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Biotech / Medical : Sepracor-Looks very promising

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To: Biomaven who wrote (1924)3/5/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: Don Miller  Read Replies (1) of 10280
 
Thanks for the informative response.

One thing that I think we stock holders should be aware of is other solutions for the allergic or asthma patients.

There is a potential new drug series in trial for since about September. There was a piece on one of the new programs (NBC Nightline, I think)about the general concept. These new drugs are referred to as IG-E Blockers. The IG-E blocker is injected monthly and blocks the receptor site. The great thing about them as I understand is they block all allergins, not just those accessible to desensitizing shoots.

Turns out the private company, Tanox, was described as in partnership with Genentech and Amgen on this particular drug. There may also be others working on the same general concept. I deferred investing thinking those two big partners would diminish the reward too much. They should have already been reporting success. I could not turn anything up on IGE blockers, during November and December searches, not even Tanox appeared.

Tanox has a web site.
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