NMTR: an explosive biotech microcapNMTR had an incredible run over the past month. But it appears that it has been rejected at resistance, and will retrace fib levels back toward $1.00 before exiting this wedge.
A defined risk strategy here is to buy the $1.00 puts, continue rolling them out, and then within the next month add the $1 calls to form a long straddle. Be careful as liquidity is low.
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DOCT.C -- Cup & Handle breakout!Under the radar biotech play. Confirmed Cup & Handle breakout. Bullish MACD cross is a technical buy signal. Technical price target .30+.
Reversal Setup #stocksPotential reversal to the upside off of range lows
Reward/Risk: 3.68/1
Entry: 81.94 or at a lower price
Stop: 76.00
Target: 102.00
Options Play: April 16 85/90 Call Vertical
$ONCY initiated with a Buy at H.C. Wainwright -302.14% potentialOncolytics initiated with a Buy at H.C. Wainwright
H.C. Wainwright analyst Patrick Trucchio initiated coverage of Oncolytics Biotech with a Buy rating and $15 price target. The company is "on the cusp of demonstrating potential to upend the treatment paradigms of several cancers," Trucchio tells investors in a research note. He believes Oncolytics is well positioned for the "oncolytic virus trend."
The price target was set to $ 15.00. At a current price of $ 3.73 there is upside potential of 302.14%.
$SNSS Definitive Merger Agreement CASE STUDYSunesis Pharmaceuticals and Viracta Therapeutics Announce Definitive Merger Agreement
Merger to create Nasdaq-listed company focused on developing Viracta’s precision oncology pipeline targeting virus-associated malignancies
Leading institutional investors committed a total of $105 million in private financings with Viracta
Combined company expected to have approximately $120 million cash balance following the close of the merger
intends to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “VIRX.”
Viracta plans to initiate a registration trial for the treatment of EBV-positive lymphoma in the first half of 2021, and also plans to initiate a Phase 1b/2 trial in EBV-positive solid tumors in 2021.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.
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$SLDB FDA Lifts Clinical Hold case studySolid Biosciences Announces FDA Lifts Clinical Hold on IGNITE DMD Phase I/II Clinical Trial
As announced in July 2020, the FDA had requested further manufacturing information, updated safety and efficacy data for all patients dosed, and provided direction on total viral load to be administered per patient. Based on the Company’s response to these requests, the FDA acknowledged that the Company satisfactorily addressed all clinical hold questions.
“We are working diligently to complete all activities necessary to resume dosing, which we expect to occur in the first quarter of 2021.”
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$CLSN received Fast Track designation from the FDA$CLSN today announced that it has received Fast Track designation from the U.S. FDA for GEN-1, its DNA-mediated interleukin-12 (IL-12) immunotherapy currently in Phase II development for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer.
Fast Track designation is intended to facilitate the development and expedite the regulatory review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need.
Presuming the encouraging data we are generating in early clinical studies continues, this designation supports an expedited path to market,” said Michael H. Tardugno
Fast Track allows for more frequent communication with the FDA to discuss development plans and clinical trial design.
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This penny stock $OBSV could skyrocket 100% in 2021The company’s lead drug candidate, linzagolix (branded as Yselty), is an orally administered GnRH receptor antagonist that has completed two Phase 3 studies, PRIMROSE 1 in the US and PRIMROSE 2 in both the US and Europe. The clinical trials enrolled 574 and 535 patients, respectively, and used doses of 100mg or 200mg to treat heavy menstrual bleeding associated with uterine fibroids. The results from both studies were positive, supporting Linzagolix's favorable safety and efficacy profile.
In an update announced last month, ObsEva reported that, pursuant to Phase 3 results, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had validated for review the company's Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for Yselty (100mg and 200mg). Potential MAA approval is anticipated in Q4:21. The drug is also slated to be the subject of a New Drug Application (NDA) that is due to be submitted to the FDA in Q2.
Wedbush analyst Liana Moussatos said that Linzagolix has the potential to achieve best-in class oral GnRH receptor antagonist status based on a flexible dosing regimen either with or without the add-back hormone therapy (ABT)—a key differentiator from other GnRH receptor antagonists… Based on the positive PRIMROSE 1 and PRIMROSE 2 primary endpoint results for YSELTY®/UF and additional follow-up data, we project annual sales of more than $750 million in 2027 for Linzagolix/UF,” Moussatos opined.
To this end, Moussatos rates OBSV a Buy along with a $28 price target.
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$EOLS skyrocketed after end of Intellectual Property LitigationAbbVie, Evolus, and Medytox Announce Resolution of Intellectual Property Litigation
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), Evolus (NASDAQ: EOLS) and Medytox announce settlement agreements to fully resolve all outstanding litigation, including the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) case regarding the sale of Jeuveau®, between the companies. A California court case filed by Medytox against Evolus will be dismissed.
Under the terms of the settlement agreements, AbbVie and Medytox will release all claims against Evolus related to the alleged misappropriation of Medytox's trade secrets and grant a license to Evolus to continue to commercialize Jeuveau® in the United States and Nuceiva™ in all other territories in which Evolus has licensing rights. AbbVie and Medytox will receive milestone and royalty payments from Evolus. In addition, Evolus will issue common stock to Medytox.
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$VCNX skyrockets on Deals with Two Pharma CompaniesVaccinex Announces Signing of Two Multi-Project Deals with Leading Pharmaceutical Companies Focused on Leveraging Its ActivMAb® Platform
Partnerships will use Vaccinex’s ActivMAb® platform for viral display of complex antigens to enable antibody discovery
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Jefferies $PRTA buy recommendation with price target of $6Why VistaGen Therapeutics Stock Soared yesterday
The big jump came after Jefferies analyst Andrew Tsai initiated coverage on the stock with a buy recommendation. Tsai also set a one-year price target of $6, nearly three times the price of VistaGen's shares at the market close on Wednesday.
Why bullish?
Tsai really likes the potential for VistaGen's lead pipeline candidate PH94B . It's a nasal spray that VistaGen is evaluating in phase 2 studies targeting multiple neurological disorders. The company has already reported positive data from one of those studies, with PH94B showing promise in treating acute social anxiety disorder .
There are still plenty of risks for PH94B and VistaGen's two other pipeline candidates.
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$IMNM Discovers Antibodies Capable of Neutralizing SARS-CoV-2Immunome Discovers Antibodies Capable of Neutralizing Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Variants, Including the South African Variant, in Pseudovirus Testing
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$ONTX Closing of $28.75 Million Public Offering of Common StockOnconova Therapeutics to Present Corporate Update at the 2021 BIO CEO & Investor Digital Conference-February 16-18, 2021
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Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Closing of $28.75 Million Public Offering of Common Stock Including Full Exercise of the Over-Allotment Option.
A total of 28,750,000 shares of its common stock were sold, including 3,750,000 shares of common stock following the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option, at a public offering price of $1.00 per share.
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$NVCN Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price RuleNeovasc Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Rule
Currently, the Company is still not in compliance with the minimum market value requirement set forth in Nasdaq Rules for continued listing on the Nasdaq. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(2) requires companies to maintain a minimum market value of US$35 million; the Company has until June 8, 2021 to regain such compliance.
The Company is also listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and regaining compliance on the Nasdaq does not affect the Company’s compliance status with such listing.
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Topline data from the open-label, Phase 1b clinical trialDiffusion Pharmaceuticals Increases Previously Announced Bought Deal Offering of Common Stock to $30 Million, due to demand
announced today that, due to demand, the underwriter has agreed to increase the size of the previously announced public offering and purchase on a firm commitment basis 29,268,294 shares of common stock of the Company at a price to the public of $1.025 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions.
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Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Completes Phase 1b Study of TSC in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
No Dose Limiting Toxicities or Serious Adverse Events Observed in Dosing Regimen Previously Untested in Clinical Trial Setting.
completion and topline data from the open-label, Phase 1b clinical trial of its novel.
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Jefferies upgraded $PRTA to buy from neutral-100% upside1. Jefferies upgraded the stock to buy from neutral expecting a 100% upside to the stock.
Citing the ‘positive momentum and pipeline execution’ and rising investor attention, the analyst Michael Yee ups the price target to $30 from $15, nearly double its previous close.
Prothena’s pipeline has significantly expanded and improved.
The company’s early-stage candidates for Alzheimer’s disease ‘should start to garner more attention,’ Yee argues, projecting the three mid-to-late-stage assets to yield ‘a significant upside.’
Add more than $300M in cash and the partnerships with Bristol Myers and Roche, the stock ‘is primed to move up 100% towards $30+,’ concluded the analyst.
Out of Prothena's two candidates, PRX012 and multi-immunogen vaccine, targeting the Alzheimer’s disease, the former is on track for an IND filing in Q1 2022, the company disclosed in the recent R & D update.
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2. BTIG Research upgraded $PRTA from neutral to buy with price target $29.
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$ARTL surged 92% on buy rating from Ladenburg analystArtelo Biosciences surged 92% on buy initiation from Ladenburg
Shares of $ARTL Artelo Biosciences surged on friday after Ladenburg analyst Michael Higgins initiated the company with a buy rating.
They give the biopharma a $7 price target. It also represents a potential 329% upside over the stock’s closing price on Thursday.
Ladenburg analyst cites Artelo's focus on candidates targeting the endocannabinoid system.
Artelo Biosciences is a biopharma company focused on developing treatments that improve patients’ lives. That includes developing new therapies. The company’s pipeline includes ART27.13, which is designed to treat cancer patients suffering from anorexia. This treatment is currently undergoing a Phase 1 clinical trial.
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Q1 merger playHyping on twitter:
Traders Citing Monday Filing Mentioning Proposed Merger of Co With StemoniX
Q1 merger play 6.5m float.
Three different 13G's filed in the last few days two 10% and one 5%
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Why $ANCN Anchiano Therapeutics Is Surging Today?Why $ANCN Anchiano Therapeutics Is Surging Today?
Thanks to some news in December in the biopharma space, $ANCN stock is racing higher. So what was that news? And what else do you need to know?
$ANCN Anchiano Therapeutics is captivating investors thanks to its Definitive Merger Agreement with Chemomab news in december.
The proposed merger will create a public company focused on advancing Chemomab’s lead product, CM-101, a first in class anti-CCL24 antibody into advanced clinical development for fibrosis-related diseases with significant unmet medical need
Concurrent PIPE financing to be used to fund clinical trials for CM-101 in fibrotic indications, focusing on two rare diseases and backed by leading healthcare-focused investors OrbiMed and Peter Thiel.
Concurrent with the merger, Chemomab seeks to complete a PIPE financing to advance CM-101 into Phase 2 clinical trials in rare fibrotic indications, as well as to further develop Chemomab’s earlier-stage pipeline.
We intend to hold a special meeting of Anchiano’s shareholders in the first quarter of 2021 to vote on this merger."
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$BPTH skyrockets on Received Third U.S. Patent GrantBio-Path Receives Third U.S. Patent Grant Related to Manufacture of Platform Technology
Provides Expanded Protection to Seminal Patents Related to DNAbilize
The new patent builds on earlier patents granted that protect the platform technology for DNAbilize®, the Company’s novel RNAi nanoparticle drugs.
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$KALV Reports Positive Results for KVD900 Phase 2$KALV KalVista Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Results for KVD900 Phase 2 Demonstrating Statistically and Clinically Significant Responses Across All Endpoints as an Oral On-Demand Treatment for HAE Attacks
– Oral KVD900 Primary Endpoint Shows Only 15% Use of Rescue Medication in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) –
– KVD900 Generally Safe and Well-Tolerated –
There were no serious adverse events reported in the trial and no patients withdrew due to adverse events.
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$ZOM Increases Bought Deal Offering of Common Shares to $173.5 MZomedica Corp. Increases Previously Announced Bought Deal Offering of Common Shares to $173.5 Million.
today announced that, due to demand, the underwriter has agreed to increase the size of the previously announced public offering and purchase on a firm commitment basis 91,315,790 common shares of Zomedica, at a price to the public of $1.90 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 11, 2021, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
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$OPGN catalyst: FDA decision Acuitas AMR Gene PanelHyping on twitter: Added New position $OPGN primarily for the top catalyst FDA decision Acuitas AMR Gene Panel. In addition, pipeline includes Broad pathogen and Antimicrobial Resistance Marker coverage. 53 M market cap. Eyeing $3.3 breakout target towards $4 plus. Should spike on FDA decision.
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