Searching for the Next Dendreon, Biovest's Emerging Cancer Vaccine



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Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Cell

I am always on the hunt for the next Dendreon.  Previously, I have mentioned Arqule in my article,  Is Arqule the next Dendreon?  Now possibly the future Cancer Vaccine maker, Biovest (BVTI).  Here is a news article that discusses the next possible cancer vaccine to follow Dendreon's Provenge.  Biovest is in clinical trials for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma with BiovaxID.  Yahoo Finance  BVTI

Biovest currently is emerging from bankruptcy, so this could be a very risky trade. Read more in this Florida newspaper article titled, Accentia, Biovest prepares to leave bankruptcy.  So it will remain on my radar until things get a little better financially.

What Comes After Dendreon’s Provenge?

Patricia F. Dimond, Ph.D.
Analysis & insight: Oct 18, 2010 
 

KEYWORDS:  Cancer, Geron, Lymphoma,  Vaccines , Dendreon, Biovest, Immunotherapies, Provenge, Ovarian Cancer, AML, BiovaxID, GRNVAC1, Prima Biomed, CVac

 

FDA approve's Dendreon's Provenge

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Here's Dendreon's newswire on it's approval of Provenge. Stock hit an all time high of 57.55 and has tapered off a bit around the 53 point range. This is a quality stock and it's profits should help the bottom line with this big news on April 29th, 2010.

SEATTLE, April 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN ) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PROVENGE(R)
(sipuleucel-T), an autologous cellular immunotherapy for the treatment of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic, castrate-resistant (hormone-refractory) prostate cancer (CRPC). PROVENGE is designed to induce an immune response against prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), an antigen expressed in most prostate cancers, and is the first in a new therapeutic class known as autologous cellular immunotherapies.