What's New in the Pharma Sector: Free Research on Asterias, Dicerna,OncoMed, Heron, and Providence Service Corporation
NEW YORK, April 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
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Moments ago, Analysts Review released new research updates concerning several important developing situations including Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT: AST), Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRNA), OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMED), Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:HRTX), and The Providence Service Corporation. (NASDAQ: PRSC). Analysts Review provides a single unified platform for investors' to hear about what matters - proudly employing registered CFA® research staff and rigorous compliance procedures. The full research reports are being made available to the public for informational purposes only.
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AST Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=Asterias&d=23-Apr-2015&s=AST ),
DRNA Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=Dicerna&d=23-Apr-2015&s=DRNA ),
OMED Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=OncoMed&d=23-Apr-2015&s=OMED ),
HRTX Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=Heron&d=23-Apr-2015&s=HRTX ),
PRSC Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=Providence%20Service%20Corporation&d=23-Apr-2015&s=PRSC ).
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Events, Presentations, Progression of Clinical Trials, and Contracts
Analyst Update: Reviewed by: Rohit Tuli, CFA®
U.S. stocks edged higher on Wednesday as better than expected earnings and strong existing home sales data bolstered investor sentiment. The NASDAQ advanced 0.42% to finish at 5,035.17, its third straight gain and just 13 points below its record close reached on March 10, 2000. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.49% or 88.35 points to 18,038.27, and the S&P 500 gained 0.50%, or 9.69 points to close the session at 2107.96. European stocks closed with a mixed note on Wednesday, depressed by increasing concern over Greece's bailout negotiations and disappointing earnings. Germany's DAX and Britain's FTSE 100 index slipped 0.6% and 0.5%, respectively, while France's CAC gained 0.36% on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Asian market continued their good run with The Shanghai Composite and Japan's Nikkei closing at new multi-year highs on Wednesday.
Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Asterias) announced that the abstract describing long-term follow-up of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) from the Phase 2 clinical trial of the Company's autologous telomerase-based dendritic cell cancer vaccine, AST-VAC1, was selected for an oral presentation at the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, to be held in Chicago, Illinois May 29 - June 2, 2015.
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Dicerna) has reported promising new in vivo data for CTNNB1 DsiRNA in multiple patient-derived xenograft (PDX) and other models of diverse tumor types. CTNNB1 DsiRNA is an extended Dicer substrate short interfering RNA (DsiRNA-EX) therapeutic targeting β-catenin and is delivered using Dicerna's proprietary next generation EnCore™ lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology.
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OncoMed) announced that the Company has presented seven posters highlighting its Clinical and Preclinical Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Programs at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.
On April 2, 2015, Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Heron) announced that it has reached its enrollment target in MAGIC (Modified Absorption Granisetron In the Prevention of Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV)).
The Providence Service Corporation (Providence Service Corporation) announced that Mission Providence, its equity joint venture with Mission Australia was awarded with contracts from the Australian Department of Employment for the delivery of Employment Services across Australia for 5 year period ranging from 2015 to 2020.
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