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Biotech / Medical : Ligand (LGND) Breakout! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tuck who wrote (19311)	4/18/1998 1:18:00 PM
From: bluejeans	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32384

Hi Tuck Would you be willing to let the thread know how your hedge worked out or is it still working? Bob

To: tuck who wrote (19311)	4/18/1998 5:01:00 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 32384

Tuck, I think that the "generic" names that I listed are actually the scientific names. The scientific names for all-trans retinoic acid and 13-cis retinoic acid are tretinoin and isotretinoin, respectively, so Panretin, which is 9-cis retinoic acid is called alitretinoin. (the brand names for tretinoin are Retin-A, Renova, and Vesinoid, while isotretinoin is sold as Accutane. Thus the names are as follows: tretinoin=all trans retinoic acid=Retin-A, Renova, or Vesinoid isotretinoin=13-cis retinoic acid=Accutane alitretinoin=9-cis retinoic acid=Panretin (LGD1057) As far as Targretin (LGD1069) is concerned, the compound's name is very long and complex. However, I suspect that it is related to beta-carotene so its called bexarotene.