Karyopharm Therapeutics  Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI) and the Menarini Group ("Menarini"), a privately-held, leading international pharmaceutical company, announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of NEXPOVIO® (selinexor), a first-in-class, oral exportin 1 (XPO1) inhibitor, in combination with once weekly . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or …

We do not dare invest in the stock market at a time when almost all the stocks, both large and small, are yo-yoing for unknown reasons. The positive criteria has all but vanished, leaving behind it unparalleled inflation that is causing enormous chaos.   Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc During this hectic atmosphere Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI) announced that its Phase 3 SIENDO study has met . . . …

The Market Soared Being optimistic about the greatness of American scientific capability does not mean underestimating the coronavirus' ability to infect, devastate and threaten human lives. Today the market is rebounding from the fear that caused the stock market to plummet in this past week. The rebounding was strong enough to demonstrate that Americans trust their country’s scientific capabilities as well as their scientists’ and …

The Market May be Plummeting But Prohost Picks are Not Biotech stocks had a strong start, but the gains disappeared in many stocks as the market demonstrated bearishness following a long-lasting rally. Currently, during the strong economic conditions, commentators attribute the reasons for the market’s upside and downside moves to China’s positive, or negative ongoing negotiations rather than to fair correction of overbought or oversold …

The Week in Review #47 What A Week For Biotechnology Synopsis In this “Week in Review” there is no complicated scientific and clinical information, leaving the details to the articles that we usually post on the Prohost website. Most of the Prohost picked firms’ Q3 financial results have beaten expectations. Three firms have reached the Prohost 2019 targets, and more firms have outperformed, with some …

Karyopharm Therapeutics Third Quarter Financial Results Generated Revenues For the first time since its establishment Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI) financial results report revenues from a strong launch of its first approved product. Indeed, the firm’s third-quarter 2019 financial results are the first quarter in which Karyopharm generated revenues. In early July the U.S. FDA granted the company’s product Xpovio® (selinexor . . . This content is for …

Gilead to File NDA for Filgotinib for Rheumatoid Arthritis Meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Gilead (GILD) announced it discussed with the agency the Phase 3 FINCH studies; as well as the ongoing Phase 2 MANTA safety study assessing semen parameters with its filgotinib treatment in men with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease. As a result of this discussion a path forward has …

The Week in Review #38 SYNOPSIS Good News and Setbacks During the Departed Week from the Prohost Portfolio FIRMS WITH GOOD NEWS SPARK THERAPEUTICS The most important happening, with the most exciting positive impact, has come this time from our picked gene therapy company, Spark Therapeutics (ONCE). It was electrifying news, which announced acquisition by Roche (RHHBY) of Spark Therapeutics; at a price of $114.50 …

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 …

The Week in Review #33 WE CALL IT THE BAD MARKET The Federal Reserve’s raising of the interest rate does not and should not mean a demise of the companies trading on the NASDAQ and other stock exchanges. The biotech group of firms with strong scientific fundamentals will not stop innovating and bringing breakthroughs to millions of people who are desperate for them if an …

Prohost Letter #422 SUMMARY OF THE PAST ISSUE ARTICLE - REVISITING PROMISING FIRMS (PART1) - The firms we tackled in the past issue comprised: 1. Firms we liked and added to our portfolio. 2. Firms we posted their good news, but did not select... 

Prohost Letter #421 PRIVATE  LESSONS - Stock prices of publicly-­traded biotech companies oscillate for the same reasons other industries’ stock prices swing all day long. The fluctuations are the outcome of investors’ and daily traders’ unrelenting buying and selling . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

The Week in Review #22 What Went Right or Wrong in the Biotech Sector During the Departing Week? - A lot happened in the biotech sector during the week, which departed at midnight. Topping the list of the week’s events was the approval of Portola’s (PTLA) product  Andexxa . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Following the news announcing that Amgen’s (AMGN) drug KYPROLIS® (carfilzomib) extended the lives of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma in combination with lenalidomide + dexamethasone, we got news from a small company called Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI) announcing positive news from a trial with its product selinexor in multiple myeloma. The news announced that Karyopharm’s oral selective inhibitor of nuclear export (SINE) compound selinexor demonstrated positive results from the Phase 2b STORM study …