GlaxoSmithKline’s $2.6 billion hostile bid for Human Genome Science yesterday highlighted the commercial potential for biotech ImmuPharma's rival lupus drug, Lupuzor, suggest analysts.
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ImmuPharma plc is a drug discovery and development company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is principally engaged in investing in pharmaceutical research and development companies. The Company has operations in Mulhouse, France and Basle, Switzerland. The ImmuPharma plc focuses to develop drugs to treat serious medical conditions. It has five drugs in development to treat: lupus, cancer, severe pain, highly resistant infections, such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and inflammatory and allergic disorders. Its wholly owned subsidiaries include ImmuPharma (UK) Limited, which is a holding company; ImmuPharma (France) SA, which is engaged in pharmaceutical research and development, and ImmuPharma AG, which is engaged in pharmaceutical research and development.
20/04/12
GlaxoSmithKline’s $2.6 billion hostile bid for Human Genome Science yesterday highlighted the commercial potential for biotech ImmuPharma's rival lupus drug, Lupuzor, suggest analysts.
27/03/12
Drug discovery specialist ImmuPharma this morning said it is in discussions with a “number of companies” interested in jointly developing its breakthrough drug Lupuzor.
28/02/12
Very rarely does a small drug company have the opportunity to do the same transaction twice – with every prospect of getting an even better deal the second time around. But this is exactly what has happened with ImmuPharma.
03/02/12
We have a line-up that offers something for everyone at the Proactive Investors One2One Forum in London next Thursday (February 9). We have ImmuPharma and Oxford Pharmascience presenting alongside Seeing Machines and Probability.
21/11/11
Merchant Securities today initiated coverage of ImmuPharma with a ‘buy’ recommendation and 323 pence share price target. The valuation is based mainly on the potential of the company’s Lupuzor treatment for the auto-immune disease lupus, which has been given the regulatory green light to go into phase III clinical trials.
15/11/11
Investment Bank Espirito Santo has given a bullish assessment of the prospects for ImmuPharma and its lead drug Lupuzor as it has come up with a 200 pence valuation for the shares.
03/11/11
ImmuPharma chief executive Dimitri Dimitriou said he is very “optimistic about the future” as the company looks to seal a new licensing deal for Lupuzor, its flagship product. He revealed the group had “rekindled discussions” with big pharmaceuticals companies, and he is hopeful a deal can be struck.
03/11/11
Any lingering doubts over Immupharma’s lead drug, Lupuzor, were dispelled this morning when the group announced it would enter phase III clinical trials.
21/10/11
The drug discovery firm’s chief executive expects more interest from big pharma in its Lupus drug candidate now than when it signed its original deal with Cephalon in 2008
21/10/11
The broker says that ImmuPharma partner Cephalon has a “moral obligation” in the eyes of the US Food and Drug Administration to complete the clinical trial of the Lupus drug candidate
30/09/11
It was not quite the rock solid re-assurance followers were expecting. But at least it gave some cause for optimism. ImmuPharma said this morning it will update on the progress of the pivotal study on lead product Lupuzor once the acquisition of partner Cephalon is completed.
15/07/11
Immupharma will have been watching Teva Pharmaceuticals’ friendly US$6.8bn bid for Cephalon with great interest considering its development tie-up with Cephalon for Lupuzor, a treatment for auto-immune disease. Cephalon’s expected takeover opens up some interesting pathways for Lupuzor, according to analysts.
03/05/11
ImmuPharma shares were in demand this morning as the future of partner Cephalon became a little clearer.
06/04/11
The company appears remarkably relaxed about the future of its lead drug, Lupuzor, despite some near-term uncertainty.
05/04/11
ImmuPharma said this morning lead drug Lupuzor has a strong future despite uncertainty over the future of development partner Cephalon, which is the focus of a US$5.7 billion hostile bid. Chairman Richard Warr said this morning he is confident of the potential of the drug “irrespective of recent developments surrounding our licensing partner”.
30/03/11
US drugs group Cephalon was seen the potential buyer of AIM-listed ImmuPharma. Now the predator has become the prey. with Valeant Pharma launching a $5.7 billion takeover tilt for Cephalon. We examine the fall-out and ramifications of the Valeant deal for ImmuPharma.
25/03/11
Panmure Gordon's Savvas Neophytou is pondering whether ImmuPharma's US partner Cephalon might be thinking of acquiring the UK drugs discovery group before potentially positive results from a pivotal clinical study make ImmuPharma's low valuation a thing of the past and trigger large milestones and royalties.
11/03/11
The market has been slow to react to a US Food & Drugs Administration approval which could have some very positive implications for AIM-listed ImmuPharma (LON:IMM). This week lupus drug Benlysta was given the green light by the FDA with a clean label. The tiny AIM-listed biotechnology firm has a potentially more efficacious drug candidate.
21/02/11
The market today gave a muted response to some very encouraging early stage data on a fledgling cancer drug being developed by ImmuPharma. The drug is in the formative stages of development, which means analysts aren't ready to ascribe a valuation to the potentially breakthrough treatment. That said, the analysts already have some pretty punchy valuations for ImmuPharma based on its other drug, Lupuzor, for auto-immune disease Lupus.
27/01/11
The AIM-listed drug company is developing a treatment for Lupus, a life threatening auto-immune disease, which could take a prominent place in a multi-billion dollar market. Immupharma shares have had a bumpy ride of late but Panmure Gordon analyst Savvas Neophytou reckons the recent weakness presents an opportunity for new investors ahead of potentially transformational clinical trial results later this year.
12/10/10
We take a closer look at ImmuPharma, a biotechnology company with plenty of cash and lead drug candidate that has blockbuster potential.
08/04/10
ImmuPharma’s internal focus (Lupuzor is now the responsibility of Cephalon) remains on the progression of its lead drug candidates, particularly its cancer compound, IPP-204106.
19/10/09
The annual AIM award occurred last Thursday, inside is a list of the companies nominated in each of the categories, and the winners.