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Adam Feuerstein has consistently disagreed with authors who believe that there is a sound basis for Northwest Biotherapeutics (NWBO) conducting a phase III trial of DCVax-L in glioblastoma; I am one of those authors. I have never maintained that the trial will unquestionably succeed. I acknowledge that phase III trials conducted by both large and […]

Report Overview Adam Feuerstein launched a withering attack on Agenus (AGEN) and me in his column. The gist of the article is that Agenus is misrepresenting data pertaining to the use of Prophage in glioblastoma in ways that overstate Prophage’s efficacy and I am naively buying into this. It was a very short note on […]

Purpose of this Report I have undertaken a point by point examination of a negative blog on Northwest Biotherapeutics (NWBO) by Adam Feuerstein of The Street.Com. I ordinarily don’t respond to comments that other bloggers make on companies. However, in this case Mr. Feuerstein accused the company of purposely deceiving investors on the results of […]

DCVax-L Impressive Phase 3 Results Are Validated by Independent, Expert Scientists and Physicians; Supports Strong Upward Stock Move The final results of the phase 3 trial of DCVax-L were first released on May 10 at the New York Academy of Sciences conference. They were extremely encouraging showing that glioblastoma (GBM) patients treated with DCVax-L plus […]

Here is the link to a video from ASCO in which Dr. Keyoumers Ashkan summarized the results of the phase 3 trial of DCVax-L in newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma. He is the clinical lead for neuro-oncology at King’s College Hospital in the UK.and heads the Neuroscience Clinical Trial Unit.  Dr. Ashkan is one of […]

Introduction This note describes why I believe that the sharp downward price movement yesterday resulted from stock manipulation by a group of hedge funds that I call the wolfpack. It was a bold and frightening effort to make investors fear that the very positive news from the presentation at the academy was actually negative, In […]

Investment Thesis in Brief I continue to recommend Agenus for its impressive technology platforms in immuno-oncology. It is difficult to assign a price target because of the early stage of its pipeline. A principal driving force behind my recommendation is that many large biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms are far behind in the checkpoint modulator and […]

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. […]

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 […]