San Diego, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/30/2020 -- An investor, who purchased shares of Allakos Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLK), filed a lawsuit over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws by Allakos Inc. in connection with certain allegedly false and misleading statements.

Investors who purchased shares of Allakos Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLK) should contact the Shareholders Foundation at mail@shareholdersfoundation.com or call +1(858) 779 - 1554.

On December 18, 2019, a report was published describing Allakos Inc. as "A Suspect Biotech with a Phase 2 Farce, Incredulous Trial Investigators, and Warning Signs of Potential Fraud." The report included 22 warning signs and issues, including Allakos Inc.: having "buried the results for the two AK001 studies it conducted, but our research indicates a debacle[;]" having "a checkered history of conducting small, low-credibility trials, marked by . . . discrepancies, omissions, cherry-picking, and other red flags[;]" and engaging in "[f]lagrant nepotism in key clinical roles[.]"

The plaintiff claims that between August 5, 2019 and December 17, 2019, the defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: The Company's ENIGMA Trial for its flagship drug, AK002, was poorly designed, that Allakos cherrypicked timeframes and to engineer results for the ENIGMA trial, that Allakos used superficial endpoints in the ENIGMA Trial relative to FDA guidance, that Allakos misrepresented the number of adverse incidents that occurred during the ENIGMA Trial, that the ENIGMA Trial was not well-controlled, that Allakos failed to report key data from the ENIGMA Trial, and that as a result, defendants' statements about Allakos' business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.

Those who purchased shares of Allakos Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLK) have certain options and should contact the Shareholders Foundation.

Contact:
Shareholders Foundation, Inc.
Michael Daniels
3111 Camino Del Rio North - Suite 423
92108 San Diego
Phone: +1-(858)-779-1554
Fax: +1-(858)-605-5739
mail@shareholdersfoundation.com

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