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Let me say a word about the stock market and the small biopharma stocks that I am recommending. The second half of 2018 and December in particular have been terrible for the market as a whole and horrendous for small biophama stocks. Many of my recommendations are down sharply from recent prices and sometimes from […]

For personal reasons, I am going to be unavailable until October 29. During this interval of silence, there may be some stock moving events on some, but not all, of the companies I am recommending. Let me make a few comments on things that could happen. Northwest Biotherapeutics The two key lead investigators in the […]

Investor focus is totally on Andexxa at this point in time as the disappointing 2Q, 2018 sales results for Bevyxxa have caused investors to write it off and cerdulatinib is barely a blip on their radar screen. In contrast to the negative view on Bevyxxa, I believe that it will become a very meaningful product […]

Report Overview I periodically update my recommendations and that is the objective of this report. I also spend some time on my analytical approach and investment philosophy. If your investment style is frequent trading, you should not waste your time reading this report. I have four Buy recommendations for stocks that have very significant near […]

Key Points: Comparison of three month data for CTL-019 in the JULIET trial with  Axi-Cel in ZUMA-1 indicates that safety and efficacy are remarkably comparable for the two products. At this point, there seems to be no differentiation between the two. Some analysts are strong propoents of Kite raised the issue that Novartis had manufacturing […]

The FDA has announced that there will be an AdCom meeting for Novartis’ CTL-019 for the treatment of pediatric r/r ALL on July 12. In my June 5th note, I wrote that Novartis was expecting an AdCom meeting for the pediatric r/r ALL indication. The PDUFA date is in late September but I think that […]

Northwest issued a press release announcing a presentation at ASCO today by the Company’s Chief Technical Officer, Dr. Marnix Bosch. The Company said that it will issue updates on: The Phase 3 trial of DCVax-L for newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain cancer, the Information Arm related to the phase 3 trial and the Company’s […]

Investment Conclusions: Cryoport: My recommended best way to invest in CAR-T launches (CYRX, Buy, $3.60) Kite Pharma: Seems priced for perfection (KITE, Underperform, $76.00) Novartis: Too big of a company to make an impact (NVS, No Opinion, $80.00) Be aware that June 14 could be a very important date. Novartis will present meaningful data on […]

Cytokinetics is up $1.15 or 10% to $12.90 in a poor market environment. The only news is that the Company will be added to the S&P 600 small cap index. There is no fundamental news. I have seen before that when a stock is added to an index that the price jumps up meaningfully as […]

Purpose of this Report I last summarized my stock recommendations in a September 12, 2016 report. There has been little change in my thinking or my recommendations since then on most stocks in my universe, but I did issue a Buy on Bristol-Myers Squibb and a sell on Juno Therapeutics. You may want to revisit […]