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Regenxbio: Promising Results from RGX-121 Gene Therapy for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (MPS II)

Regenxbio: Promising Results from RGX-121 Gene Therapy for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (MPS II)

Regenxbio Results from RGX-121 for MPSII Regenxbio (RGNX) announced interim data from Phase I/II trial of RGX-121 for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (MPS II). RGX-121 is designed to deliver the gene that encodes iduronate-2-sulfatase (I2S) enzyme directly to the central nervous system (CNS) using the AAV9 vector. About Mucopolysaccharidosis Type . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.
Amarin: The FDA Approves Vascepa for Lowering Cardiovascular Risk

Amarin: The FDA Approves Vascepa for Lowering Cardiovascular Risk

From Amarin Amarin (AMRN) announced the U.S. FDA has approved a new indication and label expansion for Vascepa® (icosapent ethyl) capsules. According to Amarin’s press release, with this label expansion approval, Vascepa has become . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.
Ionis and Alnylam Secured Their Future Prosperity

Ionis and Alnylam Secured Their Future Prosperity

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) announces a private placement of $507.5 million principal amount of 0.125% convertible senior notes due 2024. To read this news go to the original  content to download multimedia by clicking here.  During the announcement of 2019 third-quarter financial results the conference call started citing the firm's improved revenues and income. Revenues have increased by more than 50% to nearly $630 million and …
Nektar at the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting

Nektar at the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting

Nektar Therapeutics Presents NKTR-255 at ASH Nektar Therapeutics’ (NKTR) IL-15 agonist investigational candidate NKTR-255 presentations at the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition have been promising. Positive data presented from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center preclinical studies conducted in collaboration with researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and more. NKTR-255 is currently . . . This content is for paid subscribers. …
Let the Market Plummet But Not Our stocks

Let the Market Plummet But Not Our stocks

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 …
PTC Therapeutics’ Product Risdiplam Met Trial Endpoints for the Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

PTC Therapeutics’ Product Risdiplam Met Trial Endpoints for the Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

PTC Therapeutics Risdiplam Results for SMA PTC Therapeutics (PTCT) has positive results from part 2 of the SUNFISH trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the product risdiplam. The results demonstrate that the trial has met its primary endpoint of change from baseline after 1 year of treatment with risdiplam compared to placebo. The change was measured by the Motor . . . This content …
Reata Pharmaceuticals: A Successful Treatment for Alport Syndrome

Reata Pharmaceuticals: A Successful Treatment for Alport Syndrome

Reata Pharmaceuticals CARDINAL Study Met Primary and Key Secondary Endpoints Reata Pharmaceuticals (RETA) announced that the Phase 3 portion of the CARDINAL study of bardoxolone methyl (bardoxolone) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) caused by Alport syndrome met its primary and key secondary endpoints.   This news is surely music in the ears of families with members . . . This content is for paid …
Another Approval from Canada for Exelixis Product CABOMETYX®(cabozantinib)

Another Approval from Canada for Exelixis Product CABOMETYX®(cabozantinib)

Exelixis and Ipsen Received Approval from Health Canada for CABOMETYX® From Exelixis (EXEL) we learned that its partner, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Canada, has received approval from Health Canada of CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib) tablets for the treatment of hepatocellular . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.
Karyopharm Therapeutics: Is a Star Born?

Karyopharm Therapeutics: Is a Star Born?

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 …
IVERIC bio Stock Doubled and Continues to Outperform

IVERIC bio Stock Doubled and Continues to Outperform

IVERIC bio Stock Outperforms IVERIC bio (ISEE) has good news its stock is responding to. A randomized, controlled Phase 2b clinical trial data seem to confirm that the IVERIC bio product Zimura® (avacincaptad pegol), a complement factor C5 inhibitor, has met its prespecified primary endpoint in reducing the rate of geographic atrophy (GA) growth in . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please …
RegenxBio is Rebounding. See Also: A Scientifically Valuable Agreement Between CRISPR Therapeutics and KSQ Therapeutics

RegenxBio is Rebounding. See Also: A Scientifically Valuable Agreement Between CRISPR Therapeutics and KSQ Therapeutics

RegenxBio Rebounding RegenxBio (RGNX) has the viral vectors which could safely deliver genes into the cells. The firm has improved the adeno-associated viruses making them safe and effective gene delivery vehicles. One of the three currently approved gene therapy products, Zolgensma® for pediatric spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), marketed by Novartis, used RegenxBio’s adeno-associated . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to …
Seattle Genetics’ Product Tucatinib Beats Agressive Colorectal Cancer. The Stock Price Soars

Seattle Genetics’ Product Tucatinib Beats Agressive Colorectal Cancer. The Stock Price Soars

Seattle Genetics Stock Rally Seattle Genetics (SGEN) stock has rallied today. It gained around $10; trading at over $85, nearing the Prohost 2019 $90 target. The reason for investors’ great enthusiasm is Seattle Genetics announcement of a presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.
Enanta Product EPD-305 Has Promising Results for the Treatment NASH

Enanta Product EPD-305 Has Promising Results for the Treatment NASH

Enanta Positive Results of EPD-305 for NASH Enanta (ENTA) has positive results from the ARGON-1 Phase 2 study evaluating the safety, tolerability pharmacokinetics and efficacy of its product EPD-305 for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).   The results met the primary endpoint of ALT reduction at week 12; in the . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to …
News from NKTR, BMY and MRK. See Also: Biotechs’ Bizarre Performances in Early Trading Hours Today

News from NKTR, BMY and MRK. See Also: Biotechs’ Bizarre Performances in Early Trading Hours Today

News from Nektar Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) announced that new data from patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, who were enrolled in the PIVOT-02 study, will be presented at the upcoming 5th CRI-CIMT-EATI-AACR Cancer Immunotherapy Conference being held from September 25 to September 28, 2019 in Paris, France. The PIVOT-02 study is evaluating NKTR-214 . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe …
At bluebird bio an Investigational Gene Therapy is Demonstrating Promising Results

At bluebird bio an Investigational Gene Therapy is Demonstrating Promising Results

bluebird bio Has Promising Results from Its Lenti-D Gene Therapy for CALD Good results have come from bluebird bio’s (BLUE) updated results in the clinical development program for its investigational Lenti-D™ gene therapy in patients with cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) at the 13th European Pediatric Neurology Society (EPNS) Congress in Athens, Greece. bluebird bio's Starbeam Trial . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to …