18, 2019, Seligman Investments published a report entitled “A Suspect Biotech with a Phase 2 Farce, Incredulous Trial Investigators, and Warning Signs of Potential Fraud.”  The article identified several specific concerns regarding the Company’s Phase 2 trial for its product candidate AK002, which allegedly included “flagrant nepotism in key clinical roles,” “poor controls,” “a last minute, unexplained expansion,” and “fatal discrepancies and internal contradictions.” 

Following publication of the report, Allakos’s stock price fell $13.25 per share, or 10%, to close at $119.28 on December 18, 2019.

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CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 9980