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From the South Africa article link- discussing S. Africa law and regulation of un-proven "stem cell treatments" and "medical tourism" in S. Africa.
Last paragraphs near the bottom: (notice, you DO NOT find "diabetes" or "arthritis" or "and more" and "spinal cord" mentioned in "proven safe" treatments)
http://www.sajbl.org.za/index.php/sajbl/article/view/235/226
"Conclusion
The increasing demand for stem cell therapies should be countered by efforts to raise public awareness about the types of treatments that are scientifically sound and safe. To date, proven stem cell treatments include bone marrow transplants, bone and skin grafts, and treatments for blood and immune disorders, leukaemia and corneal disease. Patients must be informed that multiple diseases cannot be treated with the same type of stem cells.
Weak legal enforcement of the MRSCA permits the emergence of medically unsound and unethical practices that may exploit emotionally vulnerable patients.6 The only trusted sources of evidence confirming that a treatment is safe and effective are (i) independent clinical trials, approved by government regulatory agencies; (ii) evidence of ethical clearance; (iii) publication and peer review assessment in international scientific journals; and (iv) replication of results by other laboratories.
False advertisement and promises of miracle cures should be banned. Stringent rules are needed to ensure that pre-clinical studies and well-controlled clinical trials have been conducted before introducing cells into the patient.6 There must be well-proven records which indicate that the desired therapeutic effect will, under normal circumstances, be achieved.6 The person who administers such therapies must be medically qualified and familiar with stem cell therapies for a prescribed number of years. Furthermore, any work involving stem cells that will be (re)introduced into patients must be conducted in accredited or authorised institutions only, under strictly controlled conditions6 to ensure that this material is not contaminated and that no adverse effects will be produced under normal conditions.
Despite the legal requirements for the registration of biological medicines, the MCC has capacity problems and an ineffective law enforcement arm.32 The most recent example is the inability of the MCC’s law enforcement unit to deal with the so-called ‘snake doctors’ who offer bogus medical cures, including for HIV and AIDS. To compound the existing situation, the legal framework relating to the regulation of human tissues is generally unsatisfactory."
Doesn't sound to me like the S. African regulatory bodies are all "down" and "cool" with ole stem cell "treatments" being done in their backyards? Sounds like they see huge problems, are understaffed and realize they got some big problems going on IMO. That's what that article just explained to me, IMO. From the S. African Journal of Bioethics and LAW.
Doesn't explain anything. The company, BHRT is located on U.S. soil- so if they are providing any product(s), services, etc that goes into this "treatment" and it's being made here, the profits and money of the 49% ownership return here, etc, then the FDA is involved IMO, as the product is a "drug" or "medical" device and under their regulatory authority.
The article sited is discussing S. African law, which means nothing to a company operating off of U.S. soil.
Pfizer for example, can not make an un-approved drug on U.S. soil- and then simply claim that since they don't market it here, everything is cool, aka we're only selling it in the 3rd world or whatever. Not how it works as far as I'm aware?
If you bring your money back here, aka revenues and profits, if you produce anything here that goes into the process/product/procedure or whatever- then it's "regulated" here as far as our regulatory bodies are concerned.
Else, IMO, you'd have to have a fully "off-shore" subsidiary or similar that fully handles the non U.S. regulated items and insure that no money, profits or anything else is ever repatriated back to the U.S. side, otherwise, you're under our laws and regulations IMO.
Further also, it says Comella "trained" and provided her "expertise" to do these medical procedures (and she's not even a physician)- and then returns back to U.S. soil as her home base of operations. Just watch the 60 minutes piece on questionable stem cell "treatments" and how long the arm of U.S. law is when it comes to physicians, medical "treatments", "cures" etc- done in this country and especially U.S. based people/companies attempting to provide those services off-shore, outside the U.S. borders.
"treating patients in the new facility! "?? How can Bioheart be "treating patients" for anything when they have no FDA or Euro or otherwise "approved" so called stem cell based "treatments" for anything? These "patients" are thus guinea pigs for un-approved, un-scientific, experimental, cash payment so called "treatments"? Wow, IMO.
From the PR:
"Last week a total of 12 patients underwent autologous cell therapies for the treatment of spinal cord injury, diabetes, arthritis, autoimmune disease and more."
"stem cells "are not proven as a "treatment" for a single thing indicated in that paragraph- not one. And what is "and more"?? Who writes a PR line like that? List what they were supposedly "treated" for- not "and more"? What does that even mean?
From same PR:
"Kristin Comella, Bioheart's Chief Science Officer, who attended the grand opening, said, "The facilities in South Africa are top notch and mirror FDA facilities that we have in the U.S. Bioheart has provided the necessary training and expertise to the staff at SASCI. "
What FDA facilities in the U.S.? Bioheart has NO, NONE FDA approved stem cell based "product(s)" in the U.S., let alone "treatments" or "facilities" in which medical "treatment" can be used- unless under a strict, FDA approved "trial" protocol? What's that statement supposed to mean?
From same PR:
How can Bioheart provide the "necessary training" to supposedly "treat" things like "diabetes" and "arthritis" and "autoimmune" whatever- they have ZERO expertise or approved anything in those areas? So how do they train others in those supposed "treatments"? Who at Bioheart is qualified and has any M.D. or medical license to train a physician to "treat" anyone for something like "diabetes", let alone do it with an unnproven, experimental "treatment" such as using stem cells?
WOW, IMO. This is fascinating stuff. Wild, IMHO. The FDA must be interested in this, IMO.
Oh, and as usual- NO contact info for the "new facility" - not an address, phone, web site, email, nothing. What a surprise IMO. So "medical tourists" will find this place how, so they can get their "experimental" I guess "treatments" there?
Oh, and who is it again, in the S. African Ministry of Health exactly, that BHRT is supposedly "working with"? I'm gonna email the "Ministry" and ask about their "Bioheart program" and ask for names, titles, etc. Just curious is all. Would like to know what the "program" is that they have for "stem cells" in S. Africa involving the "Ministry of Health" and Bioheart- should be interesting, IMO.
Bid just dropped again to .0231. It took from 1:11 PM Eastern to 3:54 PM Eastern to post a single trade- and it dropped it 2% more to down 6%.
Now they have the spread back at Grand Canyon wide- like they may try and "paint the tape" on closing, maybe one micro trade in these last few minutes to make it look like it didn't trade down, nearly as hard as it did all day.
3 more minutes for the 15 minute delay- lets see where they close it on this huge spread they just opened up with bid at .0232 and ask at .0259, hard to believe that spread is real?
There it is, 4 PM Eastern and they closed it at .0240, down 4%. Squeezed a little micro trade in there at the end- to paint it up 2% from being down 6%. 3:56 PM Eastern was last trade- just a tad to push it up, looks like.
But flatlined out almost half the trading day and low was .0231, bottom dropping out of the bid - interesting. Hanging well below that 200 DMA for heading into 2 plus weeks now.
Over 2.5 hours, almost 3 hours now since last trade (just after 1 PM Eastern)- even with the bid and ask dropped so low, just no buyers stepping up to the plate? Has just totally flat-lined out.
Kinda strange, IMO?
"Only up from here on any news."???
They just put out "news" last week- the big "South Africa PR" and it's going down? Not up?
It's below the 200 DMA and well below the 50 DMA, in a downtrend. It's essentially back to a 2 cent stock, maybe 2.5 cent on a good day. It's taken about a 20% to 25% loss in just about a one month's span? That's not looking real solid IMO.
It's taken a more than 50% to approx. 70% loss from the April PR run-up, high of .08, then .06 or so- a huge loss for anyone who bought those highs, only 5 short month's ago.
There it went- bid and ask just collapsed again, back below the 200 DMA. .0231 bid and .0240 ask (spread is wide).
It had been flat-lining, not as bad as the past couple of weeks, but it was still 20 to 30 plus minutes between trades and the spread was wide open earlier too. Looks like they couldn't hold it up apparently?
The big PR last week- I guess, IMO, can't put any gas back in the tank? It's caught a case of "PR FATIGUE" IMHO. They don't even list a simple address or location or web site for the doctor and "new facility", I mean how much can that PR really amount too then? First thing most would ask, IMO, is where's it located, how big is this "new deal/facility", where's the monetary projections for the 49% BHRT ownership, what's the facility look like, what's this Dr. Bell's expertise in stem cells, etc.? I mean they say they can supposedly "reach and provide therapies or treatments or whatever to 51 MILLION" people- which just happens to be essentially the entire population of S. Africa? Actually it says "more than" 51 MILLION.
Exact quote from PR:
"Dr. Walter Bell and his team will offer these therapies to the more than 51 million people living in South Africa as well as being a premier site for medical tourism."
But not an address or phone or web site? Really? How come? How do you go there as a "medical tourist" if you can't even look it up on Google maps or a simple web site or whatever? How does that work? Extremely vague IMO.
Opened on $28.16 cents traded (1024 shares), supposedly "up" plus 4%. And now it's down 4.92%.
The spread is back to Grand Canyon wide- looks like they need to try and get it back in that 2.75 to 3 cent range which is where they appear to do all the dumping for the big boys, who hold 10's of millions of shares BHRT handed out at about 1 to 1.5 cents each (see most recent 10-K/10-Q filings), then wash, rinse and repeat.
It's been the pattern since the March/April PR run-up, then all down hill essentially from there, with a pop or two along the way, which always has selling into that strength, bringing it right back to the 2 cent range approx.
That seems to be about all it's going to do. They continue to dilute at a furious rate, rely on toxic convertible debt financing, and any "revenue" has already been consumed, IMO, in huge base pay and "bonuses" to just two people in the company. Just the bonuses for this yr alone total almost $1 MILLION ($500K for Tomas and $300K for Commela = $800K). None of this "revenue" has, or will go to "trials" IMO, it's already been promised in the huge base salary and bonus "perks" department. $5K a month being spent on R&D, and they're supposedly going to run FDA quality, phase II/III trial(s) , plural, on that pittance of an R&D budget? No, don't think so IMO.
How much has expenses/spending increased for base salary/bonuses for just the two insiders?
End of yr 2013 10K filing, PAGE 71:
Tomas 2012: Base salary was $247,585 , bonus was $0, total compensation $347,585
By end of 2013 he'd perked that up to the following per the table page 71:
Base salary $391,667, bonus $375,000 and total comp package $936,804
Meaning he'd almost TRIPLED his total comp package in a yr- the yr that produced the lowest stock price in company history, 6/10th of 1 cent, end of 2013.
Comella, 2012:
Base was $105,671 and bonus was N/A and total compensation was $105,671
By end 2013 she'd been perked up to (same table page 71)
Base pay $159,167, bonus of $125K and total comp package $366,083
(a better than TRIPLE in a single year- nice!)
But wait, it gets better. Now comes the 2014, Q-2 10-Q filing- and MORE base salary and another, bigger bonus round for "the two".
Latest 10-Q, PAGE 25:
"On July 28, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the 2014/2015 salary for Mike Tomas, Chief Executive Officer, at $525,000 per year, beginning July 1, 2014 with an incentive bonus ranging from $150,000 to $500,000. In addition, the Board of Directors will grant Mr. Tomas options to be determined on or before June 30, 2015. The Company’s Board of Directors approved a bonus of $500,000"
So, in two years essentially, he boosted his base pay from $247,585 to now $525K (a real sweet DOUBLE) and he added on another "bonus" payment of $500K. Making two yrs of bonuses of $300K + $500K = $800K in just 2 yrs, almost $1 MILLION dollars.
So just Tomas' annual base pay + bonus now will consume over $1 MILLION in cash from the company ($525K + $500K = $1 million)- for a company that just ended the most recent qtr with a grand total of $92K cash in the bank.
Comella, from same 10-Q, most recent filing is now getting:
"On July 28, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the 2014/2015 salary for Kristin Comella, Chief Scientific Officer, at $250,000 per year, beginning July 1, 2014 with an incentive bonus ranging from $100,000 to $300,000. In addition, the Board of Directors will grant Ms. Comella options to be determined on or before June 30, 2015. The Company’s Board of Directors approved a bonus of $300,000 "
So that's $250K base + $300K "bonus" for her = $550K of the company's cash to fund her. Not including their stock options and "other" perks either. So, just Tomas and Comella are going to consume over $1.5 MILLION in cash- and what are the supposed "revenues" (after cost of sales) going to be? Not enough to cover even those salaries and bonuses IMO.
So how much cash will be consumed just to "fund" Tomas + Comella, just two people in a cash poor company?
$525K + $500K (Tomas) + $250K + $300K (Comella) = $1,575,000 annually for TWO PEOPLE = $1,575,000/12 = $131,250 PER MONTH CASH. (remember, the company just finished Q-2, with $92K TOTAL CASH ON HAND left, per the 10-Q filing). THAT is "perspective" IMO.
In about a 2 yr period, two insiders have for the most part nearly TRIPLED their own pay packages- while the company can't fund R&D and trials per their own SEC filing comments. Do you know people in this economy getting triple salary increases in a 2 yr period, while their company is in dire financial condition? I sure don't? I know companies doing pretty well- fully profitable, growing at high rates, etc and I don't know anyone in them that tripled their pay packages, not even doubled their pay packages, not in these economic times? And those numbers don't even include stock options to Tomas and Comella, and they've each received large blocks of those too, some vesting immediately.
But the key trials (Marvel, Regen and Mirror) can't advance why again, for "lack of funding" (see same 10-Q filing, page 27, company's own words)
The much touted "revenues"- making zero difference to the long term prospects of this company IMHO. Not a dime of it's going to fund "trials" that I can see from reading the SEC filings, it's all, already been consumed and promised to insiders. That's my read on the simple math of the SEC filings.
One day- a trend does not a maketh, not even close. "Stablized" at what- about a 2.5 cent stock, with a market cap close to their current debt, agreed. The stocks been in a protracted down trend- spending most of its time below not only the 50 DMA, but also the 200 DMA.
Other than that, one day's trading doesn't change anything.
What "trial results"? None of their major, phase II/III trials are advancing at all, per the latest 10-Q filing, for "lack of funding"? So what "trial results" are there that matter? Which ones?
Technical analysis DEATH CROSS setting up - it's getting real close. The 200 DMA and 50 DMA have been merging for the past month.
If the 200 DMA breaks above the 50 DMA (same as 50 DMA dropping below the 200 DMA) it's a major bearish, heavy selling signal typically. It normally means a sharp price downtrend is coming.
BHRT is technically in a down trend right now- as it's been trading well below it's 50 DMA and has also been below the 200 DMA for about 10 trading days now. Any stock trading below the 200 DMA shows extreme weakness per technical analysis. The PR "news" today didn't budge it above the 200 DMA, in fact it sold off 4% and also sat for about 1.5 hours, flat-lined at the end of the trading day. The last trade posted was 2:36 PM Eastern, almost 1.5 hours before market close at 4 PM. Not a single trade in that 1.5 hours and the vol today (despite the PR "news) was low, lower than even the recently low averages.
http://www.stockopedia.com/chart-signals/death-cross-5179/
http://www.nasdaq.com/investing/glossary/d/death-cross
ONE PATIENT "enrolled" and then NOTHING. It's been parked- sitting, going nowhere. It never moved past ONE patient "enrolled". It's comedic IMO.
From the latest 10-Q, PAGE 27:
"We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the MARVEL and REGEN trials. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a contract research organization, or CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trials. We have initiated and enrolled our first patient in the MIRROR trial in 2013. The trial is very similar to the MARVEL trial but focusses on sites outside the US. We will continue enrollment in the MIRROR trial once we have secured sufficient funds.
"
So, in a period now surpassing a YEAR (July 2013 to now Sept 2014), ONE, ONE patient was "enrolled" in MIRROR. The word MIRROR didn't even appear in the 10-Q prior to this last one.
Marvel and Regen- go back to about the 2009/2010 period- and nothing has advanced on them since. Last time I checked- it's Sept. of 2014.
Phase I?? What difference does a phase I make when you've had phase II/III trials that you could not move forward for 4 plus yrs now? So when this phase I you're promoting- when it supposedly needs to become a phase II to advance- what's going to fund it, since they can't fund the phase II trial(s), plural, they already have?
It's 8 plus yrs for that phase I to even have a remote chance at becoming a salable product, and at least several hundred $million to get it through a phase II and then a phase III. How's that supposed to happen?
What's the point of starting back at square one with a bunch of phase I and "review board" blah, blah whatever- when you never made any progress on your key, major, once FDA style trials began years ago? What's the point? It's just to generate PR IMO. What else can it amount to- when they can't fund or advance what they have on their plate now?
WHY is Marvel, REGEN and now MIRROR- all stalled and going nowhere? Who cares about a 5 person phase I done down in Mexico? What's that going to amount too? What?
"and trials moving along."??? Really? Which ones?
Latest 10-Q, Q2 2014, PAGE 27:
"We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the MARVEL and REGEN trials. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a contract research organization, or CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trials. We have initiated and enrolled our first patient in the MIRROR trial in 2013. The trial is very similar to the MARVEL trial but focusses on sites outside the US. We will continue enrollment in the MIRROR trial once we have secured sufficient funds.
"
Remember the MIRROR trial hype PR- the big ole "new" ole phase III? Remember? ONE patient "enrolled"- that's it. Never moved past that. Waiting for "funding", despite the PR hype about it saying it was "FULLY FUNDED" by Bioheart. I guess "fully funded" has different meanings too, like so many things involving this company? If it's now not enrolling, because it's waiting on "funding", then how was it "FULLY FUNDED" clear back in July of 2013? How does that work? How?
http://bioheartinc.com/assets/press/2MirrorTrialInitiatedFinal.pdf
Bioheart, IMO, also never answered these questions from that MIRROR PR-
"Bioheart intends to continue enrollment in the MIRROR trial while hold items are addressed with the FDA."
WHAT is "on hold" by the FDA and why? Were these "hold items" ever resolved?
THOSE are the qty-3 "key" trials they have (phase II/III) and they are not going anywhere, the first two have been stalled, dead in the water for 4 plus yrs now. Which trial(s) plural, are supposedly "moving along"- at least any that matter?
A 2.4 cent stock price and cash broke after a barrage of near endless PR and the "big revenue" increases.
That, IMO, is a giant LOL. A market cap that still barely exceeds their present debts. LOL. LOL. Yeah, funny as heck IMHO.
And? So? It's still 100% true. What serious level revenue have they produced to even come close to stemming their losses?
Do you read the 10-Q or 10-K filings? Their expenses increased greater than any "revenue", thus their loss from operations was essentially unchanged and they're still tapping toxic debt financing for survival, finishing the last qtr with a grand total of about $92K cash on hand. Total. $92K cash. I know people with cars that cost that much- and they're not "wealthy" by any stretch, it's a new Mercedes. A company is going to run multiple phase II/III trials with $92K cash remaining in the bank? That's a giant LOL.
Lets review some facts from some recent SEC filings:
1) Cash and cash equivalents end of this Q2 was $91,221.00
(essentially broke) Page 4, 10-Q filing
2) Net loss from operations: latest 10-Q page 5:
Q2 2014 after supposed "big revenues" was (1,078,971)
Q2 2013 net loss from operations same 6 month period (1,123,232)
What is that, $46K difference? What difference did the "revenue" make?
3) SG&A or G&A expenses increased massively- negating any "revenue"
Marketing, general and administrative 6 months ended Q2 2014
$1,898,577
Marketing, general and administrative 6 months ended Q2 2013
$1,147,553
That's an increase of $1,898577-$1,147,553 = $751,024
That negates any so called "revenues" and doesn't even include the new pay increases and new bonuses for Comella and Tomas.
4) Some recent toxic debt deals- look at the paltry sums- why would they need such trickles of cash, unless desperate?
Most recent 10-Q, PAGE 14 and 15:
"Asher Notes (During this year)
During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreements with Asher Enterprises, Inc. (“Asher”) or affiliates, for the sale of 8% convertible notes in aggregate principal amount of $183,000 (the “Asher Notes”).
The Asher Notes bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum. As of the quarter ended June 30, 2014 all interest and principal must be repaid nine months from the issuance date, with the last note being due February 16, 2015. The Notes are convertible into common stock, at Asher’s option, at a 45% discount to the average of the three lowest closing bid prices of the common stock during the 10 trading day period prior to conversion. The Company has identified the embedded derivatives related to the Asher Notes."
"Daniel James Management
During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreements with Daniel James Management (“Daniel”) for the sale of 8% to 9.5% convertible note in aggregate principal amount of $60,000 (the “Daniel Notes”).
The Daniel Notes bear interest at the rate of 8% to 9.5% per annum. As of the quarter ended June 30, 2014, all interest and principal must be repaid one year from the issuance dated, with the last note being due May 29, 2015. The Daniel Notes are convertible into common stock, at holder’s option, at a 47% discount to the average of the three lowest closing bid prices of the common stock during the 10 trading day period prior to conversion. The Company has identified the embedded derivatives related to the Daniel Note."
"Fourth Man, LLC
During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreements with Fourth Man, LLC. (“Fourth Man”), for the sale of an 8% to 9.5% convertible note in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000 (the “Note”).
The Notes bears interest at the rate of 8% to 9.5% per annum. As of the quarter ended June 30, 2014, all interest and principal must be repaid one year from the issuance dated, with the last note being due June 26, 2015. The Notes are convertible into common stock, at Fourth Man’s option, at a 47% discount to the average of the three lowest closing bid prices of the common stock during the 10 trading day period prior to conversion. The Company has identified the embedded derivatives related to the Fourth Man Notes."
How bout the base pay increases and bonuses alone- for just two people, that will consume all so called "revenues increases" brought in to date?
Most recent 10-Q, PAGE 25:
"NOTE 13 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Officer compensation
On July 28, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the 2014/2015 salary for Mike Tomas, Chief Executive Officer, at $525,000 per year, beginning July 1, 2014 with an incentive bonus ranging from $150,000 to $500,000. In addition, the Board of Directors will grant Mr. Tomas options to be determined on or before June 30, 2015. The Company’s Board of Directors approved a bonus of $500,000 and options to acquire 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for ten years with four year vesting and a cashless exercise provision at an exercise price equal to the five day average closing price of the Company’s common stock as of August 1, 2014. The cash bonus may be paid in the form a six month promissory note.
On July 28, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the 2014/2015 salary for Kristin Comella, Chief Scientific Officer, at $250,000 per year, beginning July 1, 2014 with an incentive bonus ranging from $100,000 to $300,000. In addition, the Board of Directors will grant Ms. Comella options to be determined on or before June 30, 2015. The Company’s Board of Directors approved a bonus of $300,000 and options to acquire 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for ten years with four year vesting and a cashless exercise provision at an exercise price equal to the five day average closing price of the Company’s common stock as of August 1, 2014. The cash bonus may be paid in the form a six month promissory note."
Notice, the company is so cash poor- they can't even pay those bonuses out of present cash on hand or cash flows- so they're going to issue "promissory notes" for them. More debt owed to insiders, w/ interest of course.
How bout some recent deals- using shares to pay common bills as the company is cash poor- despite supposed "revenues"?
Most recent 10-Q, PAGE 25, for just a sampling- one can find a page like this in every 10-Q and 10-K going back years:
"Subsequent issuances
In July 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,006,451 shares of its common stock for services provided.
In July 2014, the Company issued 155,677 shares of its common stock in settlement of accounts payable of $6,227.
In July 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 6,985,495 shares of its common stock in settlement of related party notes payable, accrued interest and other obligations in aggregate of $279,419.
In July 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,640,625 shares of its common stock in settlement of notes payable of $32,500.
"
Why do they need to dilute and pay people for things like "services rendered" when they have supposed "big revenue" as you claim? Well, cause they have no cash, that's why.
How bout the dilution from just Q1 to Q2- over 50 MILLION shares in a single quarter. Why, with everything supposedly "different" now as you claim?
Page 1, most recent 10-Q:
As of August 1, 2014, there were 517,272,472 outstanding shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.
Page 9, most recent 10-Q:
" Fully diluted shares outstanding were 588,670,163 and 290,900,920 for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and 553,719,873 and 264,534,723 for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively."
What about the simple fact- that despite all that dilution, all that toxic financing, giving of pay increases and bonuses- they've not advanced a single, major trial one iota? Why? Why is that?
Most recent 10-Q, PAGE 27:
"We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the MARVEL and REGEN trials. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a contract research organization, or CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trials. We have initiated and enrolled our first patient in the MIRROR trial in 2013. The trial is very similar to the MARVEL trial but focusses on sites outside the US. We will continue enrollment in the MIRROR trial once we have secured sufficient funds."
Key trials- DEAD IN THE WATER for lack of "funding"? What "revenues" are you talking about again?
Agree, down 4% on the "big PR news" about a "Doctor" in place that has no address. Definite LOL. Big LOL. Cracks me up.
51 MILLION- as if every man, woman, and child (infant) in S. Africa is a candidate for some supposed stem cell "treatment", funniest thing I've read in a PR in a long time.
Super LOL. Totally agree !
" but yet very little selling despite the news. "??
Well, it's down 4% despite the "big news"- which says there was quite a bit of net selling.
Looks like some more "PR FATIGUE" IMO. That PR went over like a dud as far as the market thinks- look at the volume and the 4% price drop? What does that indicate?
Still no address or simple contact info on this "new facility" I guess? Oh, well? Seems like pretty simple and extremely common info that would be given if a "facility" just had a "grand opening" and was supposedly now ready to reach and treat the entire population of a country, according to the wording of the PR (51 MILLION)? What's the big mystery? The big PR says Comella "went there"- question is, where is "there"? It doesn't have a simple address so we can look it up and view it on Google maps if we want? I've been in S. Africa and it's a reasonably modern area- they actually use addresses and similar, very much like the U.S. or UK.
Oh, and a "cryopreservation" or whatever being installed- is hardly a news, "PR" worthy event IMO. Fancy name for a cold storage vat. I mean they're used in all kinds of medical facilities, they're used in a variety of other industries all the time and even common doctor's offices (skin docs, etc). I can probably pick a used one up on Ebay or at least a 2nd hand industrial equipment company- probably a few thousand bucks, tops.
And who is it they're "working with" in the S. African govt and "ministry of health"- who is that again? I missed their name, title, office, etc in that PR? Where was it listed again? Seems like every PR they issue for every country- claims they're gonna be "working with the minister of health" and some "govt official" to do blah, blah, blah. They just can never tell you who that is or what exactly they're "working on" exactly? Like that line is just cut n pasted verbatim from one PR to the next. I can get the other PR's- and show that exact line is in um, verbatim- just insert the other country name in place of "South Africa".
Just "PR" IMO, doesn't mean much to me.
What "financing"? Dilutive, toxic, convertible debt deals? They do um all the time- you'll be able to read about um in the next SEC 10-Q filing. Other than that, "financing"??
Number one item to read, IMO, on any new SEC 10-Q/10-K released by BHRT is the new, diluted share count. It was over 50 million shares just last qtr alone. It pretty much tells the main story IMO.
Oh- and please give the following:
1) The name(s) of exactly who in the S. African Govt Ministry of Health with which Bioheart is working with- their titles, office they're associated with, an email would be great too if you have it, since you're Bioheart of course.
2) Please explain why the PR announcement lists no contact information for this Dr. Walter Bell, but only is one sided and contains only Bioheart information? Where is the web site, the phone number, the address, etc for Dr. Walter Bell and the "new" facility? It must exist, correct? I may have a friend or someone in that part of the world and I want them to be able to contact Dr. Walter Bell and the "new" facility- please post that information ASAP.
Thank you, Bioheart
Please post the following for us:
1) The square footage and address of this facility
2) The annual revenues in U.S. dollars of this facility, presently
3) The total number of staff employed at this facility
4) The projected number of patients to be treated their annually- and which of Bioheart's FDA approved "treatments" will be used there, since Bioheart has no "approved" products to date.
Thank you.
51 MILLION is the entire population of South Africa. So, one is to "believe" that via opening a tiny, single operated, what's essentially a "doctor's office" - that they are going to be able to reach, let alone "treat" every single person living in the country? Really?
Look up the address of this new, "vast" facility- use Google maps. It's basically a "house" for the most part, on some side street. 51 million, eh? Sure. Right.
That's like saying, that because a "doctor's office" is now "open" in say Chicago, that they will now be "treating" the entire population of not only the massive city of Chicago, but will reach every resident of Illinois too. It's ridiculous IMO. Total penny PR IMO.
51 MILLION? Sure. Right. 1/6 the population of the entire U.S. via some "doctor's office clinic". Right on.
Looks like a little short covering to me- maybe Asher or similar, IMO. That's about it, more than likely.
Or, could still be a big boy unloading a block- when they got their shares, many as low as 1 cent or even 9/10ths of one cent, a sale in this price range is still nearly a double for them. Not bad money if you can make it.
Read the latest 10-Q's and last 10-K (yr end 2013), do the math on how many 10's of millions of common shares went out in the 1 cent to 1.5 cent range. Those can still be sold here for big, big profits and easy money IMO.
Short covering or a "big boy" unloading a block or two, IMO.
Blah, blah, blah- the stock price is STILL DOWN "only" 99.59% from its IPO date and ONLY down about 95% since Tomas took over as CEO.
Heck of a great investment IMO. Being "up" a supposed 150% from near zero- well....
Not sure how much that's worth? And how old are the major trials now, the ones that are going nowhere- the phase II/III? I need to check- it's been so many years?
Just sat for over one hour w/o a single trade.
Now it traded a bit, maybe $1K and they dropped both the bid and ask - to .0236 bid and .0237 on ask. The spread was like 9% just prior- with the ask at .0249.
Even dropping the bid or holding it low at like .0237 (below the 200 DMA) they can't seem to get any buyers lately?
Just nothing moving this right now. They appear to even be giving up on the high spread mode a lot of these days lately- which is real interesting IMO? Like no one is biting on the 7% or 9% spreads- it just goes into flat-line mode, so they finally drop it and tighten the spread?
I just wouldn't be surprised if this dumps off to sub 2 cents in here IMO, unless something major changes soon.
"gapped up" on 200 shares traded?
200 X .0249 = $4.98 (not even a Big Mac and a fries)
That's just the same old, high spread, low vol mode. Any selling of "size" when it's in this mode will tank it hard, sometimes 20% or more in a blink. For several weeks now, it's only traded maybe $5K or $7K tops on any "up" day, then double that or more on the down days. Look at the chart on I-hub, every vol spike day is the selling day.
Bullish on what chart? It's been broken down for over a week, alomst 2 weeks of trading now- below the 200 DMA and well below the 50 DMA and only has been trading higher vol when it drops? Any "up" move like now, is on some trade like this one: 200 shares or $5 bucks worth, or $64 bucks worth or whatever.
Who even processes and prints a 200 share trade? The vol is gone and has been heading on 2 weeks now. Even as the bid has continually dropped, there's been no large buyers stepping in. It's been pretty much lower lows and lower highs and it's off from the 3 cent range, to now the low 2 penny- a loss of 20% or more in a few weeks. Nothing bullish about that IMO?
Ok, 45 minutes in now and it just traded another whopping $1000 bucks worth- and the bid (gap up) dropped to get a fill on it. Not bullish? I'd be buckled up for the drop to sub 2 cents IMO.
Up 9% on a single, micro sized 8800 share trade, that was over 30 minutes ago now? You gotta be kidding? Who would pay that spread and why?
8800 X .025 = $220 bucks worth
They couldn't wait for their order to fill closer to the bid? They needed those 8800 shares that bad? They used a market order? How does someone get taken for a 9% spread- that's something I'll never understand? A total amateur?
Makes no sense IMO? The bid is clear back at .0229? Why pay 9% for a lousy $220 worth of stock?
Closed red again, vol = high. It's making lower highs now and lower lows. Back to that mode again. Low vol days they try and prop it up a bit on wide spreads, but the selling is taking place on the higher vol days.
These high volume days, it's been closing red every time. Pretty much a confirmed down trend again, looks like. This needs to turn and break back above the 200 DMA and then the 50 DMA or it's gonna be back to a sub 2 cent penny play pretty quick here, IMO.
One major sell order could drop this to the 1.5 cent range in a blink. The later months are usually not kind to this one- or the market in general (Oct, Nov into Jan). End of last yr- this hit its all time low of 6/10ths of one cent and spent a lot of time as a true "penny" stock, at one cent or so. Getting a little tough looking in here IMO unless something major changes?
Last trade was at like 3:27 Eastern- which means it flat-lined out even into the close. It sat in the AM barely trading, then sat after open for a while, then a boat load of mostly selling in the mid day put it in the red on higher than normal volume. Interesting the way they trade this thing, IMO? Like big block orders go through, then it just sits for long periods?
Interesting. "flashing" bids is a well known technique of pro traders and brokerages and so forth. As stated, they usually get flashed for short periods, then vanish.
Has all kinds of stuff behind it usually- shorting, trying to fill orders at a certain price or price range, manipulate the stock price sometimes- like the same firm being on both the bid and ask sides of a trade? If it's a real bid just parked there- it sure isn't getting filled then, which means no one right now is willing to pay even the bid price for about $15K or $20K worth of stock, IMO?
Who knows? NITE (Knight Capital) is a huge handler of order flow- been around forever (I think bought-out not long ago, owned by someone else now, I think they trade as KCG now on NYSE?) and one of the original big electronic network inventors, inventors of high frequency trading networks, all kinds of stuff. I remember when they were a mega high flying stock, as Knight Capital (I think NITE was even their symbol) yrs ago prior and during the yr 2000 mega boom- then got busted and in all kinds of trouble for stuff, then the market collapses of 2000 and 09 I believe- they're not the mega big deal anymore like they were back in the day. But they're still a huge, real big big handler of order flow- that's for sure.
Took almost exactly one hour to fill the second order after the 775 shares on open. One hour of just dead air, sitting parked.
Then it filled about 18K shares on the low-end bid of about .0233.
18K X .0233 = $419.00 bucks worth, in an hours trading (posted at 10:27 Eastern, one hour after open)
The daily chart lately looks like some kind of odd saw-tooth or jerky square wave, as it sits with these long dead spots, then jerks up or down a bit on a single trade, sits again, then a spike up or down for one trade- weird looking.
Doesn't look like any "big financiers" are hanging around, dipping into this one IMO? The only big or up vol days lately are when it sells off.
When it goes into this low vol, ill-liquid mode where it sits parked for an hour or more on very, very low volumes- it usually is setting up for a big sell off, dump day from past experience watching it, IMO.
One sell order of of even modest "size" and it can tank 20% or more in a blink when it gets in this mode- it's done it so many times in just the recent past.
200 DMA is now at .0243 and it's sitting below that and the 50 DMA is now at .0264 and it's well below that now. From a technical/chart point of view- it's pretty much in a down trend now.
Posted a 775 share trade on open at .0231? Wow, volume is totally gone and it's stuck below the 50 and 200 DMA.
775 X .0231 = $17.90
It's amazing they even put that trade through, even if it's part of a larger block I'd think? I mean $18 bucks worth of stock? The routing and trading fees even for a pro firm must be like .90 cents of that, you'd think?
If that's a single, amateur trade then the commission is like $9.95 typically? Who trades $17.90 worth of stock? It pretty weird IMO. I've seen um break up orders to get a fill- but not in $18 chunks?
It's so ill-liquid sometimes lately- it just sits for more than an hour, sometimes 1.5 hours without a single trade posting, looking almost like it's halted or something, then it will post a small trade going through?
"Also they have a 1700 patient phase 3"?? Well, lets read what the article being cited really says.
1) It says a final trial for them (Meso) of 120 patients.
"Final phase trials on 120 heart disease sufferers follow a successful earlier trial on 30 patients which showed that the therapy worked safely on a small number of patients.
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2) The article is FULL of "maybe" and "if" and "might prove" and "could result" and "perhaps will be", etc. In other words- NOTHING of this is stem cell tech is even remotely close to proven "science" or reality or a even remotely close to a salable, safe product yet IMO, and apparently that of the experts they site in the article.
3) How long to "possibly" be a product? Well, what does the article say verbatim:
"Experts said that if the larger trial proves to be an equal success then the first stem cell-based therapy to treat advanced heart failure – known scientifically as “class IV” failure – could be on the market in six years."
SIX YEARS "if" all goes well and it proves out to be good science. And that is directly in line with other world, actual "experts" such as the 60 minutes piece- in which some of the world leaders from Duke and Stanford, etc said they estimated NINE yrs at least to a viable "stem cell" treatment for several of the maladies discussed, including heart related.
THAT is what the article cited says, using direct quotes. NOWHERE is 1700 patients mentioned, and very little details are given other than vague terms like it "might prove a success", but the only speculative date given is SIX YEARS FROM NOW- to a "possible" product.
SEC FILING REALITY versus "PR". I know which one I read. Read the 10-Q/10-K reports IMO, it's all in there. I just gave multiple page references.
They finished the qtr with a large net loss from operations and only $92K cash in the bank- barely enough to pay the two base salaries for one month of the CEO and CSO after their recent, large raises. That's the reality.
PR? Doesn't mean much to me IMO. I read the SEC filings and things like cash on hand, use of convertible debt financing- on going, total debts, continued use of loans and "notes" from insiders and others, continued massive dilution of the common shares to stay afloat and even pay common bills and other debts owed, issuing of warrants and shares by the 10's and even 100's of millions, etc.
A list of "PR"? What's that worth? '
If it's all so "wonderful" - then why's it selling off hard on higher volumes, now totally broken down below not only the 50 DMA, but now the 200 DMA? Why? WHY? Why would that be? How does selling off on high vol supposedly = "news is coming"? Since when? How? Why? Why the selling pressure if it's all roses and wonderful out there in that list of PR? Why would anyone sell then- knowing they'd be supposedly rich, soon? Why all these holders of all these shares they've issued- why would they be selling then? Why?
PR? Try reading the SEC documents- it's all that matters IMO. What was the cash left on hand end of last qtr and what is their debt and what was their net loss from operations?
Where you getting your facts? From "PR"??
Latest filed 10-Q, PAGE 4:
$92K CASH left on hand, end of qtr. What's just Tomas' and Comella's combined monthly base salaries? Pretty close to eating up most of that cash left on hand. 500K/12 = $41K and $250K/12 = $21K. That's $62K a month needed just to pay the two "base" salaries for TWO PEOPLE- and their entire company bank account finished the qtr with $92K cash left in it. How's that gonna work long term?
Here's from their SEC filing- the legally binding one: Latest 10-Q, PAGE 11
"NOTE 2 – GOING CONCERN MATTERS
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As shown in the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements, during six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company incurred an operating loss of $1,078,971 and used $507,059 in cash for operating activities. As of June 30, 2014, the Company had a working capital deficit (current liabilities in excess of current assets) of approximately $9.6 million. These factors among others may indicate that the Company will be unable to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.
The Company’s existence is dependent upon management’s ability to develop profitable operations and to obtain additional funding sources. There can be no assurance that the Company’s financing efforts will result in profitable operations or the resolution of the Company’s liquidity problems. The accompanying statements do not include any adjustments that might result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern."
PAGE 5: NET LOSS FROM OPERATIONS:
"Six months ended June 30,"
2013: (1,123,232)
2014: (1,078,971)
That's a whopping difference of about $46K difference in their LOSS from operations, yr over yr- so what, whatever the "PR" says. 10-Q is the reality IMO.
The last PR didn't tell any " significantly different story!". It just told a "story", that's all IMO. Your statements are not backed by anything except who knows what...
"Nice volume today. News coming??"
Huh??
"Nice" volume? It's TANKING TO THE DOWNSIDE, broken down completely below the 200 DMA for the 4th day in a row on higher than avg volumes? News of what? Going out of business?
It's selling-off on heavy volume- not exactly a sign of anything positive? The bid hit .023. The low today is .0225. It's gonna break 2 cents at this rate and volume unless a trend reversal happens. The market cap is back under $12 million, approaching their outstanding debt again.
What's with the, "The lower it goes, it must mean something good is happening or is supposedly about to happen or is supposedly imminent?" I've never, ever encountered this "new" investing reality, except in relation to BHRT? Most of the time, stocks and companies that are successful, experiencing success, that have good news breaking, etc- their stocks TRADE UP, and the more the volume goes UP when they trade UP = better.
When a stock trades DOWN and especially DOWN on increasing and on higher volume = BAD, not "good". Does BHRT trade in some alternate stock universe I've never read about or something? What am I missing here?
Well, there's essentially no retail shorting of penny stocks- so that leaves it to you know who? The ole pros and hedge folks and firms with trading desks or routing to the trading networks and so forth- who are often IMO, the very "finance" people they willingly got in bed with, IMHO.
Also, the total short volume as a portion of the massive number of outstanding shares is almost nothing. I attribute the situation to just pure dilution, cheap share "over-hang". Meaning, they, BHRT have handed out and diluted out so many shares in the sub 1 cent to 1 cent to 1.5 cent range- that there's always a huge amount of those shares to go on the selling block. For how long? Who knows, but I'd guess it can take near forever (years) to burn off selling 100's of millions of 1 to 1.5 cent shares, which from reading their SEC reports, IMO is a good guess at how many are "floating" around out there.
That's my 2 cent opinion. Pure effects of massive dilution and use of convertible, toxic debt financing, on-going, for years and years now.
2.5 hours into the trading day and it's managed to trade .0236 X 69K shares = $1,628 bucks.
Staying below the 200 DMA. Looking a little bit rough in here right now? Somehow always manages to go back to essentially being a "2 cent" stock and the market cap always seems to just gravitate back pretty darn close to whatever their outstanding debt is, IMO. Meaning the "market place" isn't assigning much, if any, real value to the "company".
What happened to the "big revenue" and all those PR releases about all this various "stuff" like "first ever" and all? Where's the big buyers and the big financing? I just don't get it?
Back below the 200 DMA after all that? That's confusing to me? People bought in March/April at like .08 and .06, where are they now? That's like a 50% or greater loss in under 5 months? Ouch.
I tried it on the weekend and it did go to GrXnXers little stem site? I thought he (Andy) was correct? GrxnXr owns the web sites of both (stemcellceo and investorstemXXX)- I can post the link where he states that. So it's no difference anyway. Grxnxr operated stemcellceo before, so I guess, he let it go or didn't renew the URL or whatever. The link appeared to just be moved over to his main little pay to join, penny stem promotion site, investorstemxXX. No real difference either way IMO.
What's interesting IMO, is all the old blogs appeared to have vanished been "scrubbed" for whatever reason? Wonder why he did that? Either way, blog, schmlog IMO, makes no difference- and it's not even hosted on the official BHRT site. Like why wouldn't they host it there IMO, if they want to place ownership of it for certain, and up front state it's 100% guaranteed to be by them and their content, etc? How hard would it be to put a "blog" page on your own main web site? A high school kid could do it in an evening for about $100 bucks probably. Why do they want it hosted off on a pay to join, penny promo site of Grxnxr's? Makes no sense IMHO.
"Recent blog"??
It's from March 2014, over 5 MONTHS ago now? That's not "recent", that's old info IMO. The most recent 10-Q just got released, which is "recent" and contains all SEC disclosed info anyone should want or need to know about the company. So what difference does some "blog" (not even hosted on the official BHRT corporate web site) really make anyways? What's a "blog" supposed to do anyway? Also, it's called the "CEO BLOG" on GrXnxrs little stem penny site, but then the CSO is the "blogger", not the CEO? Look at all the PR they push out, the twitter now, the facebook, the taking up residence on all sorts of penny stock promotion sites, paying $5K to a penny promoter recently (smallcapvoice), and all the rest and then look at the stock price and market cap? What one needs to know, the real story, is always in the SEC filings IMO; that's the data and info that count as far as I'm concerned. Like almost no cash left end of qtr as is typical for them, big raises for the same two people again while no money went to key phase II/III trials (including MIRROR, gone nowhere for "lack of funding", but those raises and big bonuses sure have "funding"), a pittance spent on R&D (about $5K lousy bucks a month), more massive dilution as in 50 MILLION plus shares in one qtr, continued use of toxic convertible financing, etc. None of that "pesky" stuff ever seems to make it into some "blog"- kinda funny IMHO how that works?
Look at the spread this AM, WIDE OPEN again at 6% to 8%. They're "trying" to hold it up, but the bid just dropped to .0236. Wow. It's looking like a down trend is getting set in place, IMO. 7 plus days now below the 50 DMA and now breaking the 200 DMA twice and staying there, it appears.
A clue to what? A link to a self made, paid penny promotion, 30 second video clip from 2011? None of which has come true to date IMO, and it's now late 2014?
(that video says 18 to 24 months to complete "those" trials- and that was in 2011. And NONE of it's happened that I'm aware of and no big "financing" has come forth in that time period, 3 yrs, either?)
What's the "clue"? So they're dredging bottom for old PR hype and stuff to push out using "twitter"- all while the stock is tanking big time on high volume? What's the connection? I don't get it?
Oh, and nothing about the clip IMO is "powerful" (that's what the clip claims, "powerful") and the "American Investor", if one searches, Googles it high and low- only shows up in a couple of BHRT self made promo videos. It's paid penny promotion IMO and made to "try" and look important like CNBC or something, complete with the nice little adding of the stock tickers for Pfizer and Cytori, neither of which had/have anything to do with BHRT. It's something a high school kid could crank out on a Macbook IMO. Maybe 3 takes with a $300 video cam, maybe 15 minutes video shooting time total and an hour of editing using a basic Mac. About as low budget as it gets, IMO. Look up the supposed host/interviewer, Kimberly whoever, her name appears in no other search results other than the couple of BHRT video penny promos for some invented (IMO) named "host" the "American Investor".
So, what is the "clue"? What's it supposed to mean? Does nothing for me personally? 2011 when this video was made- the stock price might of been maybe 10 or even 20 cents maybe on it's good days, and there was about 80 MILLION shares, tops, outstanding, versus now almost 600 MILLION shares outstanding, at 2.4 cents or whatever today's closing price was? Clue? Not seeing it?
From past 10-Q filing:
"As of November 9, 2011, there were 82,152,767 outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share."
Latest 10-Q filing:
"Fully diluted shares outstanding were 588,670,163 and 290,900,920 for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively "
WDCO is Wilson-Davis & Company. Look at the info and forms on their web site- they handle "professional" level clients it looks like, including those who got shares in what? DEBT CONVERSIONS (ring a bell?) and who may be "insiders" or have key "affiliations" with the companies for who they want to sell shares, etc.
Interesting as heck IMO, given all the recent debt-to-equity and boat loads of "other" shares being handed out for all various reasons and to all various people/entities (including insiders) by BHRT. For someone to utilize someone like this WDCO, would make perfect sense IMHO. But what do I know- I'm a rank amateur and guessing, but reading that WDCO web site and the forms they make one fill out, who's a seller of a large block of shares- is fascinating to say the least.
http://www.wdco.com/FORMS.html
http://www.wdco.com/SDR.pdf
http://www.wdco.com/DCQ.pdf
http://www.wdco.com/CAR.pdf
They ain't E-Trade or TD Ameritrade or something, that much is for sure, IMO. I always wondered who would handle selling say 10 million or 18 million shares or whatever for someone who wanted to sell them and somehow got them for something like "services rendered"- well, it looks like these guys are right up that alley IMO.