News from Innoviva That We Consider Positively Impacting and Extremely Important Innoviva, Inc. (INVA) (Innoviva), announced that the FDA Antmicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (AMDAC) has unanimously voted 12-0 in favor of approval of sulbactam-durlobactam based on a favorable benefit-risk assessment for the treatment of adults with hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here …

Prohost Letter #426 End of the Year Decisions ~ Part 1 We decided to make this Prohost Letter a guideline of our opinion regarding all the firms we picked for the Prohost Portfolio, rather than the few firms that we promised to elaborate on in the Prohost Portfolio that we posted on January 1, 2019 at the Prohost Biotech website . . . This content …

Earlier this month, on Aug. 24, 2017, Propeller Health announced the expansion of its 2015 collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), enabling both companies to prepare for and undertake commercial activities using the Propeller clip-on sensor and software platform for use with  ELLIPTA Inhaler. The inhaler, which is marketed by GSK, is produced by Innoviva (INVA) and approved by the FDA in other countries around the world. …

Prohost Letter #408 AT A GLANCE - Continued from the Previous Prohost Letter #408 In the Past issue #407, we picked the following firms: NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES (NBIX) Treating Tardive Dyskinesia CYTOMX Improving On Cancer Immunotherapy CELYAD SA (CYAD) Bringing Solutions To Immunotherapy Problems Please Read the articles written about these firms in the Issue #407 In This Issue We Add  NEW LINK GENETICS...

Agenus (AGEN) is reorganizing its business and operations. The reasons the firm cited comprise sharpening of its focus on clinical development of its two checkpoint inhibitor antibodies and vaccine program. Among others are: - Closing its Basel site and consolidate key functions to its Cambridge, UK and Lexington, MA facilities, - Phasing out approximately 50 positions across the organization. Robert Stein, M.D., Ph.D., President of …

Prohost Letter #402 Antisense Proof of Concept and Feasibility EYE ON INVIVA (INVA) Sales of The Ellipta Inhalers Started to Pick up AND ON THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA (TBPH) See Below AND WE WILL NOT LOSE FOCUS ON ARIAD (ARIA), EXELIXIS (EXEL), ARRAY (ARRY), PORTOLA (PTLA), NEKTAR (NKTR), THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA (TBPH), INVIVA (INVA), MERCK (MRK) AND SEE THE TABLES IONIS (IONS) The . . . This content is for paid …

Prohost Letter #401 SYNOPSIS PART 1 In this Letter CONTENTS Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) FDA Compassionate Approval of Eteplirsen! PART 2 In The Letter Issue #402 CONTENTS EYE ON IONIS (IONS) Antisense Proof of Concept and Feasibility EYE ON INVIVA (INVA) AND THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA (TBPH) Sales of The Ellipta Inhalers Started to Pick up Before an expected Boom Not Losing . . . This content …

Innoviva (INVA) and GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) announced positive results from the pivotal Phase 3 FULFIL study of the Closed Triple combination of fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium, and vilanterol) for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The advancement in the treatment of COPD is obvious as the data demonstratedsuperiority for the Closed Triple combination as compared to the currently marketedSymbicort® Turbohaler® in improving lung function and …

Enrollment has been completed in all the three ongoing clinical trials comprising the firm’s Phase 3 program for Theravance Biopharma’s (TBPH) revefenacin (TD-4208). The drug is an investigational long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The three revefenacin Phase 3 program are meant to support the registration of the product in the U.S. More than 2,300 patients have been enrolled and Top-line …

GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva: The COPD inhaler Relvar® Ellipta® (known as Brio Ellipta in the United States) Demonsterates Superiority Over Usual Care. According to GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) and Innoviva (INVA), the results came fromSalford lung study, which demonstrated that Relvar® Ellipta® 100/25mcg (fluticasone furoate ‘FF’/vilanterol ‘VI’ or ‘FF/VI’) achieved a superior reduction in exacerbations versususual care   in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, in an everyday …

Prohost Letter #392 February 28, 2016 - How could it be possible for any genius to make intelligent guesses about the market's next moves when highly regarded experts, including Nobel Prize winners in economics, remained quizzical about the recent horrifying performances of publicly traded stocks? Since the beginning of 2016, the stock market has been made to look as if a runaway train with many passengers …