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pphmtoolong

09/21/13 12:19 PM

#141667 RE: cjgaddy #141665

cjg, thanks for posting the transcript. I was very surprised that Peregrine management created this "SUNRISE" acronym for the Bavi Phase III trial. I applaud that they are promoting the study with this catchy acronym. Too bad they had to stretch the bounds of acronym building to get it.

Maybe it will help with the patient recruiting. If nothing else, it shows that management is trying to add a little "sizzle" to the steak that is Bavi. Going forward I hope they can continue to use a little showmanship to get Bavi the attention it deserves.

Have a great weekend.

Paul
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dia76ca

09/21/13 12:21 PM

#141668 RE: cjgaddy #141665

The final Question and Answer are interesting!...and exciting!

CD: My final question is on collaboration. I realized that, as Paul said, you can start and possibly finish this trial with the capital resources you have. But it seems to me that there is potential for collaboration whose interest might have increased since all the immunotherapy focus in ASCO. Has there been an increase in bavituximab since then? And what is the feedback? And then finally, is Cotara still on the table as a potential source of collaboration?

SK: Yes, Cotara's essentially on the table as a good collaborative discussion point with potential partners so that certainly, there is another source of partnering activity. I would characterize it as a tremendous amount of interest with the new immunotherapy mechanism data. I think there's a lot of collaboration interest with companies that are actually very active in the immunotherapy space because of the nature of our upstream target, the fact that we're going after really a primary endpoint of control in the immune response to the tumor, it really creates a lot of opportunities with these downstream effectors, and of course, PD-1, PDL-1 and CTLA-4 were certainly hot topics at ASCO. But there are a lot of other opportunities with downstream inhibitors that we think are a great fit with bavituximab. So, yes, I think it just opens up a whole new world of collaboration opportunities well outside just the kind of where we've been historically with chemotherapy and other types of treatment, like radiation, and really opening up a whole bunch of new doors that are really a very intense area of research right now.
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cjgaddy

10/17/13 10:52 AM

#145079 RE: cjgaddy #141665

ASM Webcast today at 10amPT (1pmET)…

Oct17 10amPT (WEBCAST at 10amPT=1pmET): ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER'S MEETING, Irvine Marriott - http://ir.peregrineinc.com/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=134684
…Proxy:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/704562/000101968713003336/peregrine_def14a.htm

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Upcoming:
Oct21: “AACR-NCI-EORTC Intl. Conf. on Molecular Targets & Cancer Therapeutics”, Boston http://tinyurl.com/mwm5c25
…Updated data from 1st-line NSCLC IST/UNC/uPitt (Bavi+PEM+Carbo) Ph.1B Trial (n=25)
…Early data (21pts comp. Cycle1), “best unconfirmed responses”=> PR=35%, SD=50% (PD=10%). Also, “2pts have completed > 10 cycles with maintenance Bavi.”

Oct28: IASLC 15th World Conf. on Lung Cancer (Sydney AUS) http://tinyurl.com/lhcl5eu
…IASLC = Intl. Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - see PPHM's 10-15-13 PR on this event: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=797251
…7:00-8:00am: Industry Supported Symposia - Celgene, Myriad, Boehringer Ingelheim, Peregrine Pharm.
…Symposium supported by Peregrine: “Immune Checkpoints in the Tumor Environment: Novel Targets and the Clinical Promise of Combined Immunotherapies”

Nov12–14: Credit Suisse 2013 Healthcare Conf., Scotsdale http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm

Dec3-4: 25th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conf., NYC http://tinyurl.com/32azmpy

Dec8-12/Avid: IBC's Antibody Eng. & Therapeutics, HuntingtonBeach http://www.ibclifesciences.com/antibodyeng
…Dec11: Kerry Chester (UK Researcher) to make tribute to Dr. Phil Thorpe (1951-2013) in her chairperson’s remarks, followed by UTSW’s Dr. Sally Ward as 1st speaker in track, “Antibodies In A Complex Environment” – she was co-recipient with Drs. Thorpe/Mason/Ober of a $6.0mm 3-2011 grant from Texas’s CPRIT - see http://tinyurl.com/k6wlabk

~Dec9: FY'14/Q2 (q/e 10-31-13) Financials & Conf. Call http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm

Jan28-30'14/Avid/Table#19: “18th CASSS WCBP Symposium”, WashDC https://m360.casss.org/event.aspx?eventID=72301
…“18th Symposium on the Interface of Regulatory & Analytical Sciences for Biotechnology Health Products”
…CASSS = “The California Separation Science Society” (4000 members); WCBP = "Well Characterized Biotechnology Pharmaceutical"

Mar12’14: ECCO’s 1st Immunotherapy of Cancer Conf., Munich http://www.ecco-org.eu/Events/ITOC1.aspx & http://tinyurl.com/lr6r23e
…ECCO = European CanCer Organization
…3-12-14 4:30pm Plenary/Cancer Immunology: “Bavituximab: A Novel PS-Targeting Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Cancer”, Joe Shan (Peregrine Pharm.)