Expert Financial Analysis and Reporting

  Purpose of Report I attended the Rodman conference on September 9th and 10th and listened to 29 company presentations and then attended the BioCentury Conference on September 26 where I listened to another 10. I go to as many conferences as possible to get updates on companies that I follow and to learn about […]

Perspective I think that all investors in Northwest Biotherapeutics (NWBO) would concur that Adam Feuerstein has a vendetta against NWBO and its management. He has written 19 negative blogs (or is it 20) on the company just since March 2014. Since September of 2013, NASDAQ reports that the short interest on Northwest has increased from […]

UK designates DCVax-L as first drug to be considered for early access approval under recently enacted EAMS program. Earlier this year, Germany granted approval to DCVax-L under its early access program. Early access means that DCVax-L can be prescribed prior to formal approval that might come in 2016. I expect revenues from German sales in […]

Inovio’s Immunotherapy Technology Base Over two decades ago, the creation of naked DNA vaccines gave the promise of a significant advance in the development of both therapeutic and preventative vaccines. The concept was to incorporate genes in a plasmid that would express certain antigens.  These would then trigger an effective immune response that could be […]

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics just announced that an abstract describing the phase II trial of its dendritic cell-based cancer vaccine ICT-107 in newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) has been accepted for an oral presentation at the 2014 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, to be held in Chicago May 30-June 3, 2014.  I believe that this […]

This Has Been a Tough Correction The recent sharp market correction and rotation out of growth stocks like biotechnology and technology has had a major impact on the small biotechnology names that I specialize in. The correction has been stomach churning for me even though I have been through this many times before. I am […]

Overview Northwest Biotherapeutics CEO Linda Powers made a presentation yesterday in which she addressed the bear case that has resulted in significant pressure on the stock in the last two weeks in particular and for the last two years in general. In my opinion, she effectively debunked a weak bear argument, but you be the […]

Introduction The biotechnology stocks have gone through a correction over the last few days that has shaken investor confidence. Traders are saying that the party that these stocks have enjoyed over the last two years is over and it is time to take profits and move on. In this note, I address this concern against […]

I am a fundamentalist and am long term oriented. However, there is a darker side to the market that requires skills that I do not possess. This is the world of short term trading and short selling. When I first started my career as an analyst, short selling was not much of an issue. However […]

I have found that there are some very smart people out there who have interesting questions and perspectives concerning my articles. I periodically share with subscribers questions asked of me and my response. Also, some subscribers have a different perspective or additional insights beyond mine that I find informative. Sharing this information is the purpose […]