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What: Shares of drug developer Human Genome Sciences (Nasdaq: HGSI) shed more than 10% in intraday trading as investors reacted to FDA comments about its drug Benlysta.

So what: Next week, a panel will meet to recommend to the Food and Drug Administration whether Benlysta -- developed by Human Genome along with partner GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) -- should be approved. The drug is aimed at battling lupus, a potentially life-threatening auto-immune disease for which there hasn't been a new treatment approved in decades. Ahead of that panel meeting, the FDA presented a preliminary review of the drug, questioning both its effectiveness and safety. With the future of Human Genome riding squarely on the back of Benlysta, it's not surprising that the FDA comments made investors a little squeamish.

Now what: There's no doubt that the Benlysta case is high stakes for Human Genome -- not to mention Glaxo. Bloomberg recently estimated that the drug could bring in more than $2.1 billion in sales by 2014, and its approval could spark takeover offers for Human Genome from Glaxo, along with other giants like Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN), Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT), and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). The mixed comments from the FDA today may have some investors shifting in their seats, but from the sound of it, most experts seem to think the overall benefits trump the concerns and that the drug should still get the thumbs up. To be sure, the data have looked good. All eyes will now turn to the advisory panel next week and then the FDA's final decision.

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