Tag: ImmunoGen (IMGN)

AbbVie Inc to Acquire ImmunoGen

AbbVie Inc Acquisition of Immunogen in the News AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) and ImmunoGen (IMGN) today announced a definitive agreement under which AbbVie will acquire . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

ImmunoGen Reports Recent Progress and Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results

ImmunoGen in the NEWS Immunogen (IMGN) - a developer of  antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for cancer treatment , today reviewed recent progress in the business and reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. From ImmunoGen Mark Enyedy, ImmunoGen’s President and Chief Executive Officer said, “Building on the momentum generated in the first half of 2023, we delivered a . . . This content …

ImmunoGen Reports Recent Progress and 2Q 2023 Financial Results. In Other News, Anna Berkenblit, MD, Senior VP and CMO Stepping Down from Her Position

ImmunoGen in the News WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE) --Jul. 31, 2023-- ImmunoGen (IMGN), a leader in the expanding field of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer, today reviewed recent progress in the business and reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. From ImmunoGen Mark Enyedy, ImmunoGen’s President and Chief Executive Officer said, “This quarter we achieved a . . . This content …

ImmunoGen’s Obvious Recent Progress

 ImmunoGen Reports Recent Progress and First Quarter 2023 Financial Results  On April 28, 2023, ImmunoGen (IMGN) reviewed recent progress in the business and reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.  Immunogen's drug ELAHERE® (mirvetuximab soravtansine-gyn) is a first-in-class antibody drug conjugate (ADC) comprising a folate receptor alpha-binding antibody, cleavable linker, and the maytansinoid . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please …

Cassava Sciences Good News and an Unwarranted Sell-Off. A New Drug Approval for Bristol-Myers Squibb and ImmunoGen Quarterly Results

Cassava Sciences Inc Following Cassava Sciences Inc successful and promising presentations, all the titles of the news and articles written by fair professionals have been as follows: “Cassava Sciences announces positive biomarkers’ data and positive Cognition Data following the treatment with Simufilam” These titles never moved from the Internet even after a huge sell-off occurred.  Indeed, the improvement in cognition demonstrated by the data was …
ImmunoGen: Experiencing Big Internal Changes

ImmunoGen: Experiencing Big Internal Changes

ImmunoGen’s Big Internal Changes ImmunoGen (IMGN) announced a radical impacting decision following the completion of an in-depth operational review aimed at extending the Company’s cash runway; delivering on its promises to continue developing a promising antibody drug conjugate (ADC) product and moving into the clinic what it believes will be next-generation ADCs.   Based on the outcomes of its review, ImmunoGen prioritized continuing the development of mirvetuximab and …
Good news and setbacks during the departed week

Good news and setbacks during the departed week

The Week in Review #38 SYNOPSIS Good News and Setbacks During the Departed Week from the Prohost Portfolio FIRMS WITH GOOD NEWS SPARK THERAPEUTICS The most important happening, with the most exciting positive impact, has come this time from our picked gene therapy company, Spark Therapeutics (ONCE). It was electrifying news, which announced acquisition by Roche (RHHBY) of Spark Therapeutics; at a price of $114.50 …
ImmunoGen’s Report and Standing. Why Biogen Is Experiencing a Selloff

ImmunoGen’s Report and Standing. Why Biogen Is Experiencing a Selloff

ImmunoGen & Biogen News About ImmunoGen ImmunoGen (IMGN) is a creator and developer of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) aimed at improving cancer treatments. ImmunoGen aims to disrupt the progression of cancer through its conjugated targeted monoclonal antibodies. ImmunoGen’s lead ADC product candidate mirvetuximab soravtansine is in a Phase 3 study for folate receptor alpha (FRα)-positive platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, and in Phase 1b/2 trial in combination regimens.
Good News, Bad News & Comebacks. See Also: ASCO Results

Good News, Bad News & Comebacks. See Also: ASCO Results

The Week in Review #23  ASCO  2018 - Small  publicly-­traded  oncology  biotech  firms,  large  oncology  biotech  firms,  and  giant  biopharmaceutical  firms,  in  addition  to  some  private  biotech  companies,  all  presented  results  and  observations  about  their  cancer  drugs  at  the  2018  American  Society  of  Clinical  Oncology  (ASCO)   meeting.  Most  presentations  were  useful,...
AveXis Drug’s Data for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Highlights Gene Therapy

AveXis Drug’s Data for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Highlights Gene Therapy

The Week in Review #21 Part 2 THE  MARKET (2) - Our remarks in the past Week in Review included our confidence that the attempts by negative investors to drive the market crazy will not deprive the market from its innate capability to sense and react to the authentic factors it usually reacts to . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to …
ImmunoGen Stock Flied on Ovarian Cancer Drug News

ImmunoGen Stock Flied on Ovarian Cancer Drug News

The Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) decided that ImmunoGen (IMGN) Phase 3 registration trial evaluating mirvetuximab soravtansine as a single-agent therapy for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer will continue as planned without modification. ImmunoGen has completed full enrollment of the trial two months ahead of schedule and expects top-line results from FORWARD I during the first half of 2019. Enrollment was initially planned to be completed by the end of June. FORWARD I is …
Observing Queer Stories

Observing Queer Stories

Prohost Letter #418 Observing Queer Stories  PORTOLA - Portola (PTLA) has been granted approval of an important factor Xa inhibitor Bevyxxa (betrixa-­ban for extended prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in acute medically ill patients with risk factors for a life-­threatening VTE . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.
The FDA Accepted Seattle Genetics’ sBLA for Adcetris in Combination with Chemotherapy for Front-Line Treatment of Advanced Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma.

The FDA Accepted Seattle Genetics’ sBLA for Adcetris in Combination with Chemotherapy for Front-Line Treatment of Advanced Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted the supplemental Biologics License Application (BLA) for Seattle Genetics’ (SGEN) product Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) in combination with chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma. The Agency granted Priority Review for the application, and the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target action date is May 1, 2018. The BLA is based on positive results from a phase 3 ECHELON-1 trial designed to determine if Adcetris …
Why Our Increased Enthusiasm for Incyte’s Product Baricitinib

Why Our Increased Enthusiasm for Incyte’s Product Baricitinib

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) and Incyte (INCY) announced that, after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late August, Lilly will resubmit the New Drug Application (NDA) for baricitinib before the end of January 2018. That was fast, we mean the re-submission. To remind you, the firms had submitted Baricitinib for review seeking marketing approval for rheumatoid arthritis in the U.S., the …
The STAR of the Week

The STAR of the Week

THE WEEK IN REVIEW Wall Street As we said in yesterday’s article posted under Today’s Highlights, stocks can plummet at any time, regardless of whether they have the best or the worst grades for their financial or accomplishments reports. Stocks can falter (yet quickly recover) for various reasons, as their prices are decided by thousands of stocks exchanging hands between sellers who need to sell …
Prohost Letter #410

Prohost Letter #410

Prohost Letter #410 JUNE PDUFA DAYS This month, the FDA will decide on the approvals of drugs belonging to companies that Prohost has picked for investment. Usually, granting approvals rallies the stocks of the drugs’ developing firms. Sending Complete Response Letters for demands that might delay approvals would cut a substantial percentage of the stocks’ values, while rejections would cause the stocks to falter. Let’s …
ImmunoGen: What About Now?

ImmunoGen: What About Now?

ImmunoGen is one of two firms Prohost selected for investment on February 2011 based on the promises of its novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC). An ADC drug is an antibody that carries highly potent cancer-killing agent attached to the antibody by a linker. The linker is designed to release an exceptionally toxic agent only as the ADC reaches the cancer cells in order not to harm …
Prohost Letter #407

Prohost Letter #407

Prohost Letter #407 AT A GLANCE - Firms Added to Prohost Portfolio PROHOST IS PICKING NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES   On March 27, a few days before the FDA approves Neurocrine’s (NBIX) drug Ingrezza, (valbenazine) capsules for adults with tardive dyskinesia (TD), we posted an article titled “Time for Transformation and Achievements”. In the article, we stated that Neurocrine Sciences Ingrezza will highlight Neurocrine Biosciences and its …
CytomX Therapeutics: A Noteworthy Expansion of Collaborative Agreement with BMY

CytomX Therapeutics: A Noteworthy Expansion of Collaborative Agreement with BMY

Everybody knows Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), but just a few may know anything about CytomX Therapeutics (CTMX), or about its Probody Program. CytomX is a small, develop-ment-stage firm that created platform known as the Probody Program, which leads to the creation of first in class Probody therapeutics. These therapeutics are meant to overcome safety and efficacy problems encountered by the antibodies that are currently used in …
Prohost Letter #405

Prohost Letter #405

Prohost Letter #405 Synthetic Biology (3) We have already decided upon becoming shareholders the day synthetic biology firm called Synthetic Genomics turns public. We reiterate that firms specialized in synthetic biology are numerous private and publicly traded. Some are promising, others are walking in place and a few have plummeted. With the general underperformance of synthetic biology stocks, many shareholders abandoned ship. Investors felt that …