Buzz on the Street: S&P Climbs Wall of Worry
2010-03-09 07:22:12
Keywords: buzz,banter,trading,investing,markets,analysis,money,finance,BUSINESS & MARKETS ,AMZN,GS,IFF,DNDN,SNY
Quote: Look to potentially add to the position through the $43.00 whole number DailyClick to enlarge60 minClick to enlargeThursday, March 4, 2010Provenge data excellentDavid MillerLate yesterday, Dendreon DNDN) released part of the data that will be presented Friday at the ASCO GU conference in San Francisco. These are updated data on Provenge, the company's drug for prostate cancer. The bottom line is the data got better with age, which is one more positive for the story. It makes even more likely the...
Read articleDendreon shares climb on Provenge study results
2010-03-05 05:27:48
Quote: NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Dendreon Corp. rose Thursday as updated study results suggested the drug developer's prostate cancer drug candidate Provenge will likely gain approval in spring and could become a blockbuster treatment.Food and Drug Administration is expected to make a regulatory decision on the drug on May 1.Shares rose $1.54, or 4.6 percent, to $35.16 in midday trading. The stock earlier traded at $35.32, its highest price in a decade. The stock is up 13 percent so far this week.The ...
Read articleDendreon Announces Webcast Presentations at Upcoming Investor Conferences
2010-03-04 06:49:13
Quote: ETThe presentations will be audio webcast live and available for replay from Dendreon's website, www.dendreon.com. Â Dendreon Corporation is a biotechnology company whose mission is to target cancer and transform lives through the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutics. The Company applies its expertise in antigen identification, engineering and cell processing to produce active cellular immunotherapy product candidates designed to stimulate an immune response. Â ...
Read articleSanofi drug shows promise against prostate cancer
2010-03-04 06:49:12
Quote: These can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more harm than good, says the society, which recommends that men talk with their doctors about whether screening is wise.Besides the experimental chemo drug, another potential treatment is on the horizon for advanced prostate cancer: Dendreon Corp.'s Provenge vaccine, which trains the immune system to fight tumors. It's called a vaccine even though it treats disease rather than prevents it.http://www.asco.orghttp://www.cancer.net......
Read articleDendreon Presents Updated IMPACT Results Confirming PROVENGE Improves Overall Survival in Patients With Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer
2010-03-04 06:49:12
Quote: "Furthermore, the results of this study validate cancer immunotherapy as an entirely new treatment paradigm that can provide patients with a clinically meaningful survival benefit coupled with a well-tolerated safety profile."Dendreon is seeking licensure for PROVENGE for men with metastatic CRPC and submitted an amended Biologics License Application for PROVENGE, for which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of May 1, 2010.IMPACT Study Detail IMP...
Read articleUPDATE - Dendreon: Provenge boosts survival 40 pct
2010-03-04 06:49:11
Keywords: United States of America,Pharmaceuticals (sub-industry),Biotechnology,Healthcare,Company News item,Economic news, EC, business/financial pages,
Quote: UPDATE 3-Dendreon: Provenge boosts survival 40 pct
* Provenge extends 3-yr survival by 40 pct vs placebo * Shares rise 2.9 percent after hours(Adds trial detail, sales projection, updates share price,
paragraphs 2-4, 7) By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES, March 3 (Reuters) - Updated trial results show
that an experimental cancer vaccine developed by Dendreon Corp
(DNDN.O) improved three-year survival of patients with advanced
prostate cancer by 40 percent compared with a placebo. Dendreon shares rose...
Read articleNo Panel For Provenge
2010-03-03 02:00:26
Keywords: Medicine, Pharmacuticals, Health Care, Drugs, Drug Companies, Hospitals, Health Insurance
Quote: The experimental prostate cancer treatment Provenge will not face a second panel of experts before the Food and Drug Administration decides whether or not to approve it.
"We will not be having an advisory committee on Provenge," says FDA spokeswoman Karen Riley.
A positive vote from an FDA advisory panel in March 2007 caused shares in maker Dendreon to triple; the stock plummeted three months later after the FDA rejected the drug. Since then, a group called Care To Live, which was foun...
Read articleReport Claims Dendreon Facing FDA Panel: BioBuzz
2010-03-03 02:00:26
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Adam Feuerstein ,Drugs
Quote: (Updated with new lede, company, analyst and FDA comments, stock price.)TheStreet) -- Volatility rocked DendreonDNDN Quote) shares Tuesday morning after an independent and unconfirmed research report claimed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was going to convene an advisory panel meeting to review the company's prostate cancer drug Provenge.Dendreon shares fell about 10% to below $30 a share in pre-market trading as copies of the bearish report from Favus Institutional Research hit Wall...
Read articleDendreon Won't Face Second FDA Panel: BioBuzz
2010-03-03 02:00:26
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Adam Feuerstein ,Drugs
Quote: (Updated with new lede, company, analyst and FDA comments, stock price.)TheStreet) -- Volatility rocked DendreonDNDN Quote) shares Tuesday morning after an independent and unconfirmed research report claimed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was going to convene an advisory panel meeting to review the company's prostate cancer drug Provenge.Dendreon shares fell about 10% to below $30 a share in pre-market trading as copies of the bearish report from Favus Institutional Research hit Wall...
Read articleUPDATE - US FDA sees no public hearing for Dendreon vaccine
2010-03-03 02:00:25
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Quote: UPDATE 3-US FDA sees no public hearing for Dendreon vaccine
* No advisory meeting planned, FDA spokeswoman says * Dendreon shares close up 2.3 percent(Updates shares; adds background on previous panel meeting)Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration is not planning to seek advice from its outside
advisers over Dendreon Corp's (DNDN.O) experimental prostate
cancer vaccine, fueling investor speculation about the product
and sending company shares higher. ...
Read articleDendreon rises; FDA says no meeting on Provenge
2010-03-03 02:00:25
Quote: WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shares of biotechnology company Dendreon Corp. jumped Tuesday after federal regulators said they don't plan to hold a public meeting on the company's prostate cancer treatment, possibly leading to quicker approval for the drug.Shares of the Seattle-based company rose 70 cents, or 2.1 percent, to $33.21 in afternoon trading. They earlier set a new year high of $35.27, eclipsing a previous peak of $33.85 set Feb. 22.A spokeswoman for the Food and Drug Administration said the age...
Read articleThree Biotech Bets Worth Making
2010-03-02 04:19:46
Keywords: Intelligent Investing, Hilary Kramer, Dendreon, Medivation, PositiveID
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Dendreon Corporation(DNDN -news-people): Currently hovering in the $30-$32 range, this stock could more than double to $65 by mid-2011. The Seattle-based biotech company is focused on targeting and eradicating cancer. This is a revolutionary new way to fight cancer. The key is that DNDN's scientists are on the forefront of introducing a new class of therapy known as active cellular immunotherapies ("ACIs"). This approach uses live human cells to t...
Read articleBiotech Calendar: Key Dates for March
2010-03-01 09:11:37
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Adam Feuerstein ,Drugs
Quote: BOSTON (TheStreet) -- A calendar of important, potentially stock-moving biotech events for March:March 2-3RBC Capital Markets Healthcare ConferenceMarch 4Bristol-Myers Squibb investor/analyst meetingBMY Quote)March 5-7ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium: DendreonDNDN Quote) presenting updated data from the phase III study of ProvengeMarch 8-11Cowen & Co Healthcare ConferenceMarch 9FDA advisory panel meets to discuss InterMune'sITMN Quote) pirfenidone for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fi...
Read articleDendreon takes bigger 4Q loss as spending grows
2010-02-26 11:00:31
Quote: SEATTLE (AP) -- Development stage biotechnology company Dendreon Corp. reported a larger fourth-quarter loss on Monday, saying its spending surged as it prepared to file for regulatory approval of its prostate cancer drug Provenge.Dendreon completed its filing for Food and Drug Administration approval in November.The company posted a fourth-quarter loss of $32.5 million, or 28 cents per share. In the fourth quarter of 2008 it took a loss of $8.8 million, or 9 cents per share. Its revenue fell to...
Read articleDendreon Reports Fourth Quarter and 2009 Year End Financial Results
2010-02-25 04:25:53
Quote: Dendreon's total operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009 were $100.1 million compared to $70.6 million in 2008. As of December 31, 2009, Dendreon had approximately $606 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term and long-term investments compared to $111 million as of December 31, 2008.Recent Highlights: "The positive results from our IMPACT study of PROVENGE made 2009 a momentous year for Dendreon and its stockholders as we initiated the transition to a commercial enterpr...
Read articleDendreon takes bigger 4Q loss as spending grows
2010-02-25 04:25:52
Quote: SEATTLE (AP) -- Development stage biotechnology company Dendreon Corp. reported a larger fourth-quarter loss on Monday, saying its spending surged as it prepared to file for regulatory approval of its prostate cancer drug Provenge.Dendreon completed its filing for Food and Drug Administration approval in November.The company posted a fourth-quarter loss of $32.5 million, or 28 cents per share. In the fourth quarter of 2008 it took a loss of $8.8 million, or 9 cents per share. Its revenue fell to...
Read articleEndo Smokin' After Surprising Earnings
2010-02-23 05:00:08
Keywords: U.S. Markets, U.S. Equities, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care, Prescription drugs, Earnings
Quote: Of particular note were sales of Lidoderm, a topical pain treatment, which accounted for $204 million in the quarter, ahead of the analyst's expected $201 million.Meanwhile, shares of cancer treatment maker DendreonDNDNnewspeople) hit a one-year high on Monday after a JPMorgan Chase analyst started coverage of the company at an "overweight" rating. Dendreon ticked up 58 cents, or 1.8%, to $32.92.Other pharmaceutical makers were trading relatively flat.PfizerPFEnewspeople) ticked up 1 cent, or .1...
Read articleEndo Pharma Gains On 2010 Outlook.
2010-02-23 05:00:08
Keywords: U.S. Markets, U.S. Equities, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, Health care, Earnings, Guidance
Quote: Meanwhile, shares of cancer treatment maker DendreonDNDNnewspeople) hit a one-year high on Monday after a JPMorgan Chase analyst started coverage of the company at an "overweight" rating. Dendreon ticked up 95 cents, or 2.9%, to $33.31.Other pharmaceutical makers were trading relatively flat. PfizerPFEnewspeople) ticked up 2 cent, or .1%, to $18.01; Johnson & JohnsonJNJnewspeople) dipped 10 cents, or .2%, to $63.70; and NovartisNVSnewspeople) slid 24 cents, or .4%, to $55.02.......
Read articleDENDREON CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition
2010-02-23 05:00:07
Quote: Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 22, 2010, Dendreon Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Dendreon") issued a press release regarding Dendreon's financial results for
its full year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009. The full text of
Dendreon's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this report, including the exhibit, is provided under Item
2.02 of Form 8-K and, pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, shall not...
Read articleDendreon Reports Fourth Quarter and 2009 Year End Financial Results
2010-02-23 05:00:07
Quote: Dendreon's total operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009 were $100.1 million compared to $70.6 million in 2008. As of December 31, 2009, Dendreon had approximately $606 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term and long-term investments compared to $111 million as of December 31, 2008.Recent Highlights: "The positive results from our IMPACT study of PROVENGE made 2009 a momentous year for Dendreon and its stockholders as we initiated the transition to a commercial enterpr...
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