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2010-07-21 04:41:59
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Quote: Read articleAVI BioPharma Call scheduled for Wed, July 21
2010-07-21 04:41:56
Quote: Call DetailsAVI BioPharma Conference CallScheduled
to start Wed, Jul 21, 2010, 11:00 am EasternAfter
the event has finished, the audio will be availablefrom
this page until Thu, Jul 21, 2011About AVI BioPharmaAVII)AVI BioPharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of therapeutic products based on antisense and cancer immunotherapy technology. The companys products under development comprise AVI-4658, which has completed Phase I human clinical trials ...
Read articleAVI BioPharma Awarded up to $291 Million U.S. Government Contract for Advanced Development of Therapeutic Candidates for Ebola and Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses
2010-07-21 04:41:56
Keywords: AVI BioPharma Awarded up to $291 Million U.S. Government Contract for Advanced Development of Therapeutic Candidates for Ebola and Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses, avii
Quote: Read articleBiotech: Update on Deals, Mergers, Funding
2010-07-20 09:25:19
Quote: AVI BioPharma (AVII)was awarded a new contract with the U.S. Department ofDefense Chemical and Biological Defense Program through the U.S. ArmySpace and Missile Defense Command for the advanced development of thecompany's hemorrhagic fever virus therapeutic candidates, AVI-6002 andAVI-6003, for Ebola and Marburg viruses, respectively. The contract,potentially worth up to $291 million for all activities necessary toobtain FDA approval, is funded as part of the Transformational MedicalTechnologies...
Read articleAVI BioPharma Discloses New Contract With U.S. Government for Potential Funding of up to $291 Million to Advance Development of Therapeutic Candidates for Ebola and Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses
2010-07-19 03:19:51
Keywords: AVI BioPharma Discloses New Contract With U.S. Government for Potential Funding of up to $291 Million to Advance Development of Therapeutic Candidates for Ebola and Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses, avii
Quote: Securities and Exchange Commission providing the following disclosure:On July 14, 2010, AVI BioPharma, Inc. (the "Company") was awarded a new contract with the U.S. Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program through the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command for the advanced development of the Company's hemorrhagic fever virus therapeutic candidates, AVI-6002 and AVI-6003, for Ebola and Marburg viruses, respectively. The contract is funded as part of the Transformational ...
Read articleAVI BioPharma Announces Presentations on Exon Skipping Drug AVI-4658 for Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases
2010-07-19 03:19:50
Keywords: AVI BioPharma Announces Presentations on Exon Skipping Drug AVI-4658 for Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, avii
Quote: His presentation is titled "Systemic Administration of AVI-4658 a Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligomer (PMO) Restores Dystrophin Expression in Selected Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Boys in a Dose Dependent Manner."Both presentations will be posted on the AVI BioPharma website the afternoon of Monday, July 19.AVI-4658 is AVI's lead drug candidate being developed as a systemically administered treatment for a substantial subgroup of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a genetic...
Read articleUPDATE - Tekmira, AVI Biopharma win US contracts for Ebola
2010-07-16 03:19:13
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Quote: Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:12pm EDT
* Tekmira contract worth up to $140 mln * Data in The Lancet shows promising results * AVI BioPharma contract worth up to $291 mln * AVI shares soar 22 percent in after-hours trade(In U.S. dollars unless noted) TORONTO, July 15 (Reuters) - Two biopharmaceutical
companies won contracts on Thursday with the U.S. Department of
Defense for the development of treatments for hemorrhagic
fever. Vancouver-based Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp (TKM.TO) said
it won a contract valu...
Read articleAVI BIOPHARMA INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2010-07-16 03:19:13
Quote: Item 1.01.Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 14, 2010, AVI BioPharma, Inc. (the "Company") was awarded a new contract
with the U.S. Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program
through the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command for the advanced
development of the Company's hemorrhagic fever virus therapeutic candidates,
AVI-6002 and AVI-6003, for Ebola and Marburg viruses, respectively.The
contract is funded as part of the Transformational Medica...
Read article[$$] AVI: The Little Biotech That Could
2010-07-15 08:19:16
Quote: Review | Preview Denny's CEO Ouster Is a Good First Step SMALL BIOTECHNOLOGY FIRM Avi BioPharma has just released recentlyencouraging results from a small U.K. clinical trial involving its lead drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. ,is making progress with treatments for several high-profile diseases, including muscular dystrophy and swine flu but continues to get little recognition on Wall Street.There has never been an he company, AVI Biopharma (ticker AVII), recently released encouraging re...
Read articleAVI BioPharma Opens Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for AVI-4658 in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
2010-07-08 01:20:27
Keywords: AVI BioPharma Opens Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for AVI-4658 in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, avii
Quote: Shrewsbury, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, AVI BioPharma, Inc. "The results we have reported to date are very promising and suggest an overall very favorable safety profile. As we continue the clinical evaluation of systemically administered AVI-4658, I remain optimistic about its potential to induce consistent, substantial novel dystrophin protein expression in patients with DMD."AVI-4658 is an RNA-based therapeutic employing AVI's novel phosphorodiamidate ......
Read articleNot Sold on AVI BioPharma... Yet
2010-07-02 08:18:57
Quote: Avi BioPharma, Inc. (AVII) is back on the radar of late, after releasing somepositive news reports. On Monday morning Avi announced that it hadlanded a government contract with the U.S. Defense Threat ReductionAgency [DTRA] for the development of AVI-7100 (formerly identified asAVI-7367) as a medical countermeasure to a possible H1N1 virus pandemicoutbreak. The contract could be worth up to $18 million. Just two monthsearlier, AVI had announced a similar agreement with the DTRA, with thatcontrac...
Read articleAVI BIOPHARMA INC Files SEC form 8-K, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Other Events
2010-06-11 06:47:04
Quote: Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 7, 2010, AVI BioPharma, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2010 Annual
Meeting of the shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") at which the shareholders
voted upon (i) the re-election of Mr. William Goolsbee and Dr. Gil Price as
Class I directors and the election of Mr. Chris Garabedian and Dr. Hans Wigzell
as Class I directors to the Company's Board of Directors, each for a two-year
term, and (ii) ratification of ...
Read articleAVI BioPharma Discloses New Contract With U.S. Government for up to $18 Million to Advance Development of AVI-7100 as H1N1 Flu Therapeutic
2010-06-08 01:08:09
Keywords: AVI BioPharma Discloses New Contract With U.S. Government for up to $18 Million to Advance Development of AVI-7100 as H1N1 Flu Therapeutic, avii
Quote: Securities and Exchange Commission providing the following disclosure:On June 4, 2010, AVI BioPharma, Inc. (the "Company"), entered into a new contract with the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("DTRA") to advance the development of AVI-7100, which was previously designated AVI-7367 and which has been renumbered by AVI, as a medical countermeasure against the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus (swine flu) in cooperation with the Transformational Medical Technologies program ("TMT") of the U.S. De...
Read articleAVI BIOPHARMA INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2010-06-08 01:08:09
Quote: Item 1.01.Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 4, 2010, AVI BioPharma, Inc. (the "Company"), entered into a new
contract with the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("DTRA")to advance the
development of AVI-7100, which was previously designated AVI-7367 and which has
been renumbered by AVI, as a medical countermeasure against the pandemic H1N1
influenza virus (swine flu) in cooperation with the Transformational Medical
Technologies program ("TMT") ...
Read articleAVI BioPharma to get up to $18M to study swine flu
2010-06-08 01:08:08
Quote: AVI BioPharma Inc. said it’s entered into a deal with the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) that could be worth up to $18 million for the Bothell drug company.According to AVI BioPharma (NASDAQ: AVII), the deal involves its AVI-7100 drug, a medical countermeasure that can be used against swine flu. The deal comes two months after a similar $4 million deal with the DTRA Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative (TMTI).The DTRA was formed in 1998 to combat threats of weapons...
Read articleUPDATE - AVI BioPharma muscle drug data positive; shares up
2010-06-03 09:02:52
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Quote: UPDATE 2-AVI BioPharma muscle drug data positive; shares up
* Says all patients show missing protein in highest 2 doses * Says drug safe and tolerable * Shares up as much as 14 pct(Adds details, analyst comment; updates share movement) June 2 (Reuters) - Biotechnology company AVI BioPharma Inc
(AVII.O) said its experimental drug to treat a genetic
muscle-wasting disease showed positive results in a clinical
study, sending its shares up as much as 14 percent.Top-line biopsy data showed the genera...
Read articleUPDATE - AVI BioPharma gives positive muscle drug clinical data
2010-06-02 10:31:31
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Quote: UPDATE 1-AVI BioPharma gives positive muscle drug clinical data
* Says all patients show missing protein in highest 2 doses * Says drug safe and tolerable * Shares up as much as 8 pct before the bell June 2 (Reuters) - Biotechnology company AVI BioPharma Inc
(AVII.O) said its experimental drug to treat a genetic
muscle-wasting disease showed positive results in a clinical
study, sending its shares up as much as 8 percent in premarket
trading Top-line biopsy data showed muscle fibres generating
t...
Read articleInPlay: AVI BioPharma announces topline biopsy data from Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of AVI-4658
2010-06-02 10:31:31
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Quote: Read articleAVI-4658 Demonstrates First Ever Reported Generation of Greater Than 50% Dystrophin-Positive Muscle Fibers in a Patient Following Systemic Administration in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; All Patients in Two Highest Dose Cohorts Generated New
2010-06-02 10:31:31
Keywords: AVI-4658 Demonstrates First Ever Reported Generation of Greater Than 50% Dystrophin-Positive Muscle Fibers in a Patient Following Systemic Administration in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; All Patients in Two Highest Dose Cohorts Generated New Dystrophin-Pos
Quote: Read articleLions Gate, AVI Biopharma: Early Volume Plays
2010-06-02 10:31:30
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Quote: The three-month average daily volume for Lions Gate is 984,000, according to Yahoo! Finance.Elsewhere, AVI Biopharma AVII) surged by 19 cents, or 13.7%, to $1.58 in the premarket session after the company said its experimental drug AVI-4658 showed positive results in a clinical study to treat a subgroup of patients with Duchenne muscle dystrophy, which is caused by a failure to produce a protein called dystrophin.AVI Biopharma said top-line biopsy data showed generation of dystrophin-positive mu...
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