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Biotech / Medical : Immunomedics (IMMU)

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To: Gustav G. Widmayer who wrote (250)12/3/1999 1:14:00 PM
From: David Moyer   of 371
 
Well we are back to 3 again. This is a sleeper that is waking up. Not only do we have 50% of 70% in remission for lymphoma who failed on chemo, bone marrow transplant and another product from a well capitalized biotech firm, we also have a way to deliver agents to the site.

When a NY Times article stated that angiostatin (Entremed) had "cured" rats of cancer the stock rose from 20 to 80 in one day. It is now in the 20's again. Lets assume that angiostatin works, and prevents the development of blood vessels to tumors. I am not a technical person but it would appear logical that cutting off the blood flow to a tumor systemically would also prevent the body creating blood vessels to heal itself. But if the angiostatin is targeted with one of tools IMMU has then there would be no systemic impairment of the body's ability to creat new blood vessels. Not that IMMU needs angiostatin. It appears their CEA antibody plus radiological and chemical agents attached to the antibody provides a decent enough kill ratio for tumors.

Would be interested in comments from anyone in the field given that my observations are based on intuition and not technical expertise.
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