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Introduction Please read this report very carefully. This is the first time that any systemic drug has been approved under the new (two years old) German hospital exemption early access program and there is more that we don’t know about this program than we know.   What Is Hospital Exemption Early Access? The Paul Ehrlich […]

Reason for Stock Weakness The stock of Northwest Biotherapeutics (NWBO) has been under pressure that appears largely to have been caused by two recent, scathing articles in The Street.com written by Adam Feuerstein. F-stein has been recommending shorting the stock for over a year and had previously written two other articles that also caused stock […]

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 […]

Back From BIO CEO Conference I have returned from spending two days at the BIO CEO conference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Through attending presentations or one on one meetings,  I heard presentations from Advanced Cell Technology ACTC), Advaxis (ADXS), Agenus (AGEN), Alexion (ALXN) , Alkermes (ALKM), Aradigm (ARDM), Athersys (ATHX), Celator […]

In my writing, I have found that there are some very smart people out there who have interesting questions and perspectives. I have decided to periodically share with subscribers questions asked of me and my response. Also, I will include comments on my articles that I find informative. This is the purpose of SmithOnStocks Mailbox. […]

What SmithOnStocks Is All About It is traditional at the start of the year to go over stock picks for the coming year. It also is the time of the annual biotech “love in” in San Francisco, which I recently attended and that attracts some 30,000 biotech executives, analysts, venture capitalists and investors. I estimate […]

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 […]

Key Takeaway Points of this Report Northwest (NWBO) restructured much of its debt in 4Q, 2012 and also has raised significant amounts of capital with four equity offerings over the last year that brought in $62 million. In part, because of the weak cash position, it had to issue warrants with each of these deals […]

Northwest Biotherapeutics (NWBO) announced today that the phase I/II trial of DCVax Direct has been initiated at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas; this is one of the premier centers for cancer drug development in the US. Additional sites in the US and UK should open soon. I view the lead role of M.D. […]

Overview of This Week’s Report This week I published a major report on Alimera Sciences and pSivida which led to my recommendation of pSivida. I also comment on Neuralstem’s press release on a rat study modeling the use of NSI-566 neural stem cells in an acute spinal cord injury which showed some encouraging data. The […]