Tag: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY)

Treating Untreatable Disease – NASH

Prohost Letter #452 Treating Untreatable Disease - NASH Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis  The efforts spent on treating Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) have reached a promising stage where clinical trial data from the clinical-stage and revenue-generating biotech firms have demonstrated capability of treat NASH. The most promising of these firms we believe, are clinical-stage firms, especially those firms that have already demonstrated capability of regressing fibrosis in …

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Positive New Results of Lumasiran in Advanced Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a new class of innovative therapeutics, transforming the lives of people afflicted with rare and prevalent diseases with unmet needs. RNAi is a natural cellular process of gene silencing that represents  promising and rapidly advancing frontiers in biology and drug . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to …

Prohost Letter #444

Prohost Letter #444 The End of the Year Issue was delayed because our 2020 Prohost Portfolio stocks’ targets for the year failed to materialize; nobody not even the authorities were capable of predicting the pandemic, which continues to plague the world. As 2021 approached, we were unable to the End of the Year issue on time as we lacked the information required for the fair …

The US FDA Approved Alnylam’s OXLUMO™ Injection to Lower Urinary Oxalate Levels in Pediatric and Adult Patients with PH1

Alnylam Announces FDA Approval of OXLUMO™ Injection for PH1 Alnylam (ALNY) announced that the US FDA has approved its subcutaneous OXLUMO™ (lumasiran) injection, the first-ever therapy available for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) to lower urinary oxalate levels in pediatric and adult patients. Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1  PH1 is an ultra-rare genetic disease. It is . . . This content is for …

Fighting COVID-19. See Also: Stocks Gains Following the Market’s Rebounding

Treating and Preventing COVID-19 Treating COVID-19, Gilead Sciences With regard to treating patients with COVID-19 we believe the most expected product to be used during this virus' outbreak will be Gilead Sciences’ (GILD) product remdesivir. This product has reduced the severity of the coronavirus infection symptoms in animal testing and in a few . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to …
Prohost Letter #439

Prohost Letter #439

Prohost Letter #439 The Coronavirus Outbreak - COVID-19 The news announced that the coronavirus (now known as COVID-19) outbreak would affect not only people’s health and survival but the world’s economy, Wall Street’s performance, and especially the international giant industrial firms that are committed to China. British AstraZeneca (AZN
Prohost Letter #438 ~ The End of the Year Issue 2019

Prohost Letter #438 ~ The End of the Year Issue 2019

Prohost Letter #438 End of the Year Issue  2019 Happy New Year 2020 The NASDAQ reached 9000 for the first time in the market history on December 30, 2019. However, on the last trading day of 2019, the Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 8,945.99 after giving back 60.62 points or 0.7%. During the departed year, however, the stock exchange was boosted by the outperformance of …
The Week in Review #48 ~ Holiday Edition

The Week in Review #48 ~ Holiday Edition

The Week in Review #48 Holiday Edition ******************** Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! We Wish You a Happy New Year Filled with Excellent Health, Peace of Mind, Prosperity and Happiness What a Year for Biotechnology What happened in the biotech sector toward the end of 2019 is briefed in this Review as we focus on the performance of our picked firms’ stocks’ prices. We will …
Ionis and Alnylam Secured Their Future Prosperity

Ionis and Alnylam Secured Their Future Prosperity

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) announces a private placement of $507.5 million principal amount of 0.125% convertible senior notes due 2024. To read this news go to the original  content to download multimedia by clicking here.  During the announcement of 2019 third-quarter financial results the conference call started citing the firm's improved revenues and income. Revenues have increased by more than 50% to nearly $630 million and …
Let the Market Plummet But Not Our stocks

Let the Market Plummet But Not Our stocks

The Market May be Plummeting But Prohost Picks are Not Biotech stocks had a strong start, but the gains disappeared in many stocks as the market demonstrated bearishness following a long-lasting rally. Currently, during the strong economic conditions, commentators attribute the reasons for the market’s upside and downside moves to China’s positive, or negative ongoing negotiations rather than to fair correction of overbought or oversold …
Novartis to Acquire The Medicines Company at $85 a Share

Novartis to Acquire The Medicines Company at $85 a Share

Novartis to Acquire The Medicines Company Novartis (NVS) decided to buy The Medicines Company (MDCO) at $6.8 million. The Medicines Company’s shareholders will be getting $85 per share in cash  – a 45% premium to its unaffected share price and a 57% premium to its unaffected one-week average price. The Transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020 The Medicines Company …
An All Time High Market

An All Time High Market

Prohost Letter #437 An All Time High Market More Prohost Picks Have Reached the 2019 Targets The stock market performance has reached an all-time high with more of our picks reaching or nearing the Prohost 2019 price targets. There are stories to tell about some devastated stocks which many believed were dead and buried but were surprisingly resurrected, and their stocks are going up. Another …
Alnylam: Its Second RNAi Therapy Approval Boosted Savvy Investors’ Trust

Alnylam: Its Second RNAi Therapy Approval Boosted Savvy Investors’ Trust

Alnylam Granted FDA Early Approval of GIVLAARI™ for AHP Alnylam’s (ALNY) stock outperformed as its subcutaneous injection GIVLAARI™ (givosiran) has been granted FDA early approval. GIVLAARI™ is created and developed for the treatment of adults with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP). AHP is a family of ultra-rare, genetic diseases characterized by debilitating, life-threatening attacks and, for some patients, chronic manifestations that demeans patients’ daily functioning and …
What A Week For Biotechnology

What A Week For Biotechnology

The Week in Review #47 What A Week For Biotechnology Synopsis In this “Week in Review” there is no complicated scientific and clinical information, leaving the details to the articles that we usually post on the Prohost website. Most of the Prohost picked firms’ Q3 financial results have beaten expectations. Three firms have reached the Prohost 2019 targets, and more firms have outperformed, with some …
The Quarterly Financial Results

The Quarterly Financial Results

The Week in Review #46 The Quarterly Financial Results The quarterly financial results that analysts and investors relied on for years to evaluate biotech firms, including development stage firms, seem to change. Investors have finally realized that development-stage firms have no marketed drugs and no revenues, hence, no incomes and should be evaluated based on the clinical trial results of their pipeline products. They saw …
This Past Week

This Past Week

The Week in Review #43 This Past Week After hearing hints about the trade war between China and the United States being avoided the market reversed course from faltering to flying at the speed of light. This trade war replaced all important factors that would usually affect the market performances. Unemployment is the lowest since 1969 and is expected to cause a bullish market, but …
RegenxBio is Rebounding. See Also: A Scientifically Valuable Agreement Between CRISPR Therapeutics and KSQ Therapeutics

RegenxBio is Rebounding. See Also: A Scientifically Valuable Agreement Between CRISPR Therapeutics and KSQ Therapeutics

RegenxBio Rebounding RegenxBio (RGNX) has the viral vectors which could safely deliver genes into the cells. The firm has improved the adeno-associated viruses making them safe and effective gene delivery vehicles. One of the three currently approved gene therapy products, Zolgensma® for pediatric spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), marketed by Novartis, used RegenxBio’s adeno-associated . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to …
During the Departed Week

During the Departed Week

The Week in Review #42 During the Departed Week The week started with the market losing over 1000 points and ended recuperating a large extent of the losses. Desperate during the market’s plummeting, some investors were happy for the rebound and some were confused and skeptical about what the unpredictable market might bring next. In the latest Prohost Letter #436, the losses in prices of …
The Value of the Biotech Companies Continued

The Value of the Biotech Companies Continued

Prohost Letter #435 The Value of the Biotech Companies A Continuation of Prohost Letter #434 A Recap The biotech near and long-term values, we insist, must be based on the firms’ scientific capabilities, products’ potentials and financial results. In the past months the stocks evaluations by bloggers, and some assessors, have been tailored to mislead investors into serving the purposes of the manipulators’ weird agendas. …