GNTA high IV

Discussion in 'Options' started by AngusP, Apr 28, 2004.

  1. Maverick74

    Maverick74

    I know this is not a reliable news but someone posted on the yahoo boards a headline from reuters that the drug was rejected.
     
    #81     May 3, 2004
  2. The news just crossed Reuters. The panel recommended rejection.

    http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040503/health_genta_1.html
     
    #82     May 3, 2004
  3. Maverick74

    Maverick74

    Reuters
    US FDA panel rejects Genta, Aventis cancer drug
    Monday May 3, 11:58 am ET


    GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel on Monday recommended rejection of an experimental cancer drug developed by biotech firm Genta Inc. (NasdaqNM:GNTA - News) and French drug maker Aventis SA (Paris:AVEP.PA - News).
    The companies are seeking Food and Drug Administration (News - Websites) clearance to sell the medicine, called Genasense, to treat patients with advanced melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.
     
    #83     May 3, 2004
  4. this is nuts.. bid @ 20, ask shooting from 1 to 5 ...

    what will happen now? they release the beast or do they auction onto the new opening?

    Tiki
     
    #84     May 3, 2004
  5. ktm

    ktm

    It's still sitting in T2, which is dissemination. Once it goes to T3, there will be a quote time and a release time.

    I am reading some stuff that says it isn't quite over for sure just yet, on Yahoo (by a few who know what they are talking about) and in one other place. The uncertainty is over question #3, which speaks to approvability. I wonder if the media jumped the gun?

    Stay tuned.
     
    #85     May 3, 2004
  6. Hey these things are fun (at least more fun then a soap opera)

    Does anyone have a bio-tech calendar? :p

    Tiki
     
    #86     May 3, 2004
  7. funny, citing the yahoo board... eternal optimists. The drug is dead this go-'round.
     
    #87     May 3, 2004
  8. ktm

    ktm

    Yeah, it's dead. Question 3 had nothing to do with the drug. It was speculative at best.
     
    #88     May 3, 2004
  9. Maverick74

    Maverick74

    Risk, did you ever sell that stock you bought back at 9.60?
     
    #89     May 3, 2004
  10. OMG, yes... It is my hope that nobody bought into the stock based on my post.

    I sold a few hundred puts and covered a nickel lower on Friday; no position in GNTA
     
    #90     May 3, 2004