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Antares Pharma announced on December 21st that it had submitted a request to the FDA for a type A meeting in response to the CRL that it received in October on Xyosted. This action and timing is in line with what I have been expecting. See my note of November 9, 2017:  My Hypothesis on […]

Investment Thesis Xyosted is viewed by investors as the most important product in Antares” broad pipeline. In anticipation of approval on the PDUFA date of October 20, 2017 the stock price reached a high of $3.96 on October 10. Unexpectedly, Antares announced on October 11 that the FDA had identified deficiencies that prevented going forward […]

The Issue Antares received a complete response letter for Xyosted that did not cite any questions relating to efficacy, manufacturing, quality control or the device used to deliver testosterone. Surprisingly, the FDA raised concerns that Xyosted could cause a clinically meaningful increase in blood pressure and might also be linked to depression and suicidality. Let […]

Overview Investors have had high confidence that Xyosted would be approved by the FDA on its October 20, 2017 PDUFA date. A press release and 8-K from Antares published on October 12 shattered this expectation. Antares’ stock promptly dropped 38% from $3.73 to $2.32 after the Company alerted investors to an issue with the Xyosted […]

Investment Thesis Antares is one of my top recommendations based on its extremely impressive pipeline prospects. In a March 23, 2017 report Antares: Pipeline is Bursting with Late Stage Products (ATRS, $2.77, Buy)  I did an in-depth analysis that goes over my assumptions and resultant projections in great detail for the five partnered products and two […]

AMAG announced on April17, 2017 that it had submitted a sNDA for the Makena Auto-Injector. This was in line with guidance.  AMAG anticipates a six-month FDA review timeline with the potential for approval and launch in the fourth quarter of 2017. AMAG developed the Makena auto-injector using an auto-injector developed by Antares. AMAG revealed that it will […]

Key Points: Antares has an impressive portfolio of seven new products that could lead to explosive growth over the next four years. I am projecting that revenues of five partnered products could increase from $17.0 million in 2016 to $142.0 million in 2021 (a nearly five fold increase) and that revenues from two wholly owned […]

Importance of Makena SC to AMAG? AMAG is engaged in a high stakes clinical development program in which it is endeavoring to gain approval of a subcutaneous dosage form of its key drug Makena. Management has guided that sales of Makena reached $333 to $336 million in 2016 (about 63% of total sales) and issued […]

Key Points: Recent announcement that AMAG will not pursue Orphan Drug Exclusivity for Makena SC has hammered the stock of AMAG, but has had only a modest effect on ATRS. I believe that this does not change the commercial opportunity for Makena SC over the next two to three years. This potentially could move the […]

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 […]