Archive for January, 2016
Northwest Biotherapeutics (NWBO): Some Thoughts about the Appointment of Two New Board Members
Purpose of the Report Northwest Biotherapeutics announced on January 25 that it is adding two new members to its current five member Board of Directors with the appointment of Ms. Susan Bayh and Mr. Cofer Black as independent Directors. Neither Ms. Bayh nor Mr. Black has had dealings with or worked with the Company previously. […]
My Current Thoughts on 13 Stocks I Cover and the Investment Outlook for the Market
Purpose of This Report This report is being written at a time of panic in the market in which a sharp drop in the stock market indices has set off a much steeper plunge in the stock prices of emerging biotechnology companies which are the focus of SmithOnStocks. In this volatile and depressing environment, there […]
Neuralstem: An Update on Its Pipeline and Supporting Clinical Trials (CUR, Neutral, $1.00)
Purpose of this Report Neuralstem has been silent for nearly three months on when the critical phase 2b trial of its NSI-566 neural stem cells in ALS might begin and on providing details of the trial design. This silence may about to be broken as the Company has just announced that it will be presenting […]
Chimerix: Upgrading the Stock to a Buy (CMRX. Buy, $6.10)
Definitions of Key Words This section defines a number of words, phrases and acronyms that I have used in this report that may be useful for investors who may not have already done extensive research on Chimerix. virus: A virus is a small, non- bacterial, infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of […]