The Life Sciences Report

Imagin, a Better Way to Detect Bladder Cancer
Source: Bob Moriarty for The Life Sciences Report  (9/20/16)
Bob Moriarty profiles Imagin Medical, a company that has developed a new way of detecting bladder cancer through endoscopes. More >

Regeneus Secures Government Funding for R&D
Source: The Life Sciences Report  (9/14/16)
The Australian government has bolstered Regeneus, a regenerative medicine company targeting cancer, osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions, with $2.73 million in funding. More >

Three Shots on Goal in Q4/16 for DURECT Corp.
Source: The Life Sciences Report  (9/8/16)
With a trifecta of share-moving milestones anticipated in Q4/16, including possible FDA approval of abuse-resistant opioid Remoxy, Laidlaw & Co. Analyst Jim Molloy sees blue sky ahead for DURECT Corp. More >

Soligenix's Diversified Pipeline Advances on All Fronts
Source: The Life Sciences Report  (8/31/16)
The late-stage biopharmaceutical company Soligenix has had a string of good news. Revenue is up, the FDA awarded orphan status to a key drug, and BARDA and NIAID have granted the firm additional funding, plus the company is developing vaccines against Ebola and ricin, and has several other ongoing trials. Analyst Grant Zeng of Zacks Investment Research assesses the landscape. More >

Inovio Expands Ebola Vaccine Trial
Source: The Life Sciences Report  (8/24/16)
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (INO:NASDAQ) has expanded the Phase 1 trial of its Ebola vaccine to include an additional 125 healthy subjects. This, according to Maxim Group analyst Jason Kolbert, will help the company determine an "optimal" strategy for intradermal (skin) vaccination. More >

Radioimmunotherapy 2.0: Actinium Sets Eyes on Bone Marrow Transplant and AML with Later-Stage Programs
Source: The Life Sciences Report  (8/17/16)
Radioimmunotherapy is experiencing a renaissance, and Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc. is in position to benefit, according to company executive chairman Sandesh Seth. With two assets targeting treatment of AML in older adults in clinical trials, and a platform primed to "nuke cancer," the company has a number of milestones in its near future that investors should be watching. More >

The ASX: Investing in an Emerging Biotech Frontier
Source: Stuart Roberts for The Life Sciences Report  (8/10/16)
Concerned about investing in the life sciences in the United States, where markets have slumped in 2016 and the presidential election furthers volatility? NDF Research Founder Stuart Roberts makes an argument for taking a look at investment opportunities Down Under. More >

Resverlogix Seeks Orphan Status for Lead Drug Candidate
Source: The Life Sciences Report  (8/3/16)
With its lead drug candidate apabetalone already in Phase 3 targeting major adverse cardiac events, Resverlogix has expanded its scope by initiating a Phase 1 study of the small molecule to further investigate its potential applications. More >

Nobilis Moves Forward with New President and New Canaccord Coverage
Source: The Life Sciences Report  (7/20/16)
Under the guidance of newly appointed president Kenneth Efird, Nobilis Health Corp. plans to continue to roll out new products and optimize its marketing strategy. More >

DURECT's Abuse-Deterrent Opioid Poised for FDA Approval
Source: Tracy Salcedo of The Life Sciences Report  (7/13/16)
Oxycodone is a powerful and lucrative painkiller, but one with serious downsides. Dependency on the opioid has become a major issue medically, politically and, most profoundly, for the patients whose addictions have become debilitating or fatal. DURECT Corp.'s Remoxy, an abuse-deterrent formulation of oxycodone, has an FDA approval date of Sept. 25, 2016, and may provide a safer alternative. More >

How Sick Will Brexit Make Biotech and Pharma?
Source: Tracy Salcedo of The Life Sciences Report  (6/29/16)
In tandem with the broader markets, the biotech indices reeled on the news of Britain's vote to exit the European Union. Given the uncertainty and dire economic forecasts, The Life Sciences Report has reviewed commentary from sector experts and biotech publications to help investors understand what Brexit might mean for the industry. More >

Partnerships Propel Stellar Biotechnologies' Vaccine Technology
Source: Tracy Salcedo of The Life Sciences Report  (6/22/16)
Maxim analyst Jason McCarthy sees nothing but blue sky for Stellar Biotechnologies Inc., even though its product originated in the deep blue sea. With blockbuster indications like cancer, lupus and Alzheimer's disease being targeted by partners, and a manufacturing process sure to satisfy regulators, McCarthy lays out a value proposition for Stellar's KLH that investors should not ignore. More >

Soligenix Develops Defenses Against Bioterrorism
Source: Staff of The Life Sciences Report  (6/15/16)
Maxim Group biotech analyst Jason Kolbert notes "steady progress" is being made by Soligenix Inc., a small-cap biotech with programs addressing bioterrorism threats and a devastating side effect of cancer treatment, in his Q1/16 update on the company. More >

Investment in Cell and Gene Therapies Ramps Up
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (6/8/16)
After decades of disappointment, cell therapies and gene therapies are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Investors, investigators, clinicians, and patients with serious unmet needs are watching pivotal trials move into the home stretch. Yes. . .pivotal data are actually on the way. More >

OncoSec Delivers Cancer Therapy Straight to the Tumor
Source: Special to The Life Sciences Report  (6/1/16)
Cancer patients often receive multiple rounds of chemotherapy, with new drugs incorporated into treatment programs as tumors develop resistance. OncoSec Medical Incorporated's Punit Dhillon describes how his company is challenging that paradigm with a proprietary platform that delivers therapeutic agents directly to the tumor, while also laying a foundation for expanded use of combination immunotherapies at the forefront of cancer treatment. More >

How Nobilis Health Will Break Out of the Healthcare Payment Mold
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report   (5/25/16)
Managing both acquisitions and internal growth at the same time is difficult for most small companies, akin to drinking water and singing at the same time. Not so for Nobilis Health Corp., which is orchestrating the flow of new patients to its ambulatory surgical centers while it adds an ensemble of new clinics, resulting in harmonious revenue. The conductor is merger-and-acquisition specialist Kolin Ozonian, who brings years of business development experience in large-cap healthcare to this small-cap enterprise. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Ozonian discusses his company's newest technology and talks about how Nobilis will achieve critical mass. More >

With Potential Vaccines for Cancer, Ebola and Zika, Inovio Could Have an Explosive 2016
Source: The Life Sciences Report  (5/18/16)
Recent news from Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc., a small-cap biotech developing immunotherapeutic vaccines that target cancer and infectious diseases like news-making viruses Ebola and Zika, has prompted Piper Jaffray analyst Charles Duncan to reiterate his thesis for investment in the company. More >

Advantage: Australia. Biotechs Surge Ahead in Regenerative Medicine and Immuno-Oncology
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (5/11/16)
Biotech and medtech startups are not confined to the U.S. and Europe. Unmet medical needs exist all over the globe, and they create a powerful vacuum that sucks in bright minds and risk-taking capitalists. Australia is a good example: The regulatory environment supports first-in-human experimentation and entrepreneurship. Healthcare Analyst Dennis Hulme of Edison Investment Research is headquartered in Sydney, and in this interview with The Life Sciences Report, he cites a group of Australian medtech and biotech names that investors should look at very carefully. More >

Dialing Back Euphoria: The Intellipharmaceutics Prescription for Opioid Abuse
Source: Special to The Life Sciences Report  (5/11/16)
Opioid abuse has moved front and center in the political and social arena, sparked in recent weeks by the still-unexplained death of music legend Prince. Heroin is the headline, but addiction to prescription painkillers, like those reportedly used by the pop icon to control chronic pain, runs a close second. How can the biotech industry deter abuse of drugs like oxycodone? Intellipharmaceutics International has a potential solution, Chief Financial Officer Domenic Della Penna tells The Life Sciences Report, as well as a robust pipeline of generic options for a variety of indications. More >

Exosome Sciences Uncovers Biomarker Candidate to ID Players with CTE
Source: Special to The Life Sciences Report  (5/4/16)
Exosome Sciences, a majority-owned subsidiary of Aethlon Medical Inc., is developing an exosome-based platform to diagnose a broad-spectrum of disease conditions. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Executive Chairman James "Jim" Joyce shares the initial clinical results of a biomarker study to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disorder often found in professional football players through postmortem autopsy. Mr. Joyce reports on the discovery of a TauSome™ biomarker found to be 9x higher, on average, in former National Football League players as compared to control subjects. Exosome Sciences believes its TauSome test may be the first noninvasive candidate to diagnose CTE in living individuals. More >

Delving Deep into Immune Pharmaceuticals' Diverse Pipeline
Source: Jason Napodano  (5/4/16)
Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on the treatment of immuno-inflammatory diseases and cancer. The company has several active clinical programs, led by bertilimumab, a first-in-class, fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody, which is currently in Phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and skin disorders. Immune Pharma also has a growing presence in immuno-oncology, with the goal to create a fully sustained oncology subsidiary in the near future. In this article for The Life Sciences Report, analyst Jason Napodano digs into the company's pipeline and investment potential. More >

Let Volatility Power Your Micro-Cap Biotechs
Source: George Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (4/27/16)
ROTH Capital Partners' Joseph Pantginis falls into that old-fashioned category of analysts who believe that good data can't help but drive a stock, no matter how far into the depths it may have sunk. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Pantginis presents his detailed growth theory on two names, and he leaves two Focus Picks on the table for investors to do further diligence on. More >

Soligenix Fosters Potent Pipeline of Orphan Disease Compounds in Areas of Unmet Medical Need
Source: Special to The Life Sciences Report  (4/27/16)
With a robust pipeline of drugs in late-stage clinical trials and milestones on the horizon, it's no wonder Soligenix Inc.'s CEO, Dr. Christopher Schaber, holds an optimistic view of the company's future. Two candidates targeting orphan diseases—a type of lymphoma and pediatric Crohn's disease—are in Phase 3, a treatment for oral mucositis is in Phase 2, and Soligenix's biodefense vaccine and therapeutic platform is backed by significant government funding. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Dr. Schaber expands on the status of the company's portfolio. More >

What Andy Grove and Michael Milken Have Taught Us About Prostate Cancer
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report   (4/20/16)
Solid tumors are typically managed with surgical resection, chemotherapy, radiation and biologics, but it's the secondary tumor mass, the metastasis, that kills patients. Dr. Stuart Holden of the UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology understands the importance of targeting metastatic disease, which is driven by different genetic factors than the primary tumor from which it arose—a fact that oncologists are just now coming to grips with. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Dr. Holden describes an essential target in aggressive prostate cancers, and a drug with the potential to address that target and extend the lives of thousands of men. More >

Relmada Therapeutics Launches Pharmaceutical Armada Against Chronic Pain and Opioid Abuse
Source: Special to The Life Sciences Report  (4/20/16)
To treat chronic pain without risk of addiction is to straddle a knife's edge. But Relmada Therapeutics Inc. has a small fleet of compounds in development that address both sides of an issue that has become a newsmaker, given the recent upsurge in heroin addiction and the ever-present conundrum of alleviating severe pain in chronic disease and after surgery. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Relmada's Michael Becker describes the company's programs, which are advancing steadily toward the marketplace.
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