OK so you thought the title of the other thread was out of date BUT unfortunately there is no way to edit thread titles.

So here is a new title

This one has got the charts at the top again & has a link to the old one.
http://www.moneyam.com/InvestorsRoom/posts.php?tid=5021

45% is a nice mark-up eh. I find similar movement with PDX and GFM which have been dormant for too long.

see FTSE thread

Low volumes, MM playing games, don't get locked in!

FWIW, I think MM's are marking up stocks whenever there is any demand, partly to get more for the stock they may hold from earlier, but more-likely to get some folks to sell ( to satisfy the Buyers).
Thus there is no need to panic-buy - unless you believe this stock is really worth much more - my av. is about 35p, so some way to go, yet.

Some good news for OXB this morning:

OXB - new collaboration agreement with Sanofi-Aventis

'The initial payment from Sanofi-Aventis significantly strengthens Oxford BioMedica's financial resources. As a result, with pro forma net cash as at 31 December 2008 of approximately 51 million, the Directors estimate that current cash is sufficient to support the Company's operations into 2012.'

heres hoping it helps drive the stock up - lets see what the outcome of the anylysts meeting is?

Sure it's good News, but it only confirms a belief - it is not in itself a profit-stream . . . althjough maybe closer than anything else the Market reacts to.
+I note that Pendragon is up 44% on new financing - sure that means "certainty", but you can bet it will cost and there may be strings . . . . (I don't hold [PEND], yet).

EDIT (010609)-Up to 10p mid on RNS that Trovax is getting good reveiws.

some good news again for trovax at last

Looks like this is really starting to move up now - so glad I bought back and seeing a profit!

OXB recently presented at a major international conference: "In all trials, TroVax was well tolerated with no serious adverse events..."

Another pleasant surprise to come home to!
OXB and a few other 'minnows' are presenting at the Piper Jaffray Fourth Annual Europe Conference in London this week (24th or thereabouts).

Webcast today at 09:30 on:
www.oxfordbiomedica.co.uk

to discuss today's RNS:
"Oxford BioMedica is committed to further development of TroVax with a partner and expressions of interest from prospective partners have already been received. Following the positive outcome of the FDA's review, the Company is implementing a broad partnering initiative and is also progressing discussions with clinical trial networks and clinicians who may conduct independent studies of TroVax."

For full details go to:
Positive review by FDA for further development and trials of TroVax

Good morning all>


Great news for all investorsTrovex as was expected is still alive and kickinga partnership deal must be imminent.hopefully a 30% SP rise today as a starterfingers crossed.
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Martin C-J - 30 Jun'09 - 12:39 - 809 of 866

romust - I just talked to OXB and they are just waiting for the actual communication from the FDA to arrive. Any day or moment now. And I don't think there are any nasty surprises.

how good does news have to be to get a rise???

Clearly the "news" isn't all that good, witness sp drifting down! - This "news" just means thaty the FDA accepts that OXB (and their Agents) made a fist of (the failed) Trovax trial-recruitment. That's my "take" FWIW.
This is a bit like the England Cricket Team asking the Umpire to "press Reset" because they are wearing the wrong outfit.

The worry now (IMHO) is that OXB needs to tread carfully so that their "replacement trial" is sufficiently "random" to please the FDA, without cries of "Foul!" . . . . I suspect OXB needs to become more-involved in the patient selection and avoid countries that would use the "treatment" as a form of "National Health" - er, if I understand the nature of the earlier-problem.

It might be better to recruit only genuine english-speaking patients (from Europe and N.America), so at least there is a decent chance any rogues can be eliminated before the trials start.

My other concern is that by permitting this "poor" Trial (now stopped), the Directors of OXB have demonstrated that a cartload of Monkeys would not make a worse fist of wasting Investor's investment by pouring "time" down the drain...er, it says here...the sp was well over 30p until this Trial flopped.

I accept that the outcome is OXB now have "more Cash" (Hooray!) and that "Trovax" appears to be well-tolerated - that is a great relief, then.

Gene therapy boost

3:31pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
By Maggie Hartford

GENE therapy company Oxford Biomedica was boosted by a ruling by US drug regulators that it can continue to develop its cancer vaccine TroVax.

The company's shares rose following an announcement that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had completed a review, acknowledged that confounding factors" may have contributed to the increased number of deaths in a trial of Trovax, the Trist study.

Last year the company axed 13 jobs at its Oxford Science Park headquarters following a fall in its share price after regulators said no more vaccine should be given to the 700-plus kidney cancer patients in the Trist trial.

Dr Stuart Naylor, Oxford BioMedicas chief scientific officer, said: We are encouraged that the results of the Trist study further support the anti-cancer activity of the immune response.

"Our exploratory analyses of this first placebo-controlled, randomised study of TroVax suggest that patients who are more likely to respond to TroVax and benefit from treatment, can be pre-selected.

"Our constructive dialogue with the FDA provides a clear path for further development of TroVax in multiple cancer settings.

Chief executive John Dawson said: The Trist study has yielded valuable insights into the potential for TroVax as a therapeutic cancer vaccine, despite not achieving its primary endpoint.

He added: "We have already received expressions of interest from several pharmaceutical companies that have previously reviewed the programme. We remain committed to the successful development and commercialisation of TroVax.

In May, Oxford Biomedica announced a dealwith pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-aventis giving it enough cash to last until 2012.

ProSavin PhI/II study (Oxford Biomedica)


TIDMOXB

RNS Number : 5402V
Oxford Biomedica PLC
13 July 2009










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| For Immediate Release | 13 JULY 2009 |
+---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+


OXFORD BIOMEDICA ANNOUNCES UPDATE ON PHASE I/II STUDY OF PROSAVIN IN
PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Oxford, UK - 13 July 2009: Oxford BioMedica (LSE: OXB), a leading gene therapy
company, today announces an update on the Phase I/II study of its novel gene
therapy, ProSavin, for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Patients treated at
the first dose level have maintained their improvement in motor function for one
year, with an average improvement of 29%. Analogous investigator assessments of
patients in the second cohort treated at a higher dose level have
achieved similar benefit at three months, and the first patient to reach their
six-month assessment has demonstrated further improvement. The Data Monitoring
Committee supported Oxford BioMedica's proposal to proceed to a third dose level
incorporating the Company's new administration technology.


The ongoing Phase I/II study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of
ProSavin in patients with mid-stage Parkinson's disease (PD) who are
experiencing reduced benefit on L-DOPA 'equivalent' therapy. ProSavin is
administered directly into the striatum of the brain using a well established
surgical technique. The first stage of the study is a dose escalation in cohorts
of three patients at each dose level and, to date, six patients have been
treated. Three patients that received the first dose level (1x) have reached
their one-year assessments and three patients at the second dose level (2x) have
been assessed at three months post treatment. Motor function is assessed
according to the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Score (UPDRS) in patients'
'off state' (i.e. after withdrawal of PD medication).


ProSavin has been safe and well tolerated in all patients, with no serious
adverse events and no evidence of immunotoxicity. All patients have reduced or
maintained their PD medication relative to baseline.


One year after their treatment, patients at the 1x dose have maintained their
improved motor function with an average increase of 29%. All patients have
enhanced their quality of life, based on a standard measure of clinical benefit
that is recorded by the patient using a questionnaire known as PDQ-39. The
average increase in patients' PDQ-39 score was 42% at one year.


At three months, patients at the 2x dose have increased motor function with an
average improvement of 28% and the first of these patients to be assessed at six
months has shown further benefit. All patients in the second cohort
have experienced a better quality of life at three months with an average
improvement of 33%.


The study's independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) has reviewed the data,
as required by the study protocol, and supported the Company's proposal to
proceed directly to a third dose level that is five-fold higher than the first
dose level. Oxford BioMedica plans to follow the DMC's recommendation and
incorporate its new delivery technology for the administration of the 5x dose
level of ProSavin. The new technique reduces the surgical time, facilitates
higher dosing and has the potential to provide better reproducibility as study
centres expand and thus accelerate clinical development timelines. A protocol
amendment for the new technology is being prepared, which will be submitted and
reviewed by the French healthcare regulatory agency, AFSSAPS. The Company aims
to complete the submission before the end of the third quarter of 2009.


The Principal Investigator, Professor Sthane Palfi from the
Henri Mondor Hospital in Paris, commented on the results: "The new data are
highly promising, demonstrating long-lasting benefit that is comparable in some
patients to the current alternative of Deep Brain Stimulation. If the higher
dose levels of ProSavin can provide even greater efficacy, then ProSavin would
represent a breakthrough treatment for patients who currently have limited
options when they fail on current medications."


John Dawson, Oxford BioMedica's Chief Executive Officer, added: "We are
delighted by the safety and efficacy data emerging from this first-in-man study
of ProSavin. In parallel with the ongoing trial, we are designing protocols for
the next stage of development, which we will present to both the FDA and EMEA.
Discussions with prospective partners are also progressing well. Our objective
is to complete the current study in the second half of 2010 and advance into
larger studies with a partner as soon as possible."


-Ends-

Good news - thanks Tabasco! This is in addition to the positive results they are getting with another drug in development, TroVax, so should (hopefully!) be a good long-term hold.

Early trading rather confusing - up 13% immediately following 7 x buys of 30,000 (probably all the same trade !!) and then nothing but sells and back to scratch in minutes. It will be interesting to see how the day unfolds.

Interesting to note that today I came across TroVax having been identified by a major pharmaceutical company as a potential threat to their established drug, for a certain type of cancer therapy.

what ho ms T!