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Biotech / Medical : Magainin Pharm (MAGN)
MAGN 8.625-2.1%9:43 AM EST

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To: Shlepper who wrote (155)10/26/1998 12:30:00 AM
From: Dave K  Read Replies (1) of 233
 
Shep, decided to spend a few hours checking around and found wealth of material on Squalamine/Angiogenesis and IL9 work/Asthma published lately.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry is published by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

jbc.org

Lately, due to bad past experiences, I've increased my focus on management (both on business savvy and scientific achievements). I don't know if MAGN management are business savvy (only time will tell) but felt a sense of encouragement during a conversation I had with Mike Zasloff a few months back (before he was promoted to top slot and probably now inaccessible). Along the scientific achievement angle I found this to be appealing...

amcity.com

Making rounds

Dr. Michael Zasloff, executive vice president of Plymouth Meeting-based Magainin Pharmaceuticals Inc., received the Solomon A. Berson Medical Alumni Achievement Award in Basic Sciences from the New York University School of Medicine on April 25. The alumni achievement award recognizes Zasloff's contributions to the understanding of innate immunity and host defense systems, including the discovery of magainins

... Magainin also presented new data on its asthma gene candidates, Interleukin-9 and the IL-9 receptor at the International Conference of the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society in Chicago last week. Company officials said the data provides further evidence that the company's genomics group has discovered an "important asthma pathway," which could lead to the development of asthma therapeutics ...

Not ready to mortgage the house but I do feel quietly optimistic long term.

Cheers,

Dave

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