News from Cassava Sciences, Moderna and Sorrento Therapeutics  Cassava Sciences  Cassava Sciences (SAVA) announced that clinical results of its Phase 2b study of sumifilam have been selected as a late-breaking oral presentation by the 13th international conference on Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD). What is CTAD? CTAD is a prestigious annual conference focused on Alzheimer’s . . . This content is for paid subscribers. …

Sorrento Therapeutics Preclinical Data of Neutralizing Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 In preclinical studies, both STI-1499 and STI-2020 demonstrated potent neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 virus isolates, including the emerging Spike D614G variant virus. Both STI-1499 and STI-2020 demonstrated protective activities against SARS-CoV-2 infection in Syrian golden hamsters. At day 5, STI-2020 at 500 µg reduced virus load in hamster lungs to undetectable levels in 100% of animals …

Johnson & Johnson ENSEMBLE Trial for Its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced the launch of its large-scale, pivotal, multi-country Phase 3 trial, ENSEMBLE, for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, JNJ-78436735. The initiation of the ENSEMBLE trial follows positive interim results from Phase 1 . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Prohost Letter 442 The Whole World Against the Blind SARS-CoV-2 Virus Investors have no doubt profited from the developers of COVID-19 vaccines which include: Moderna (MRNA), Novavax (

Revolution Medicines Inc Revolution Medicines (RVMD) is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing targeted therapies to inhibit frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers. The company possesses capabilities including deep chemical biology and cancer pharmacology know-how and novel proprietary technologies that help create small molecules tailored to . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Amgen and the KRAS G12C Protein Discovery The RAS gene family has been a subject for four decades of research. The family contains some of the most frequently mutated oncogenes in human cancers. Targeting the KRAS protein, the most commonly altered family member in solid tumors, has been the toughest and most challenging in oncology research. A specific mutation known as KRAS G12C is a major driver …

Crispr Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals CTX001 Granted PRIME Designation by the EMA CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (

Eli Lilly and AbCellera Collaboration Result LY-C0V555  A lot of discoveries, followed by thorough experimentation beyond the vaccines, are taking place in the biotechnology and large biopharmaceutical companies to defeat COVID-19. The most recently discovered product by AbCellera, which was developed by Eli Lilly (LLY), is LY-CoV555 - a potent, neutralizing IgG1 monoclonal antibody (mAb), directed . . . This content is for paid subscribers. …

Seattle Genetics Two New Strategic Oncology Collaborations with Merck Seattle Genetics (SGEN) and Merck (

Cassava Sciences Study Results of Sumifilam for Alzheimer's Disease Prohost is happy to inform our subscribers that our positive opinion about Cassava Sciences' product created and developed for Alzheimer’s disease happens to be right. Cassava Sciences (SAVA) announced today the final results of a Phase 2b study with its lead drug candidate, sumifilam, in Alzheimer’s disease. The results . . . This content is for paid …

Gilead Sciences News Is Not Just Gossip Real news, not just gossip, is spreading today about Gilead Sciences (GILD) nearing a deal to acquire the biotech firm Immunomedics (IMMU) for $20 billion. Immunomedics current market value is around $10 billion which means that Gilead is buying it at double its value. The deal could be announced on Monday, if not sooner, if the talks go …

Why Agenus Stock Rallied Yesterday On September 2, 2020 we posted an article about Agenus (AGEN) under Trick or Trade titled, “

Inovio COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Will be Manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) joins other contract development and manufacturing organizations in Inovio's global manufacturing consortium enabling Inovio (

Compugen Announced Encouraging News from Its Phase 1/2 Study of COM701 Compugen (CGEN) announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase 1/2 study of the triple combination of COM701 - Compugen’s first-in-class anti-PVRIG antibody, with Bristol Myers Squibb’s  (

Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline Have COVID-19 Vaccines Advancing in Clinical Trial Sanofi (SNY) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) started Phase 1/2 clinical trial for their adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine candidate developed by both firms uses the same recombinant protein-based technology as one of Sanofi’s seasonal influenza vaccines, with GSK’s established pandemic adjuvant technology. The Phase 1/2 clinical trial is a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled trial. It is …

CDC Is Asking States to Prepare for COVID-19 Vaccines The U.S. Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked the 50 states’ public health officials to be ready to distribute potential COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk people, healthcare workers and others as soon as late October, as showed in a document yesterday. The New York Times (NYT) has also reported today that the CDC has …

Agenus Announced Data from Phase 2 Trials of Balstilimab Agenus (AGEN) immuno-oncology company announced that data from two Phase 2 trials of balstilimab alone and in combination with zalifrelimab will be orally presented in at the upcoming European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Conference on September 18, 2020.  The data will be presented by Dr. David O'Malley, Professor . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here …

Moderna Inc Late August Announcements  On August 28, 2020 Moderna Inc (MRNA) issued a press release confirming that the Company is engaged in discussions with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) to potentially purchase 40 million or more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273. Under the terms of this arrangement the . . . This content is for paid subscribers. …