Exelixis Latest News The latest news announced by Exelixis (EXEL) is the FDA acceptance of its New Drug Application (NDA) that evaluates the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and preliminary antitumor activity of the firm’s investigational product XB002 in advanced solid tumors. XB002 is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) composed of a human monoclonal antibody against tissue factor. After binding to tissue factor on tumor cells, XB002 is …

Exelixis Boxed in on Good News Exelixis (EXEL) is one of the firms boxed in by rule of thumb traders and short-sellers who put enormous pressure on biotech firms regardless of their good news. We sincerely believe that is what's happening to EXEL. We also believe that these firms, especially the achievers . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe …

Prohost Portfolio PLUS (formerly The Week in Review) Your Questions, Our Answers In the upcoming issues of Prohost Portfolio PLUS, as with all our Tables, we will include observations and target changes as well as any current news we feel is important enough to be reviewed and/or discussed. We hope you will visit us weekly for updates. Included in this Issue are the Following: Anixa …

The market is sinking in a furious mood caused by the failure to figure out the pathway of criteria, which is currently controlling the stocks’ volatile performances. Today we are posting good news coming from a few biotech companies with solid fundamentals. Unfortunately, all of these firms are tumbling instead of soaring, or at least performing positively. The first is under News & Comments and …

Exelixis: FDA Approval for Cabometyx in Combination with Opdivo  Exelixis (EXEL) announced that the United States FDA has approved CABOMETYX (cabozantinib) in combination with OPDIVO® (nivolumab) as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). RCC is among the 10 most frequently diagnosed cancers in the U.S. annually. Dr. Toni Choueiri, Director of the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The …

Sutro Biopharma Therapeutic Discovery and Technology Sutro Biopharma (STRO) uses precise protein engineering and rational design for therapeutic discovery. The firm’s proprietary integrated cell-free protein synthesis platform known as XpressCF® and site-specific conjugation platform XpressCF+™ led to the discovery of the following:  STRO-001 and STRO-002

Exelixis Bright Future Exelixis Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Financial Results   Exelixis (EXEL) announced its preliminary unaudited financial results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020. It also provided financial guidance for the full year 2021 and delivered an update on its business. With regard to Exelixis most important franchise, cabozantinib, the product’s net revenues reached $200 million in the . . . …

Compugen Exclusive License Agreement with AstraZeneca In April 2018 Compugen (CGEN) and AstraZeneca (AZN) entered into . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Moderna Inc COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Moderna Inc (MRNA) announced the completion of the case accrual for the first interim analysis of Phase 3 COVE study of mRNA-1273, its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The firm announced a significant increase in the rate of case identification across sites in the last week. As a result, the Company expects the first interim analysis will include substantially more than 53 …

Compugen Compugen (CGEN) presented its third-quarter achievements and financial results. We believe the firm is on the right track towards clinically confirming that its discovered targets, PVRIG and TIGIT when inhibited, will extend the capability of the current checkpoint inhibitors into treating cancers resistant to immunotherapy by checkpoint inhibition.   From Compugen Anat Cohen-Dayag, Ph.D., President and CEO of Compugen . . . This content is …

Compugen Compugen (CGEN) announced the presentation of new research data that further support PVRIG as a potentially promising target for cancer immunotherapy. These data suggest that PVRIG inhibition may enhance T cell priming and infiltration into tumors and provide further evidence supporting the potential advantages of targeting PVRIG alone and in combination with TIGIT and PD-1 inhibitors, in tumors . . . This content is for …

Exelixis and Bristol-Myers Squibb sNDA and sBLA Accepted by the FDA Exelixis (EXEL) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (

Bristol-Myers Squibb Increased activity being observed at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) is aimed at further empowering the firm's various franchises. It all started with the firm’s attempt to empower its oncology franchise with the creation and approval of its checkpoint protein inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) - a programmed Death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor. This antibody has been the most successful attempt . . . This content is for paid …

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

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  (

Exelixis Announces Submission of sNDA to US FDA for CABOMETYX® Exelixis (EXEL) announced the submission of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. FDA for CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib) in combination with Opdivo® (nivolumab) for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). From Exelixis According to Gisela Schwab, M.D., President, Product Development and Medical . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here …

CureVac is Publicy Trading on the NASDAQ CureVac is now publicly trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange with the symbol CVAC, as of August 14, 2020. We assume you must have heard the name of this firm by now and of America’s attempts to buy it for its messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) approach. This approach creates vaccines and drugs inside the living bodies. CureVac (CVAC) mRNA-derived …

Compugen Compugen (CGEN) cancer immunotherapy’s predictive target computational discovery platforms enabled it to identify two checkpoint proteins, PVRIG and TIGIT, when nobody else could. Compugen’s technological capability has also enabled it to create therapeutic inhibitors of its two discovered targets. The discoveries happened to be important in improving cancer immunotherapy. The lead therapeutic candidate, COM701 . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please …

Compugen IND Application for Triple Combination Study Cleared by the US FDA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Compugen’s (CGEN) investigational new drug (IND) application for its Phase 1/2 study evaluating the triple combination of COM701, Compugen’s first-in-class anti-PVRIG antibody, OPDIVO® (nivolumab) -- Bristol Myers . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Nektar Therapeutics Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) announced the publication of Phase 1 clinical data for its immuno-oncology candidate, bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG: NKTR-214) + nivolumab, in Cancer Discovery -  a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Previously published Phase 1 data in Cancer Discovery informed that BEMPEG administered as monotherapy . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.