Year: 2020

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Inovio: COVID-19 Vaccine Could Still Play a Role Further Down the Line

November 11, 2020 admin Comments Off on Inovio: COVID-19 Vaccine Could Still Play a Role Further Down the Line

The old cliché of “a game of two halves” can apply almost perfectly to Inovio Pharmaceuticals’ (INO) 2020. Until roughly the end of June, shares of the formerly little-known biotech were on an absolute tear. As one of the smaller companies to benefit from the market’s infatuation with “coronavirus stocks,” the company’s valuation soared on the premise of the successful development of INO-4800, its DNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate.But since then, sentiment has soured as the vaccine’s development has not gone smoothly. Progress hit a brick wall in September, when the FDA halted the planned Phase 2/3 study of INO-4800. The …read more […]

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Compass Therapeutics IPO Set for $50 Million Nasdaq Offering

November 11, 2020 admin Comments Off on Compass Therapeutics IPO Set for $50 Million Nasdaq Offering

The Compass Therapeutics IPO is set to hit the market. The company saw successful preclinical trials and hopes to have its products approved by 2022. Now, investors are interested in Compass Therapeutics stock.
But is Compass Therapeutics a good investment? Here’s what we know…
Compass Therapeutics IPO: The Business

Thomas Schuetz, MD, PhD co-founded Compass Therapeutics in 2014. At the time, he was a venture partner at OrbiMed, Compass’ largest shareholder. The company is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Compass’ goal is to support the role of the immune system using anti-body based therapies to fight cancer. It claims its approach can be used …read more […]

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Stock Market Crash History, Causes and More

November 11, 2020 admin Comments Off on Stock Market Crash History, Causes and More

While the 1929 stock market crash did not directly cause the Great Depression, it was the beginning of a downward spiral for the United States economy. Capitalism revolves around an economic cycle of expansion and contraction. This means that the stock market can increase in value for a while, but a decline will always occur at some point.

What Is a Stock Market Crash?
A stock market crash is when stock prices drastically decline in a short amount of time. When this happens, investors lose a huge amount of wealth on paper. Unfortunately, a stock market crash can lead to panic selling. …read more […]

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Is Five Prime Stock a Buy Right Now? This Is What You Need To Know

November 11, 2020 admin Comments Off on Is Five Prime Stock a Buy Right Now? This Is What You Need To Know

Change is in the air. A new President-elect and the possibility of an end to the pandemic. Some things, however, will always stay the same.Like small cap biotech stocks skyrocketing following the announcement of positive clinical trial results. Case in point: Five Prime Therapeutics (FPRX) shares took off in Wednesday’s trading as much as 349%, after the company disclosed that bemarituzumab, its stomach cancer drug candidate, beat the placebo in a midstage trial.Specifically, in the Phase 2 study (FIGHT) assessing a blend of bemarituzumab and chemo regimen mFOLFOX6 in patients with fibroblast growth factor receptor 2b-positive (FGFR2b+), non HER2-positive (non …read more […]