In late March 2013, DARA Bio (DARA) filed its Form 10K annual report highlighting both the business and financial updates from 2012. Below we discuss the key drivers at DARA, and why we believe the company is a vastly undervalued emerging specialty pharmaceutical story.
Vancouver-based DelMar Pharmaceuticals [DMPI] is developing new drug candidates targeting orphan cancer indications representing market opportunities in the $100s of millions in North America and potentially billions of dollars worldwide. Promising data announced in 2012 with follow ups scheduled at various healthcare conferences this year coincided with the company’s recent listing on the OTCQB, which commenced Q1-2013. OneMedRadio spoke with the Del Mar CEO about these milestones.
Since Propthink’s last report on ViroPharma (VPHM), shares of the Exton, Pennsylvania-based company have risen by just under 11%. While positive returns are always welcome, ViroPharma has noticeably underperformed the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index, which has risen by over 17% in the same time frame. But, PropThink believes that ViroPharma’s past isn’t likely to repeat. Cinryze has multiple barriers to generic competition, and ViroPharma is making meaningful progress in commercializing its other drugs, as well as in moving its pipeline through the development process. At just over $25, shares of ViroPharma offer ample upside for long-term investors.
In case you missed it, Monday featured a number of interesting developments in the world of healthcare and life sciences. Most notably, a seemingly rare patent defeat may harm Novartis’ bottom line in India, but helps secure a mass population to a popular leukemia drug. India has emerged as a leading market for drug innovation, yet faces a crossroads — as legislation now protects what has become the largest generic drug market in the world. Additionally, we’re interested in some new developments in Chinese bird flu, sleep apnea, and sexual health in adolescents.
The “elephant in the room” is the shifting, uncertain complexity of our regulatory and legislative environment. Exactly to that point, on Wednesday, March 27th Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a Forbes contributor focusing on policy, regulation, and public health posted an article entitled “Medicare Has Stopped Paying Bills For Medical Diagnostic Tests. Patients Will Feel”, which instantly caused a collective shiver among some diagnostics-focused investors and advisory groups. Experts shared their views on the Forbes article and its implications with us.
Metastasized breast cancer now has a new therapy on the market, though it remains to be seen whether noticeably dangerous side effects may prevent widespread use. Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) or Kadcyla, produced by Immunogen [Nasdaq: IMGN], is a treatment that targets the HER2 protein.
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The US Food and Drug advisory panel has voted for the preliminary approval of Invokana (canagliflozin), Johnson and Johnson’s new type 2 diabetes drug, in […]
Every 21 seconds, someone suffers a serious brain injury, such as a stroke, which is the third-leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of long-term disability. Today, Jan Medical is on the cusp of commercializing its first application of a revolutionary system, Nautilus NeurowaveTM, designed to help doctors quickly identify vasospasm and strokes.
In the US and EU, HF is one of the most frequent diagnoses, and accounts for 7.5 million hospital days per year. Three to five percent of patients die despite hospitalization, half go home unimproved, 25% are readmitted within 30 days, and 30% die in six months.
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