Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) have become so engrained into our psyche that, if you ask the next one hundred people that you speak with, it’s very likely that every one of them will say that they’re familiar with these sites and most will say that these sites are a regular part of their desktop activity. Conversely, if you ask those same people about ad tech, none of them will have a clue about it, yet, without ad tech, these giants would probably still be figuring out how to monetize their platforms.
Today’s ad tech companies are a far cry from the first generation ad technologies that facilitated the buying and selling of digital ad space on ad networks and exchanges, which was a key development in fueling the industry’s rapid growth. By mastering analytics, data management platforms and other digital tools, advertisers are able to more effectively employ marketing campaigns that target specific audiences.
So, as these digital landscape dominators are accelerating their mobile push into 2017, the roles are reversing and, this time, they’re paving the way for companies like Trading Desk (NASDAQ: TTD), Social Reality (NASDAQ: SRAX) and AppNexus to move into the sector and utilize their sophisticated advertising platforms to deliver a unique branding and advertising experience for their respective customers.
Depending on the metrics, Google accounts for roughly 60-80% of desktop searches in the the U.S. According to StatCounter’s August 2016 data (http://nnw.fm/Sp20s), close to 80% of U.S. desktop searches were through Google, while comScore’s (NASDAQ: SCOR) Explicit Core Search Share Report, earlier in the year, ranks Google sites at approximately 64% of the segment’s traffic, or about 11 billion of the approximately 17 billion explicit monthly core searches, while Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sites, with over 3.5 billion searches, is about 21% and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) sites’ two billion hits generate about 12%.
As dominant as Google’s U.S. desktop performance is, it pales in comparison to Google’s U.S. mobile search share, which typically runs at about 95%, but random searches and results are no longer enough.
Digital platform service providers want to retain captured market share and advertisers want to increase return on investment, and both groups agree that the best way to do this is by engaging their users, which is where ad tech comes into the picture.
Ad tech helps personalize the ad experience and draw the target market, as opposed to spraying the mass market and hoping that enough sticks to cover the surface. Plus, ad tech companies are much better positioned to ensure that their clients’ are getting top quality ad buys.
Plus, ad tech can engage customers with social ads and remarketing, thereby reaching their target when the time is right, but without seeming like a pushy car salesman, and hitting the highest conversion rates possible.
Facebook is the most popular social network site in the United States, with more than 123 million mobile users accessing the Facebook app in November 2016 and accounting for over 40% of all social media site visits for the month. While this market penetration is amazing, the user engagement is what’s truly mind blowing
This statistic gives information on the most popular social networking apps in the United States as of November 2016, ranked by monthly user engagement. During that month, mobile Facebook users spent an average of 929 minutes on the social networking platform, making it a perfect platform for many marketers. Audience targeting is becoming so hot that, in September 2016, Facebook sold out its inventory for the first time.
Social Reality is a leading provider of automated digital platform technology and social management software, for Internet and mobile advertising. The company’s advanced ad serving technology and seamless integration can now empower its clients to build and run a vertical ad network.
By offering an all-encompassing digital marketing services platform, and providing tools that brand marketers and content owners need to be more effective in the competitive digital advertising space, the SRAX platform technology suite of offerings is what differentiates Social Reality from its competition. The company’s platforms include SRAX (Social Reality Ad Exchange), a Real Time Bidding (RTB) sell and buy side representation; SRAX Social, a social media and loyalty platform that allows brands to launch and manage their social media initiatives; SRAX MD, an ad targeting and data platform for healthcare brands, agencies and medical content publishers; and SRAX APP, a platform that allows publishers and content owners to launch native mobile applications.
Social Reality also creates custom applications for brands both large and small that leverage traffic on the partner sites to seed the applications to help them go viral. The company is also able to provide managed advertising services that utilize data from platforms including Google.
For more information, please visit www.socialreality.com www.srax.com www.sraxmd.com www.sraxdi.com www.groupad.com www.steelmediainc.com www.sraxsocial.com
Despite the sagging economy, internet and mobile advertising has been growing by approximately 20% per year. Yet, despite the growth rate, the past two years have been tough for the industry, and venture funding for ad tech startups became harder to secure. With this recent trend, any positive momentum is very welcome and may even explain the analysts’ enthusiasm for the players in the ad tech space. One example is The Trade Desk, which is rated a ‘Buy’, or stronger, with an average price target of $33.43 and a call as high as $40.00. Meanwhile, Social Reality, which uplisted to the NASDAQ Capital Market in October 2016, has its analysts calling it a ‘Buy’ on an EPS of 27 cents in 2017, with an average price target of $10.75 and the high target of $14.00.
Social Reality is a leading provider of automated digital platform technology and social management software, for Internet and mobile advertising. Management has consistently grown revenues, from about $500,000 in 2010 to over $30 million in 2015, an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 170%, while typically running blended gross margins in the 45-55% range.
The Trade Desk is similar to Social Reality, in that its technology is designed to empower ad buyers by providing a self-service platform that enables its clients to manage data-driven digital advertising campaigns.
The Trade Desk has become the fastest growing demand-side platform in the industry by offering agencies, aggregators, and advertisers best-in-class technology to manage display, social, mobile, and video advertising campaigns.
AppNexus is an independent internet technology company that harnesses data and machine learning to power the world’s open digital audience platforms. Its powerful, real-time decisioning platform supports core products that enable its clients to acquire, engage and monetize their audiences.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
PixarBio Corporation (PXRB) Takes the Addiction out of Painkillers with NeuroRelease™
Remedies for pain have progressed beyond the one recommended in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, where the renowned playwright wrote, “One pain is lessened by another; catch some new infection… and the poison of the old one will die.” Today, a variety of treatment options are available to the sufferer. Alas, many of these come bundled with pernicious side effects and the risk of addiction, making the remedy, in the long term, worse than the ailment. With NeuroRelease™, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based PixarBio Corporation (OTCQX: PXRB) is offering the possibility of release not only from pain but also from dependence on painkillers.
Pain is a ubiquitous phenomenon that pervades our lives from cradle to grave. We bear its lesser manifestations with a grimace or a smile, but, in many instances, analgesics are needed to free us from the greatest torments. For centuries, extracts from opium, derived from the poppy plant, have served that purpose. Perhaps, the most significant of these extracts or alkoloids is morphine, named after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
Morphine, in one form or another, has been used to ease pain since it was isolated from raw opium in 1805. Before that time, a number of preparations, such as laudanum, a solution of opium in alcohol, were employed as painkillers. Morphine is, however, treacherously addictive. Its use during the American Civil War turned large numbers of wounded veterans into addicts. This spurred the search for less addictive analgesics and the employment of weaker opiates such as codeine, which was widely used, at one time, in cough medications.
The quest for less addictive opiates, ironically, led to the discovery of more addictive ones. The German chemist, Felix Hoffman, developed heroin while working in the pharmaceutical research department of what is now Bayer AG. Bayer actually manufactured and sold bottles of heroin medicine in the first decade of the twentieth century (http://nnw.fm/nVF6j).
In 1909, the U.S. Congress passed the Smoking Opium Exclusion Act, which banned the importation, possession and use of ‘smoking opium’. The statute still allowed for the use of opium-based ‘medications’, however. It was actually the first federal law banning the non-medical use of a substance.
Since that time, a number of FDA-approved drugs have made their appearance, including Vicodin in 1984, OxyContin in 1995 and Percocet in 1999. These are, essentially, all synthetic opiates and, like their natural cousins, are just as addictive. As a result, opioid addiction has mushroomed into a national crisis. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (http://nnw.fm/uqO2q) has stated that “more people died from drug overdoses in 2014 than in any year on record, and the majority of drug overdose deaths (more than six out of ten) involved an opioid.”
This frightening scenario makes PixarBio’s NeuroRelease™ a welcome addition to the analgesic arsenal. NeuroRelease™ is a morphine replacement, non-addictive pain platform for the surgical and hospital setting, for the battlefield, and for the alleviation of acute and chronic pain in general. The first product FDA approval for the platform is expected to be a 14-day post-surgical pain treatment, and the company anticipates commercial approval for this indication in late 2018.
PixarBio is a specialty pharmaceutical and biotech company focused on pre-clinical and clinical commercial development of novel neurological drug delivery systems for post-operative pain. The company researches and develops targeted delivery systems for drugs, devices, or biologics to treat pain, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and spinal cord injury. Its lead product platform, NeuroRelease™, has achieved sustained therapeutic release of non-opiate drugs for post-operative, acute and chronic pain in pre-clinical models.
For more information, visit www.PixarBio.com
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Pain is a ubiquitous phenomenon that pervades our lives from cradle to grave. We bear its lesser manifestations with a grimace or a smile, but, in many instances, analgesics are needed to free us from the greatest torments. For centuries, extracts from opium, derived from the poppy plant, have served that purpose. Perhaps, the most significant of these extracts or alkoloids is morphine, named after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
Morphine, in one form or another, has been used to ease pain since it was isolated from raw opium in 1805. Before that time, a number of preparations, such as laudanum, a solution of opium in alcohol, were employed as painkillers. Morphine is, however, treacherously addictive. Its use during the American Civil War turned large numbers of wounded veterans into addicts. This spurred the search for less addictive analgesics and the employment of weaker opiates such as codeine, which was widely used, at one time, in cough medications.
The quest for less addictive opiates, ironically, led to the discovery of more addictive ones. The German chemist, Felix Hoffman, developed heroin while working in the pharmaceutical research department of what is now Bayer AG. Bayer actually manufactured and sold bottles of heroin medicine in the first decade of the twentieth century (http://nnw.fm/nVF6j).
In 1909, the U.S. Congress passed the Smoking Opium Exclusion Act, which banned the importation, possession and use of ‘smoking opium’. The statute still allowed for the use of opium-based ‘medications’, however. It was actually the first federal law banning the non-medical use of a substance.
Since that time, a number of FDA-approved drugs have made their appearance, including Vicodin in 1984, OxyContin in 1995 and Percocet in 1999. These are, essentially, all synthetic opiates and, like their natural cousins, are just as addictive. As a result, opioid addiction has mushroomed into a national crisis. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (http://nnw.fm/uqO2q) has stated that “more people died from drug overdoses in 2014 than in any year on record, and the majority of drug overdose deaths (more than six out of ten) involved an opioid.”
This frightening scenario makes PixarBio’s NeuroRelease™ a welcome addition to the analgesic arsenal. NeuroRelease™ is a morphine replacement, non-addictive pain platform for the surgical and hospital setting, for the battlefield, and for the alleviation of acute and chronic pain in general. The first product FDA approval for the platform is expected to be a 14-day post-surgical pain treatment, and the company anticipates commercial approval for this indication in late 2018.
PixarBio is a specialty pharmaceutical and biotech company focused on pre-clinical and clinical commercial development of novel neurological drug delivery systems for post-operative pain. The company researches and develops targeted delivery systems for drugs, devices, or biologics to treat pain, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and spinal cord injury. Its lead product platform, NeuroRelease™, has achieved sustained therapeutic release of non-opiate drugs for post-operative, acute and chronic pain in pre-clinical models.
For more information, visit www.PixarBio.com
About NetworkNewsWire
NetworkNewsWire (NNW) provides news aggregation and syndication, enhanced press release services and a full array of social communication solutions. As a multifaceted financial news and distribution company with an extensive team of journalists and writers, NNW is uniquely positioned to best serve private and public companies who need to reach a wide audience of investors, consumers, journalists and the general public. NNW has an ever-growing distribution network of more than 5,000 key syndication outlets across the country. By cutting through the overload of information in today’s market, NNW brings its clients unparalleled visibility, recognition and brand awareness. NNW is where news, content and information converge.
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Friday, December 23, 2016
FTE Networks, Inc. (FTNW) is Enabling the Connection
In less than a decade, we’ve seen multiple networks spring up that are now connecting hundreds of millions of people. The largest one, Facebook, surpassed an astounding one billion users earlier this year as it advanced on its mission to “connect the world”. Facebook, as well as other networks sharing the same goal, is achieving great success by connecting more and more people every day. However, they can’t do that alone.
FTE Networks (OTCQX: FTNW) lives by the mission of “enabling the connection” that is allowing so many businesses to thrive in today’s globally connected environment. The company provides end-to-end network infrastructure solutions and focuses primarily on the burgeoning technology & communications networks industries. Current customers and target markets include tier 1 & 2 carriers, network infrastructure providers, OEMs, major ISPs and government.
When you consider just a few of the latest statistics, it becomes clear how much this company’s services are needed. Today, there are approximately 7.3 billion people, 3.4 billion internet users, and 2.3 billion active social media users. And all those numbers are growing. Networks will soon need to have the capacity to connect hundreds of millions of new people, and significant constraints or delays won’t be acceptable.
FTE Networks’ strategy includes optimizing its customer base through strategic partnerships, expanding recurring revenue with high margins, pursuing continuous improvement, leveraging innovative technology and expertise, deploying a world-class managed network services platform and capturing new growth opportunities on an ongoing basis. The strategy is clearly working well, with 19 locations across the country, favorable growth characteristics, and continued momentum heading into 2017.
Looking back over 2016, revenue increased significantly, and the final total is expected to be 50% greater than what was generated in 2015. There have also been tremendous gains in gross profits, with the third quarter bringing in $1.4 million, which is a 159% increase from the same period last year. Additionally, gross margins were improved from 14% to 37% year-over-year, and the company achieved positive income from operations.
In a recent news release, Chairman and SEO Michael Palleschi stated that not only will the company finish strong this year, but it is anticipated that the company will continue to drive incremental growth quarter-over-quarter throughout 2017 and beyond. As we enter 2017, FTE Networks will focus on pursuing accretive growth opportunities through mergers and acquisitions that are expected to solidify its position as a leader in the infrastructure solutions business segments, while also accelerating the launch of its exciting Managed Services platform.
With a track record of success already established, this is a company you will want to keep on your radar screen.
For more information, visit www.FTENet.com
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FTE Networks (OTCQX: FTNW) lives by the mission of “enabling the connection” that is allowing so many businesses to thrive in today’s globally connected environment. The company provides end-to-end network infrastructure solutions and focuses primarily on the burgeoning technology & communications networks industries. Current customers and target markets include tier 1 & 2 carriers, network infrastructure providers, OEMs, major ISPs and government.
When you consider just a few of the latest statistics, it becomes clear how much this company’s services are needed. Today, there are approximately 7.3 billion people, 3.4 billion internet users, and 2.3 billion active social media users. And all those numbers are growing. Networks will soon need to have the capacity to connect hundreds of millions of new people, and significant constraints or delays won’t be acceptable.
FTE Networks’ strategy includes optimizing its customer base through strategic partnerships, expanding recurring revenue with high margins, pursuing continuous improvement, leveraging innovative technology and expertise, deploying a world-class managed network services platform and capturing new growth opportunities on an ongoing basis. The strategy is clearly working well, with 19 locations across the country, favorable growth characteristics, and continued momentum heading into 2017.
Looking back over 2016, revenue increased significantly, and the final total is expected to be 50% greater than what was generated in 2015. There have also been tremendous gains in gross profits, with the third quarter bringing in $1.4 million, which is a 159% increase from the same period last year. Additionally, gross margins were improved from 14% to 37% year-over-year, and the company achieved positive income from operations.
In a recent news release, Chairman and SEO Michael Palleschi stated that not only will the company finish strong this year, but it is anticipated that the company will continue to drive incremental growth quarter-over-quarter throughout 2017 and beyond. As we enter 2017, FTE Networks will focus on pursuing accretive growth opportunities through mergers and acquisitions that are expected to solidify its position as a leader in the infrastructure solutions business segments, while also accelerating the launch of its exciting Managed Services platform.
With a track record of success already established, this is a company you will want to keep on your radar screen.
For more information, visit www.FTENet.com
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At National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (NWMH), Diverse Revenue Streams lead to Healthy Cash Flow
With close to half a million sitting in the bank and in short-term securities at the end of the third quarter (September 30, 2016), National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (OTC: NWMH) is flush with cash. This is no happenstance or accident. The company plans to become a vertically integrated behemoth with the long-term goal of servicing the entire East Coast from Florida to New York.
National Waste plans to achieve that vertical integration mainly through acquisitions, a strategy that is already proving to be a huge success. Its revenues for the nine-month period ended September 2016 were $4.9 million, rising by 262 percent over 2015 same period revenues of $1.3 million. Management at National Waste may be forgiven for laughing all the way to the bank. Cash and cash equivalents increased by 31 percent. This is one waste management company that’s wasting no time as it vigorously pursues its objective of becoming a major player in the industry.
A vertically integrated company is one that owns or controls successive stages in the supply chain. Since the end product of one stage would normally be the input to another stage, a vertical integration approach has the potential of streamlining processes and reducing costs. The major oil companies have employed such a strategy with telling effect, with interests in the supply chain from exploration to gas stations.
The waste management business has a similar heterogeneous value chain, composed of landfills, transfer stations, residential dumpster service, commercial dumpster service and residential garbage collection. National Waste, with the complementary strategies of acquisition and vertical integration, has been adding services as quickly as it has been extending its geographic reach.
Two of the driving forces behind National Waste’s winning strategy were interviewed by NetworkNewsWire (NNW), the multifaceted financial news and publishing company. CEO Louis “Tiny” Paveglio and CFO Dali Kranzthor sat down with Stuart Smith to discuss the company’s past milestones and its future goals.
With some 25 years of experience in the solid waste industry under his belt, CEO Louis “Tiny” Paveglio is a bright star in the National Waste firmament. He started as Vice President of Waste Recovery, a position from which he managed day-to-day operations and focused on revenue generation and gross margin profitability.
Under his leadership, Waste Recovery has expanded its roll-offs, built a solid waste transfer station and expanded residential garbage routes. In 2002, Paveglio was made CEO of Sandland, another Teelon company. As CEO, Paveglio made many significant changes to increase productivity and efficiencies.
After some restructuring, he increased profits while the downturn in new construction was hitting the C&D industry. He diversified to keep increasing revenue by trucking recycled materials to other various facilities, saving airspace at the landfill while fulfilling the need for recycled materials. When Sandland was acquired by National Waste, Paveglio assumed the position of CEO.
Dali Kranzthor is CFO of National Waste. As a certified valuation analyst, he is proficient in valuing companies and has assisted clients in this capacity with mergers and acquisitions and tax compliance. Before joining National Waste, he worked for many years at a full service CPA firm as director of audit and assurance and valuation.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nationalwastemgmt.com
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National Waste plans to achieve that vertical integration mainly through acquisitions, a strategy that is already proving to be a huge success. Its revenues for the nine-month period ended September 2016 were $4.9 million, rising by 262 percent over 2015 same period revenues of $1.3 million. Management at National Waste may be forgiven for laughing all the way to the bank. Cash and cash equivalents increased by 31 percent. This is one waste management company that’s wasting no time as it vigorously pursues its objective of becoming a major player in the industry.
A vertically integrated company is one that owns or controls successive stages in the supply chain. Since the end product of one stage would normally be the input to another stage, a vertical integration approach has the potential of streamlining processes and reducing costs. The major oil companies have employed such a strategy with telling effect, with interests in the supply chain from exploration to gas stations.
The waste management business has a similar heterogeneous value chain, composed of landfills, transfer stations, residential dumpster service, commercial dumpster service and residential garbage collection. National Waste, with the complementary strategies of acquisition and vertical integration, has been adding services as quickly as it has been extending its geographic reach.
Two of the driving forces behind National Waste’s winning strategy were interviewed by NetworkNewsWire (NNW), the multifaceted financial news and publishing company. CEO Louis “Tiny” Paveglio and CFO Dali Kranzthor sat down with Stuart Smith to discuss the company’s past milestones and its future goals.
With some 25 years of experience in the solid waste industry under his belt, CEO Louis “Tiny” Paveglio is a bright star in the National Waste firmament. He started as Vice President of Waste Recovery, a position from which he managed day-to-day operations and focused on revenue generation and gross margin profitability.
Under his leadership, Waste Recovery has expanded its roll-offs, built a solid waste transfer station and expanded residential garbage routes. In 2002, Paveglio was made CEO of Sandland, another Teelon company. As CEO, Paveglio made many significant changes to increase productivity and efficiencies.
After some restructuring, he increased profits while the downturn in new construction was hitting the C&D industry. He diversified to keep increasing revenue by trucking recycled materials to other various facilities, saving airspace at the landfill while fulfilling the need for recycled materials. When Sandland was acquired by National Waste, Paveglio assumed the position of CEO.
Dali Kranzthor is CFO of National Waste. As a certified valuation analyst, he is proficient in valuing companies and has assisted clients in this capacity with mergers and acquisitions and tax compliance. Before joining National Waste, he worked for many years at a full service CPA firm as director of audit and assurance and valuation.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nationalwastemgmt.com
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NetworkNewsWire (NNW) provides news aggregation and syndication, enhanced press release services and a full array of social communication solutions. As a multifaceted financial news and distribution company with an extensive team of journalists and writers, NNW is uniquely positioned to best serve private and public companies who need to reach a wide audience of investors, consumers, journalists and the general public. NNW has an ever-growing distribution network of more than 5,000 key syndication outlets across the country. By cutting through the overload of information in today’s market, NNW brings its clients unparalleled visibility, recognition and brand awareness. NNW is where news, content and information converge.
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Biotricity, Inc. (BTCY) – A Modern Technology Company for Medical and Consumer Markets
Modern technological advancements are permeating all facets of society and industry and encouraging remote interactions from anywhere and at anytime. In the realm of education, we have seen a rise in the offering of massive open online courses (MOOCs) aimed at unlimited student participation and open access via the web. In the financial services arena, we have seen the rapid growth of technology-driven companies enabling mobile payments and value-added transactional services via e-commerce sites and point-of-sale solutions. It was only a matter of time before we began looking more closely at how the latest developments in technology are influencing the medical field and the way doctors care for patients.
On December 20, 2017, only days before the dawn of the coming new year, SeeThruEquity – an independent equity research firm focused on small cap and micro cap public companies – brought this medical consideration to the general public when it issued a press release (http://nnw.fm/jFV7y) highlighting its initiation of coverage on Biotricity, Inc. (OTCQB: BTCY). SeeThruEquity estimated a 12-month price target of $4.20 for the company.
Biotricity is an emerging medical technology company that is focused on preventative health solutions. The company concentrates on developing and delivering remote patient monitoring and connected health solutions for disease management and lifestyle improvement in both diagnostic and post-diagnostic settings. With an eye toward putting health management into the hands of the patient, the company uses proprietary technology to develop cutting-edge solutions that empower the self-management of critical and chronic conditions and ease the rising burden on the health care system.
At present, Biotricity is directing its lead product, Bioflux, toward the monitoring of cardiovascular disease (CVD). With Bioflux, the company has designed a wearable mobile device and echocardiogram (ECG) system that boosts a doctor’s ability to monitor and diagnose CVD. Bioflux allows doctors to detect CVD or coronary heart diseases while also serving as an ambulatory monitor capable of identifying arrhythmias; acting as a remote mobile cardiac telemetry diagnostic monitor; and communicating ECG data via a built-in cellular radio in real-time. As a result, Biotricity’s management team is pursuing a 510(k) regulatory pathway for Bioflux and expecting to receive clearance to market the device in the first quarter of 2017.
In the future, the company intends to look beyond Bioflux at other sectors that present opportunities for long-term growth. For example, Biotricity intends to launch its Biolife health and lifestyle solution for the chronic illness side of the consumer market in 2017, aiming it at those individuals with high risks of CVD or who are already diagnosed with it. The Biolife solution consists of a clinical-grade heart monitor that reads ECG data or heart rhythms, as well as respiration, calories, temperature, physical activity and more. Additionally, the company plans to introduce products that target sleep apnea, fetal ECG monitoring, and diabetes monitoring to the wider healthcare market, as these three medical areas represent multi-billion dollar opportunities, if the company successfully executes its plan.
For more information, visit www.Biotricity.com
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On December 20, 2017, only days before the dawn of the coming new year, SeeThruEquity – an independent equity research firm focused on small cap and micro cap public companies – brought this medical consideration to the general public when it issued a press release (http://nnw.fm/jFV7y) highlighting its initiation of coverage on Biotricity, Inc. (OTCQB: BTCY). SeeThruEquity estimated a 12-month price target of $4.20 for the company.
Biotricity is an emerging medical technology company that is focused on preventative health solutions. The company concentrates on developing and delivering remote patient monitoring and connected health solutions for disease management and lifestyle improvement in both diagnostic and post-diagnostic settings. With an eye toward putting health management into the hands of the patient, the company uses proprietary technology to develop cutting-edge solutions that empower the self-management of critical and chronic conditions and ease the rising burden on the health care system.
At present, Biotricity is directing its lead product, Bioflux, toward the monitoring of cardiovascular disease (CVD). With Bioflux, the company has designed a wearable mobile device and echocardiogram (ECG) system that boosts a doctor’s ability to monitor and diagnose CVD. Bioflux allows doctors to detect CVD or coronary heart diseases while also serving as an ambulatory monitor capable of identifying arrhythmias; acting as a remote mobile cardiac telemetry diagnostic monitor; and communicating ECG data via a built-in cellular radio in real-time. As a result, Biotricity’s management team is pursuing a 510(k) regulatory pathway for Bioflux and expecting to receive clearance to market the device in the first quarter of 2017.
In the future, the company intends to look beyond Bioflux at other sectors that present opportunities for long-term growth. For example, Biotricity intends to launch its Biolife health and lifestyle solution for the chronic illness side of the consumer market in 2017, aiming it at those individuals with high risks of CVD or who are already diagnosed with it. The Biolife solution consists of a clinical-grade heart monitor that reads ECG data or heart rhythms, as well as respiration, calories, temperature, physical activity and more. Additionally, the company plans to introduce products that target sleep apnea, fetal ECG monitoring, and diabetes monitoring to the wider healthcare market, as these three medical areas represent multi-billion dollar opportunities, if the company successfully executes its plan.
For more information, visit www.Biotricity.com
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY) Announces Engagement of NetworkNewsWire for Corporate Communications Solutions
CytoDyn Inc. (OTCQB: CYDY), a biotechnology company focused on the development of new antibody therapies for combating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and other diseases, announced this morning that it has engaged the expertise of NetworkNewsWire (“NNW”), a multifaceted financial news and publishing company that delivers a new generation of social communication solutions, news aggregation and syndication, and enhanced news release services. NNW’s strategies help public and private organizations find their voice and build market visibility via social media and a rapidly expanding distribution network of well over 5,000 key syndication outlets.
“Maintaining strong communication with CytoDyn shareholders is highly important as we pursue regulatory approval of PRO 140, our leading monoclonal antibody for HIV infection,” Nader Pourhassan, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of CytoDyn, stated in this morning’s news release. “As we focus on our ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial with PRO 140, NNW will work behind the scenes and use its vast network to keep existing and potential investors up-to-date on our progress.”
As part of the Client-Partner relationship with CytoDyn, NNW will leverage its investor-based Brand Network of partners, various newsletters, social media channels, blogs, and other outreach tools to generate greater brand awareness for the company.
“Though tremendously invaluable, communication strategies are an often overlooked aspect of business for many biotech and biopharma companies,” Sherri Franklin, director of Content Marketing for NNW, added in the release. “CytoDyn, however, is taking a proactive approach in making sure the investment community is aware of its progress. We look forward to working with this exciting company as it addresses a significant global concern and advances its clinical development of monoclonal antibodies for treatment of HIV infection.”
For more information, visit www.CytoDyn.com
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“Maintaining strong communication with CytoDyn shareholders is highly important as we pursue regulatory approval of PRO 140, our leading monoclonal antibody for HIV infection,” Nader Pourhassan, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of CytoDyn, stated in this morning’s news release. “As we focus on our ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial with PRO 140, NNW will work behind the scenes and use its vast network to keep existing and potential investors up-to-date on our progress.”
As part of the Client-Partner relationship with CytoDyn, NNW will leverage its investor-based Brand Network of partners, various newsletters, social media channels, blogs, and other outreach tools to generate greater brand awareness for the company.
“Though tremendously invaluable, communication strategies are an often overlooked aspect of business for many biotech and biopharma companies,” Sherri Franklin, director of Content Marketing for NNW, added in the release. “CytoDyn, however, is taking a proactive approach in making sure the investment community is aware of its progress. We look forward to working with this exciting company as it addresses a significant global concern and advances its clinical development of monoclonal antibodies for treatment of HIV infection.”
For more information, visit www.CytoDyn.com
About NetworkNewsWire
NetworkNewsWire (NNW) provides news aggregation and syndication, enhanced press release services and a full array of social communication solutions. As a multifaceted financial news and distribution company with an extensive team of journalists and writers, NNW is uniquely positioned to best serve private and public companies who need to reach a wide audience of investors, consumers, journalists and the general public. NNW has an ever-growing distribution network of more than 5,000 key syndication outlets across the country. By cutting through the overload of information in today’s market, NNW brings its clients unparalleled visibility, recognition and brand awareness. NNW is where news, content and information converge.
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Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) CEO Joins E2Exchange Advisory Board Following Entry into Newly-Announced Strategic Partnership
Before the opening bell, Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) announced its entry into a strategic partnership with E2Exchange Ltd. (“E2E”) through which the company will provide access to its global multi-channel payment services offering to E2E members. Additionally, Oleg Firer, chief executive officer of Net Element, will serve as a member of E2E’s advisory board moving forward.
“We are honored to partner with the growing E2E network,” Firer stated in this morning’s news release. “We look forward to helping E2E members address their global commerce needs, and I am excited to join the E2E advisory board and help companies evaluate their payment needs as they grow internationally.”
Founded in 2011, E2E is an established network of highly successful businesspersons that currently includes more than 12,000 entrepreneurs, investors, non-executives and other partners. These members leverage E2E’s growing network to make connections, find investment and deal opportunities, source non-executive directors and exchange cutting-edge ideas in an effort to overcome the barriers to growth that affect companies of all sizes. E2Exchange is also actively engaged with business education and high-level lobbying efforts designed to further the interests of entrepreneurial business. Notably, E2E’s board of directors features some of the UK’s highest profile business leaders, including honorary President Sir Richard Branson.
“We are very excited to have entered into this strategic partnership with Net Element,” Shalini Khemka, founder and chief executive officer of E2E, stated in the news release. “Our fast-growing community of members can now access Net Element’s extensive range of payment acceptance services and its experience in streamlining payment processes for fast growing companies. This will be tremendously beneficial for our members in addressing global payments as they seek to expand and enhance their businesses.”
Entry into its partnership with E2Exchange continues to build on Net Element’s strong finish to 2016. Within the past month, the company has named Conformance Technologies its preferred provider for data compliance solutions; launched payment processing services in Azerbaijan through subsidiary PayOnline; and, also through PayOnline, launched an innovative payment acceptance module for Telegram, a popular cloud-based instant messenger application.
These moves came just weeks after Net Element released its financial results for the third quarter of 2016, which included an 11 percent year-over-year increase in net revenues driven by strong organic growth through its North America Transaction Solutions segment. All told, the company’s net revenues through the first nine months of 2016 totaled just shy of $39 million, marking an increase of 55 percent from the comparable period of 2015. These results caught the attention of industry analysts. Earlier this month, leading independent equity research firm SeeThruEquity noted Net Element’s strong revenue growth and an anticipated $10 million stock purchase agreement with ESOUSA Holdings, LLC as factors making Net Element a “compelling value at recent prices, especially in light of the growth generated by the company.”
For more information, visit www.NetElement.com
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“We are honored to partner with the growing E2E network,” Firer stated in this morning’s news release. “We look forward to helping E2E members address their global commerce needs, and I am excited to join the E2E advisory board and help companies evaluate their payment needs as they grow internationally.”
Founded in 2011, E2E is an established network of highly successful businesspersons that currently includes more than 12,000 entrepreneurs, investors, non-executives and other partners. These members leverage E2E’s growing network to make connections, find investment and deal opportunities, source non-executive directors and exchange cutting-edge ideas in an effort to overcome the barriers to growth that affect companies of all sizes. E2Exchange is also actively engaged with business education and high-level lobbying efforts designed to further the interests of entrepreneurial business. Notably, E2E’s board of directors features some of the UK’s highest profile business leaders, including honorary President Sir Richard Branson.
“We are very excited to have entered into this strategic partnership with Net Element,” Shalini Khemka, founder and chief executive officer of E2E, stated in the news release. “Our fast-growing community of members can now access Net Element’s extensive range of payment acceptance services and its experience in streamlining payment processes for fast growing companies. This will be tremendously beneficial for our members in addressing global payments as they seek to expand and enhance their businesses.”
Entry into its partnership with E2Exchange continues to build on Net Element’s strong finish to 2016. Within the past month, the company has named Conformance Technologies its preferred provider for data compliance solutions; launched payment processing services in Azerbaijan through subsidiary PayOnline; and, also through PayOnline, launched an innovative payment acceptance module for Telegram, a popular cloud-based instant messenger application.
These moves came just weeks after Net Element released its financial results for the third quarter of 2016, which included an 11 percent year-over-year increase in net revenues driven by strong organic growth through its North America Transaction Solutions segment. All told, the company’s net revenues through the first nine months of 2016 totaled just shy of $39 million, marking an increase of 55 percent from the comparable period of 2015. These results caught the attention of industry analysts. Earlier this month, leading independent equity research firm SeeThruEquity noted Net Element’s strong revenue growth and an anticipated $10 million stock purchase agreement with ESOUSA Holdings, LLC as factors making Net Element a “compelling value at recent prices, especially in light of the growth generated by the company.”
For more information, visit www.NetElement.com
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
OurPet’s Company (OPCO), Growing 50% Faster than the Industry Rate, Is a Bargain Buy
In the world of value investing, not all that is gold glitters… like Ohio-based OurPet’s Company, for example. OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) is a leading proprietary pet supply company that designs, produces, and markets a broad line of innovative, high-quality accessory and consumable pet products under the OurPets® and Pet Zone® brands in the U.S. and international markets. Its yearly revenues have been rising at a steady clip since its inception over 20 years ago and so, too, have its profits. Yet OPCO’s valuation is way below what you might expect. Could this be a case of investors eschewing value because they don’t like the packaging?
No, you may argue. Investors are rational. They make decisions that maximize utility. The rational investor will base his decision on expected returns. Yet, we know now that that is not entirely true. Despite our claims to be rational, we demonstrate a great deal of ‘risk aversion’. We don’t like to lose. We will play it safe because the pain of losing a dollar is greater than the pleasure of finding one.
However, if losing money causes pain, why then do we gamble? Several explanations have been offered. It may be that gamblers are a naughty subset of the population who, unlike their more mature brethren, are decidedly irrational. It may be that our attitudes to risk change with mood. On days when our world looks bright, we are prepared to take more risks than when things don’t look so good. Perhaps, gambling is seen more as entertainment. We would like to win, but if we don’t, at least we had a good time. Or is it because of all the idiosyncrasies that make us human? It isn’t rational, for example, to sacrifice your life to save a stranger. Yet, as ‘The Man in the Water’ (http://nnw.fm/4ujBI) has shown us, we each have the capacity to do just that.
So investors like glamour. If we say we’re invested early in Facebook or Google, wouldn’t we be regarded as savants? Isn’t that the way Warren Buffet works?
Irony aside, Buffet’s success is based on ‘value investing’. He famously said, “Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.” True value investing means picking up a bargain, companies whose stock prices don’t reflect their fundamental worth. In other words, buy it when it’s on sale.
OPCO is one such company. It prides itself on adaptability. CEO Dr. Steve Tsengas has remarked that one of the main rationales behind the founding of OurPet’s Company in 1994 was the lack of innovation in the pet industry at that time. In fact, so intent on the knowledge-based aspect of the enterprise were its co-founders, Dr. Steve Tsengas and Dean Tsengas, that they decided to focus on generating new and improved solutions for pet owners and ways of getting product to market rather than manufacturing. So, on the one hand, OurPet’s Company concentrates on innovation and design, and, on the other, on marketing and distributing its product line.
The company is focused on high-growth categories in the non-food segment of the pet products market. Healthy feeding/storage systems (http://nnw.fm/43nKJ) represent a $100 million a year market. Feline waste and odor control (http://nnw.fm/R8pdB) is a $250 million a year market. And the interactive cat and dog toys/accessories segment (http://nnw.fm/N7Fhy) is a whopping $1 billion a year market.
OPCO has been growing 50 percent faster than the industry rate. With a P/E ratio that has ranged between 12.5 and 14.5, OPCO is definitely a bargain buy.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.OurPets.com
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For more information, visit https://www.NetworkNewsWire.com
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No, you may argue. Investors are rational. They make decisions that maximize utility. The rational investor will base his decision on expected returns. Yet, we know now that that is not entirely true. Despite our claims to be rational, we demonstrate a great deal of ‘risk aversion’. We don’t like to lose. We will play it safe because the pain of losing a dollar is greater than the pleasure of finding one.
However, if losing money causes pain, why then do we gamble? Several explanations have been offered. It may be that gamblers are a naughty subset of the population who, unlike their more mature brethren, are decidedly irrational. It may be that our attitudes to risk change with mood. On days when our world looks bright, we are prepared to take more risks than when things don’t look so good. Perhaps, gambling is seen more as entertainment. We would like to win, but if we don’t, at least we had a good time. Or is it because of all the idiosyncrasies that make us human? It isn’t rational, for example, to sacrifice your life to save a stranger. Yet, as ‘The Man in the Water’ (http://nnw.fm/4ujBI) has shown us, we each have the capacity to do just that.
So investors like glamour. If we say we’re invested early in Facebook or Google, wouldn’t we be regarded as savants? Isn’t that the way Warren Buffet works?
Irony aside, Buffet’s success is based on ‘value investing’. He famously said, “Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.” True value investing means picking up a bargain, companies whose stock prices don’t reflect their fundamental worth. In other words, buy it when it’s on sale.
OPCO is one such company. It prides itself on adaptability. CEO Dr. Steve Tsengas has remarked that one of the main rationales behind the founding of OurPet’s Company in 1994 was the lack of innovation in the pet industry at that time. In fact, so intent on the knowledge-based aspect of the enterprise were its co-founders, Dr. Steve Tsengas and Dean Tsengas, that they decided to focus on generating new and improved solutions for pet owners and ways of getting product to market rather than manufacturing. So, on the one hand, OurPet’s Company concentrates on innovation and design, and, on the other, on marketing and distributing its product line.
The company is focused on high-growth categories in the non-food segment of the pet products market. Healthy feeding/storage systems (http://nnw.fm/43nKJ) represent a $100 million a year market. Feline waste and odor control (http://nnw.fm/R8pdB) is a $250 million a year market. And the interactive cat and dog toys/accessories segment (http://nnw.fm/N7Fhy) is a whopping $1 billion a year market.
OPCO has been growing 50 percent faster than the industry rate. With a P/E ratio that has ranged between 12.5 and 14.5, OPCO is definitely a bargain buy.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.OurPets.com
About NetworkNewsWire
NetworkNewsWire (NNW) provides news aggregation and syndication, enhanced press release services and a full array of social communication solutions. As a multifaceted financial news and distribution company with an extensive team of journalists and writers, NNW is uniquely positioned to best serve private and public companies who need to reach a wide audience of investors, consumers, journalists and the general public. NNW has an ever-growing distribution network of more than 5,000 key syndication outlets across the country. By cutting through the overload of information in today’s market, NNW brings its clients unparalleled visibility, recognition and brand awareness. NNW is where news, content and information converge.
For more information, visit https://www.NetworkNewsWire.com
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Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE) Capitalizing on Projected $410.5 Billion Mobile Retail Payment Industry with Value Added Services
Mobile payments have been increasingly adopted since the launch of this new technology back in 2015. By the end of 2016, mobile payments are expected to reach up to $180 billion, and, according to a report entitled ‘Mobile Payments Convergence: Opportunities at the Intersection of In-person, Online and P2P Payments’ (http://nnw.fm/obqQ9), the number of people using mobile wallets in the last 30 days has grown from 12% to nearly one in four people in 2016, approximately 40 million people in the U.S. Experts expect this type of payment to reach a huge $410.5 billion by the end of 2020. So what is shaping the future of mobile payments for 2017?
With new mobile applications and payment wallets inundating the mobile world, consumers are valuing the added simplicity and convenience of storing their card details on their devices. 2017 is said to be the year for ‘invisible payments’. This means that mobile devices are allowing us to become closer to acquiring a seamless in-store experience where initialization and authentication are no longer a concern, but it’s not just about making the payment process easier for consumers.
With ‘tap and go’ payments becoming more and more popular, customers expect this service to be available to them. As a result, simply paying via mobile is no longer the key driver for adoption of this relatively new payment method. The focus for mobile payments “is shifting from changing the payments process into a ‘buying experience’,” according to Mobile Payments Today (http://nnw.fm/Y4ktf). With big data readily available to merchants, customers are valuing specific, intelligent value-added services, some of which include gifts, rewards, loyalty points, and coupons.
Unified Payments, a TOT Group company owned by Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE), which provides seamless and secure mobile payment acceptance without the investment in expensive and complicated hardware or services, offers integrated loyalty card solutions that allow merchants to boost sales and increase customer loyalty with personalized incentives. The company works on the basis that customers appreciate being rewarded and earning something back for their loyalty.
The NETE subsidiary offers registration and reporting solutions that allow merchants to retrieve valuable demographic information to improve their marketing initiatives by targeting their consumers with personalized rewards. The company is in-line with the 2017 predictions of offering customers experience-based payment solutions, and does so by giving its clients services with versatile and flexible features that directly target and identify existing customer trends.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.NetElement.com
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For more information, visit https://www.NetworkNewsWire.com
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With new mobile applications and payment wallets inundating the mobile world, consumers are valuing the added simplicity and convenience of storing their card details on their devices. 2017 is said to be the year for ‘invisible payments’. This means that mobile devices are allowing us to become closer to acquiring a seamless in-store experience where initialization and authentication are no longer a concern, but it’s not just about making the payment process easier for consumers.
With ‘tap and go’ payments becoming more and more popular, customers expect this service to be available to them. As a result, simply paying via mobile is no longer the key driver for adoption of this relatively new payment method. The focus for mobile payments “is shifting from changing the payments process into a ‘buying experience’,” according to Mobile Payments Today (http://nnw.fm/Y4ktf). With big data readily available to merchants, customers are valuing specific, intelligent value-added services, some of which include gifts, rewards, loyalty points, and coupons.
Unified Payments, a TOT Group company owned by Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE), which provides seamless and secure mobile payment acceptance without the investment in expensive and complicated hardware or services, offers integrated loyalty card solutions that allow merchants to boost sales and increase customer loyalty with personalized incentives. The company works on the basis that customers appreciate being rewarded and earning something back for their loyalty.
The NETE subsidiary offers registration and reporting solutions that allow merchants to retrieve valuable demographic information to improve their marketing initiatives by targeting their consumers with personalized rewards. The company is in-line with the 2017 predictions of offering customers experience-based payment solutions, and does so by giving its clients services with versatile and flexible features that directly target and identify existing customer trends.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.NetElement.com
About NetworkNewsWire
NetworkNewsWire (NNW) provides news aggregation and syndication, enhanced press release services and a full array of social communication solutions. As a multifaceted financial news and distribution company with an extensive team of journalists and writers, NNW is uniquely positioned to best serve private and public companies who need to reach a wide audience of investors, consumers, journalists and the general public. NNW has an ever-growing distribution network of more than 5,000 key syndication outlets across the country. By cutting through the overload of information in today’s market, NNW brings its clients unparalleled visibility, recognition and brand awareness. NNW is where news, content and information converge.
For more information, visit https://www.NetworkNewsWire.com
Please see full disclaimers on the NetworkNewsWire website: http://nnw.fm/Disclaimer
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY) Targets HIV as its Lead Product, PRO 140, Enters Phase 3 Clinical Development
CytoDyn Inc. (OTCQB: CYDY) is entering a Phase 3 clinical trial with its leading product candidate, PRO 140, and the Washington-based biotech is showing a lot of progress nearing major milestones. PRO 140 is a viral-entry inhibitor, a new class of HIV/AIDS therapies that work by blocking the entry of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to healthy cells. PRO 140 is presently at the Phase 3 clinical trial stage. For the millions worldwide with HIV/AIDS, PRO 140 could offer the promise of a more robust bodyguard from further viral insult with potentially fewer side effects and hardly any toxicity.
HIV, like many other dangerous viruses, has a formidable ability to reproduce itself. The virus will invade an immune system cell and employ that cell’s reproductive machinery to make copies of itself, often killing the host cell in the process. New viral particles then emerge from the host and go on to infect other cells.
Many of the current AIDS therapies slow HIV replication by inhibiting viral enzymes within cells already affected by HIV. However, a new class of drugs, known as viral entry inhibitors, is designed to protect healthy cells from HIV infection by blocking early steps in the viral life cycle.
HIV infection occurs when the virus gains entry to two ‘doorways’ or receptors on the cell surface. These are the CD4 receptor and the co-receptor CCR5. The GP120 protein of HIV first attaches to the CD4 receptor on the cell membrane and then is able to bind to the co-receptor CCR5. At that point, the chips are down. The membranes of the virus and the immune cell fuse, and genetic material from HIV enters the cell.
PRO 140 works by attaching to the same portion of the CCR5 co-receptor to which HIV normally binds. The PRO 140 monoclonal antibodies physically block the HIV from attaching to the CCR5 co-receptor and arrest the completion of the second step in the entry process. The HIV is, consequently, rendered ineffective.
The approach taken by PRO 140 has a distinct advantage over other therapies. The normal function of CCR5 is to bind chemokines, molecules that regulate inflammation. Other HIV drugs that target CCR5 interact with the pocket of the receptor and thereby inhibit binding of both HIV and chemokines, which may have a number of adverse consequences because of the disruption of the chemokine inflammatory response. However, PRO 140 blocks HIV yet permits normal chemokine binding leading to potentially less side effects.
Early clinical testing indicates that PRO 140’s half-life contributes to the masking of CCR5 receptors for up to two months. Thus, infrequent dosing with PRO 140 may be possible compared to small molecule drugs, which require daily dosing.
In addition, being an antibody and not a synthetic drug means that PRO 140 will, most likely, have fewer issues with toxicity. Previous short and long-term trials have shown that PRO 140 is less likely to induce the development of resistant viruses.
Earlier this month, CytoDyn Inc. announced that several patients had been treated in the first single-agent maintenance therapy, Phase 3 (instead of today’s standard of care of at least three agents) in virally suppressed subjects with HIV. PRO 140 is considered one of the most advanced experimental monoclonal antibodies for HIV treatment and has been used in more than 140 HIV-infected patients in placebo controlled and open label FDA-approved clinical trials. The drug has been the subject of seven clinical trials, each demonstrating efficacy by significantly reducing or controlling HIV viral load in human test patients and being designated a “fast track” product candidate by the FDA.
CytoDyn is a biotechnology company focused on the clinical development and commercialization of humanized monoclonal antibodies for the treatment and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
For more information, visit www.CytoDyn.com
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HIV, like many other dangerous viruses, has a formidable ability to reproduce itself. The virus will invade an immune system cell and employ that cell’s reproductive machinery to make copies of itself, often killing the host cell in the process. New viral particles then emerge from the host and go on to infect other cells.
Many of the current AIDS therapies slow HIV replication by inhibiting viral enzymes within cells already affected by HIV. However, a new class of drugs, known as viral entry inhibitors, is designed to protect healthy cells from HIV infection by blocking early steps in the viral life cycle.
HIV infection occurs when the virus gains entry to two ‘doorways’ or receptors on the cell surface. These are the CD4 receptor and the co-receptor CCR5. The GP120 protein of HIV first attaches to the CD4 receptor on the cell membrane and then is able to bind to the co-receptor CCR5. At that point, the chips are down. The membranes of the virus and the immune cell fuse, and genetic material from HIV enters the cell.
PRO 140 works by attaching to the same portion of the CCR5 co-receptor to which HIV normally binds. The PRO 140 monoclonal antibodies physically block the HIV from attaching to the CCR5 co-receptor and arrest the completion of the second step in the entry process. The HIV is, consequently, rendered ineffective.
The approach taken by PRO 140 has a distinct advantage over other therapies. The normal function of CCR5 is to bind chemokines, molecules that regulate inflammation. Other HIV drugs that target CCR5 interact with the pocket of the receptor and thereby inhibit binding of both HIV and chemokines, which may have a number of adverse consequences because of the disruption of the chemokine inflammatory response. However, PRO 140 blocks HIV yet permits normal chemokine binding leading to potentially less side effects.
Early clinical testing indicates that PRO 140’s half-life contributes to the masking of CCR5 receptors for up to two months. Thus, infrequent dosing with PRO 140 may be possible compared to small molecule drugs, which require daily dosing.
In addition, being an antibody and not a synthetic drug means that PRO 140 will, most likely, have fewer issues with toxicity. Previous short and long-term trials have shown that PRO 140 is less likely to induce the development of resistant viruses.
Earlier this month, CytoDyn Inc. announced that several patients had been treated in the first single-agent maintenance therapy, Phase 3 (instead of today’s standard of care of at least three agents) in virally suppressed subjects with HIV. PRO 140 is considered one of the most advanced experimental monoclonal antibodies for HIV treatment and has been used in more than 140 HIV-infected patients in placebo controlled and open label FDA-approved clinical trials. The drug has been the subject of seven clinical trials, each demonstrating efficacy by significantly reducing or controlling HIV viral load in human test patients and being designated a “fast track” product candidate by the FDA.
CytoDyn is a biotechnology company focused on the clinical development and commercialization of humanized monoclonal antibodies for the treatment and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
For more information, visit www.CytoDyn.com
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Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOXC) Capitalizing on its Knowledge of Social Media and O2O Market Demographics in China
Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOXC), a China-based company in the business of providing social media-based marketing and promotion platforms to merchants to help them grow their business, continues to show a thorough understanding of China’s online-to-offline (O2O) and social media market demographics. Although it is hard to establish where China’s O2O market stands, O2O in China covers all kinds of services that are offered by brick-and-mortar establishments.
Unlike in the U.S. or Europe, where O2O is often considered to be items purchased online and picked up at a store, in China O2O includes a range of categories. O2O in China takes into account travel, accommodation, transport, dinner reservations, medical appointments, and virtually any services that are ordered or booked online but paid for at point of service.
With this mind, who is the primary demographic for China’s O2O market? Although the O2O markets in China, the U.S., and Europe are significantly different, this is largely due to the fact that payments in China are far more likely to be made via a mobile device, according to eMarketer (http://nnw.fm/vzE0B). In addition, the typical buyer in China is likely to be less than 40 years old and live in one of the country’s larger cities.
According to Make a Website Hub (http://nnw.fm/m1FZg), this is also the demographic in China that is most active on social media. Roughly 30% of social media users are said to be between the ages of 26 and 30 years, with another 21% of social media users between 31 and 35. With over 650 million social network users, and 400 million of these individuals using mobile to access these social media platforms, it is no wonder that Moxian is making strides in both the O2O and social media marketing industries.
The company has two primary products, Moxian+ User app and Moxian+ Business app. These apps are multi-channel social commerce platforms that allow merchants and consumers to better interact with one another. Moxian+ User app is made up of Moxian’s proprietary virtual currency, social networking, a redemption center sponsored by Moxian merchants, and a game center. Moxian+ Business app comes with a built in Social Customer Relationship Management tool through which merchants are able to set up a store on the Moxian platform and push promotions through various mediums. The application also allows merchants to respond to customer inquiries through instant messaging, as well as to list items, process orders, and receive reports and analytical insights.
With China’s O2O market demographic showing a strong resemblance to its social media demographic, Moxian, Inc. is able to capitalize on both markets. The company achieved an important uplisting to the Nasdaq Capital Market on November 15, 2016. This, combined with its new relationship with Beijing Chinaums, a subsidiary of China UnionPay that creates safer and more convenient payment options, allowed Moxian to launch the Moxian+ User app on a commercial level by accessing the millions of merchants and users who currently use Chinaums proprietary payment technologies.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Moxian.com
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Unlike in the U.S. or Europe, where O2O is often considered to be items purchased online and picked up at a store, in China O2O includes a range of categories. O2O in China takes into account travel, accommodation, transport, dinner reservations, medical appointments, and virtually any services that are ordered or booked online but paid for at point of service.
With this mind, who is the primary demographic for China’s O2O market? Although the O2O markets in China, the U.S., and Europe are significantly different, this is largely due to the fact that payments in China are far more likely to be made via a mobile device, according to eMarketer (http://nnw.fm/vzE0B). In addition, the typical buyer in China is likely to be less than 40 years old and live in one of the country’s larger cities.
According to Make a Website Hub (http://nnw.fm/m1FZg), this is also the demographic in China that is most active on social media. Roughly 30% of social media users are said to be between the ages of 26 and 30 years, with another 21% of social media users between 31 and 35. With over 650 million social network users, and 400 million of these individuals using mobile to access these social media platforms, it is no wonder that Moxian is making strides in both the O2O and social media marketing industries.
The company has two primary products, Moxian+ User app and Moxian+ Business app. These apps are multi-channel social commerce platforms that allow merchants and consumers to better interact with one another. Moxian+ User app is made up of Moxian’s proprietary virtual currency, social networking, a redemption center sponsored by Moxian merchants, and a game center. Moxian+ Business app comes with a built in Social Customer Relationship Management tool through which merchants are able to set up a store on the Moxian platform and push promotions through various mediums. The application also allows merchants to respond to customer inquiries through instant messaging, as well as to list items, process orders, and receive reports and analytical insights.
With China’s O2O market demographic showing a strong resemblance to its social media demographic, Moxian, Inc. is able to capitalize on both markets. The company achieved an important uplisting to the Nasdaq Capital Market on November 15, 2016. This, combined with its new relationship with Beijing Chinaums, a subsidiary of China UnionPay that creates safer and more convenient payment options, allowed Moxian to launch the Moxian+ User app on a commercial level by accessing the millions of merchants and users who currently use Chinaums proprietary payment technologies.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Moxian.com
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CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY) is “One to Watch”
CytoDyn Inc. (OTCQB: CYDY) is a Vancouver, Washington-based biotechnology company engaged in the clinical development and potential commercialization of humanized monoclonal antibodies for the treatment and prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection.
Monoclonal antibodies – soluble proteins produced by the body in response to infections from bacteria, viruses and other pathogens – have become one of the fastest expanding opportunities in the biotech/pharma sector. CytoDyn’s lead drug candidate is PRO 140, one of the leading monoclonal antibodies under development for HIV infection.
PRO 140 belongs to a new class of HIV/AIDS therapeutics intended to protect healthy cells from viral infection. The candidate has been used in more than 200 HIV-infected patients in placebo-controlled and open label FDA-approved clinical trials; has been the subject of seven clinical trials, each demonstrating efficacy by significantly reducing or controlling HIV viral load in human test subjects; and is designated a “fast track” product candidate by the FDA.
The PRO 140 antibody appears to be a powerful antiviral agent leading to potentially hardly any side effects or toxicity and less frequent dosing requirements, as compared to daily drug therapies currently in use. CytoDyn has received FDA clearance for and currently has two Phase 3 clinical trials underway. The company’s first Phase 3 trial is a pivotal trial with PRO 140 in combination with current standard-of-care antiretroviral therapy (ART) for highly treatment-experienced patients with HIV. This 25-week trial involves only 30 patients with a primary endpoint of just one week of efficacy and the company expects to report primary endpoint results as early as the first quarter of 2017.
The company’s other Phase 3 trial is with PRO 140 as a single-agent maintenance therapy in virally suppressed subjects with HIV. This multicenter, open-label trial is now enrolling 300 patients prequalified with CCR5-tropic HIV-1 infection who are clinically stable on standard-of-care highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The objective of the trial is to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of PRO 140 as a long-acting, single-agent maintenance therapy for the chronic suppression of HIV. Patients enrolled in the trial will be shifted from daily HAART regimens to weekly PRO 140 subcutaneous injections for 48 weeks. This trial protocol is nearly a duplicate of the Phase 2b monotherapy trial, which is ongoing with an extension study that supports a group of patients who have maintained viral suppression for over two years and is continuing.
Additionally, the company has underway a Phase 2 trial to evaluate PRO 140 for Graft vs. Host Disease (GvHD) in a 100-day study involving 60 patients. GvHD is a life-threatening complication for cancer patients undergoing stem cell transplants. This trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of PRO 140 for prophylaxis of acute GvHD in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) undergoing allogeneic stem-cell transplantation.
CytoDyn operates under the guidance of a highly qualified management team and advisors with experience in a wide range of complementary skillsets, including business development, mechanical engineering, life sciences and biotech, manufacturing and clinical development, IP asset development, biologics, antibody drug conjugates, engineered tissue therapeutics, small molecule and radiopharmaceutical drugs and more. Additionally, CytoDyn has established relationships with world-class HIV experts who advise on the company’s trial designs.
For more information, visit www.CytoDyn.com
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Monoclonal antibodies – soluble proteins produced by the body in response to infections from bacteria, viruses and other pathogens – have become one of the fastest expanding opportunities in the biotech/pharma sector. CytoDyn’s lead drug candidate is PRO 140, one of the leading monoclonal antibodies under development for HIV infection.
PRO 140 belongs to a new class of HIV/AIDS therapeutics intended to protect healthy cells from viral infection. The candidate has been used in more than 200 HIV-infected patients in placebo-controlled and open label FDA-approved clinical trials; has been the subject of seven clinical trials, each demonstrating efficacy by significantly reducing or controlling HIV viral load in human test subjects; and is designated a “fast track” product candidate by the FDA.
The PRO 140 antibody appears to be a powerful antiviral agent leading to potentially hardly any side effects or toxicity and less frequent dosing requirements, as compared to daily drug therapies currently in use. CytoDyn has received FDA clearance for and currently has two Phase 3 clinical trials underway. The company’s first Phase 3 trial is a pivotal trial with PRO 140 in combination with current standard-of-care antiretroviral therapy (ART) for highly treatment-experienced patients with HIV. This 25-week trial involves only 30 patients with a primary endpoint of just one week of efficacy and the company expects to report primary endpoint results as early as the first quarter of 2017.
The company’s other Phase 3 trial is with PRO 140 as a single-agent maintenance therapy in virally suppressed subjects with HIV. This multicenter, open-label trial is now enrolling 300 patients prequalified with CCR5-tropic HIV-1 infection who are clinically stable on standard-of-care highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The objective of the trial is to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of PRO 140 as a long-acting, single-agent maintenance therapy for the chronic suppression of HIV. Patients enrolled in the trial will be shifted from daily HAART regimens to weekly PRO 140 subcutaneous injections for 48 weeks. This trial protocol is nearly a duplicate of the Phase 2b monotherapy trial, which is ongoing with an extension study that supports a group of patients who have maintained viral suppression for over two years and is continuing.
Additionally, the company has underway a Phase 2 trial to evaluate PRO 140 for Graft vs. Host Disease (GvHD) in a 100-day study involving 60 patients. GvHD is a life-threatening complication for cancer patients undergoing stem cell transplants. This trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of PRO 140 for prophylaxis of acute GvHD in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) undergoing allogeneic stem-cell transplantation.
CytoDyn operates under the guidance of a highly qualified management team and advisors with experience in a wide range of complementary skillsets, including business development, mechanical engineering, life sciences and biotech, manufacturing and clinical development, IP asset development, biologics, antibody drug conjugates, engineered tissue therapeutics, small molecule and radiopharmaceutical drugs and more. Additionally, CytoDyn has established relationships with world-class HIV experts who advise on the company’s trial designs.
For more information, visit www.CytoDyn.com
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Monday, December 19, 2016
Rennova Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNVA) Creating the Next Generation of Health Care
Rennova Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNVA, RNVAX), a vertically integrated public holding company serving the health care sector, focuses on offering comprehensive single-source solutions to health care providers ranging from diagnostic laboratory testing to technology solutions, revenue cycle management and financial and billing services. With a declared goal of creating efficient, innovative and empowering solutions, the company is dedicated to putting the needs of health care providers and their patients at the center of everything it does.
The company’s single-source solutions are designed to help health care providers increase operational efficiency and obtain added value, with the purpose of ultimately supporting better treatment outcomes, increasing patient care efficiency and optimizing revenue streams. Available individually or as a package, these industry-leading supportive software and diagnostics solutions and services work together to empower customers and help shape the next generation of health care.
The diagnostics testing solutions include highly complex clinical, toxicology and esoteric laboratory services, offered via Rennova Health’s subsidiary, Medytox Diagnostics, and its five labs located strategically across the country. These laboratories offer specialized services of urine drug testing for prescription medication, abuse drugs and pain medication, as well as toxicology, clinical chemistry, hematology, serology, immunology and esoteric testing services such as neurotransmitter tests. The testing and sampling process uses the company’s proprietary StableSpot™ methodology.
The company currently has an active customer base with 139 clients and possesses Medicaid licenses in a total of 28 states. Also part of its clinical lab operations segment, Rennova Health recently initiated the acquisition of various assets of a rural clinical access hospital that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The acquisition process is to be completed early next year, with the hospital and its laboratory likely back in operation in the third quarter of 2017. Another major acquisition the company plans is that of Genomics, Inc., a biomedical diagnostics company that offers personalized medicine via DNA-guided management. Genomics uses a patented combination of genes and a proprietary platform that correlates gene and physiological variability to come up with ideal medication for pain, diabetes, mental illness and heart disease.
Another essential component of Rennova’s comprehensive solutions offering is health care technology. The company’s integrated software solutions include both specialized applications and simplified technologies for electronic health records, an advanced laboratory information management system and a reporting application designed to help streamline diagnostic laboratory testing, as well as information solutions for precision oncology. The company launched an electronic health records service in the substance abuse sector in the last quarter of 2015 and currently has approximately 100 EHR clients across all verticals.
As for revenue cycle management services, Rennova’s in-house medical billing services solution, Medical Billing Choices, offers a customer-centered workflow designed to minimize errors, streamline customers’ billing cycles and maximize cash flow by expediting tasks such as insurance eligibility checks, claims submissions, and payment collecting. The company launched a specialized medical billing division for substance abuse facilities in the third quarter of the year and currently has approximately 20 facilities as customers.
Rennova also offers financial service solutions to health care providers, designed to help them maintain positive cash flows and overcome any income gaps cause by slow-to-pay customers. From special loans collaterized by accounts receivable to acquisitions of qualifying accounts receivable at a discounted rate, the company offers a wealth of financial solutions tailored to every customer.
For 2017 as well as long term, Rennova Health has plans to create and maintain a sustainable relationship with its customers, to grow revenue and provide added value to its shareholders by increasing and diversifying its diagnostics business, offering improved supportive software solutions and exploring new ways to improve provider and patient outcomes for various diagnostics, including cancer and diabetes. The company’s main target markets at the moment are pain management and drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
For more information, visit www.RennovaHealth.com
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The company’s single-source solutions are designed to help health care providers increase operational efficiency and obtain added value, with the purpose of ultimately supporting better treatment outcomes, increasing patient care efficiency and optimizing revenue streams. Available individually or as a package, these industry-leading supportive software and diagnostics solutions and services work together to empower customers and help shape the next generation of health care.
The diagnostics testing solutions include highly complex clinical, toxicology and esoteric laboratory services, offered via Rennova Health’s subsidiary, Medytox Diagnostics, and its five labs located strategically across the country. These laboratories offer specialized services of urine drug testing for prescription medication, abuse drugs and pain medication, as well as toxicology, clinical chemistry, hematology, serology, immunology and esoteric testing services such as neurotransmitter tests. The testing and sampling process uses the company’s proprietary StableSpot™ methodology.
The company currently has an active customer base with 139 clients and possesses Medicaid licenses in a total of 28 states. Also part of its clinical lab operations segment, Rennova Health recently initiated the acquisition of various assets of a rural clinical access hospital that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The acquisition process is to be completed early next year, with the hospital and its laboratory likely back in operation in the third quarter of 2017. Another major acquisition the company plans is that of Genomics, Inc., a biomedical diagnostics company that offers personalized medicine via DNA-guided management. Genomics uses a patented combination of genes and a proprietary platform that correlates gene and physiological variability to come up with ideal medication for pain, diabetes, mental illness and heart disease.
Another essential component of Rennova’s comprehensive solutions offering is health care technology. The company’s integrated software solutions include both specialized applications and simplified technologies for electronic health records, an advanced laboratory information management system and a reporting application designed to help streamline diagnostic laboratory testing, as well as information solutions for precision oncology. The company launched an electronic health records service in the substance abuse sector in the last quarter of 2015 and currently has approximately 100 EHR clients across all verticals.
As for revenue cycle management services, Rennova’s in-house medical billing services solution, Medical Billing Choices, offers a customer-centered workflow designed to minimize errors, streamline customers’ billing cycles and maximize cash flow by expediting tasks such as insurance eligibility checks, claims submissions, and payment collecting. The company launched a specialized medical billing division for substance abuse facilities in the third quarter of the year and currently has approximately 20 facilities as customers.
Rennova also offers financial service solutions to health care providers, designed to help them maintain positive cash flows and overcome any income gaps cause by slow-to-pay customers. From special loans collaterized by accounts receivable to acquisitions of qualifying accounts receivable at a discounted rate, the company offers a wealth of financial solutions tailored to every customer.
For 2017 as well as long term, Rennova Health has plans to create and maintain a sustainable relationship with its customers, to grow revenue and provide added value to its shareholders by increasing and diversifying its diagnostics business, offering improved supportive software solutions and exploring new ways to improve provider and patient outcomes for various diagnostics, including cancer and diabetes. The company’s main target markets at the moment are pain management and drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
For more information, visit www.RennovaHealth.com
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Friday, December 16, 2016
Singlepoint, Inc. (SING) CEO Comments on Company’s Above-Average Volume in Interview on MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon
Before the opening bell, Singlepoint, Inc. (OTC: SING) was announced as a featured company on this week’s episode of MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon. MoneyTV is an internationally syndicated television program about “money and what makes it happen.” The show includes informative interviews with company CEOs, offering prospective investors insight into their operations and outlooks for the future.
To view this week’s program, visit www.MoneyTV.net
In the interview, Greg Lambrecht, chief executive officer of Singlepoint, commented on the recent movement of the company’s stock, which has recorded above-average volume throughout much of the past two months. On November 4, in particular, Singlepoint’s volume climbed to 22.6 million. For comparison, the company’s average 30-day volume prior to this spike was roughly 4.35 million, according to OTC Markets. Singlepoint’s price per share recorded a similar spike in mid-November.
“We’ve had enormous response from funders, not only in New York but across the country, that are interested in investing in Singlepoint and also interested in helping us with some of our acquisitions,” Lambrecht stated in reference to the company’s recent volume. “We are in the process of looking at a couple of different funding deals and a couple of different acquisitions. It’s a very exciting time right now.”
One driver behind rising investor interest surrounding Singlepoint could be its ongoing forays into the legalized cannabis industry. In early November, the company announced plans to reawaken its SingleSeed subsidiary in order to gain access to the domestic cannabis market, which is projected to climb to $50 billion by 2026, according to data from financial services firm Cowen and Co. In line with these efforts, Singlepoint has recently turned its attention toward broadening its presence in the nation’s cannabis markets ahead of an expected resolution to the industry’s long-standing banking problem.
“One of the things we’re doing, we’re spending some money on really making our SingleSeed website live. That’s SingleSeed.com, and it is specifically set up for dispensaries,” Lambrecht told host Donald Baillargeon. “We’re turning that on to allow people to go in and sign one of our agreements and start to get our text message marketing, which is legal now, and sign up to get a terminal when it’s opened up.”
Lambrecht concluded the MoneyTV interview by taking a look at the current regulatory environment surrounding the cannabis industry. With President-elect Donald Trump having previously suggested plans to leave the regulation of recreational marijuana in the hands of individual states, Lambrecht predicts that it’s only a matter of time before a decision is made to give legal cannabis operations access to financial institutions and electronic payment solutions.
“A congressman from California has already written the Trump administration asking for a meeting,” Lambrecht concluded. “Basically, he’s saying, ‘Hey, California is opened up. These dispensaries need to have a bank account.’ So that, with Florida and Massachusetts, I think the pendulum has swung to where they’re going to let these dispensaries have bank accounts. When that happens, that’s going to be very exciting for Singlepoint.”
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Singlepoint.com
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In the interview, Greg Lambrecht, chief executive officer of Singlepoint, commented on the recent movement of the company’s stock, which has recorded above-average volume throughout much of the past two months. On November 4, in particular, Singlepoint’s volume climbed to 22.6 million. For comparison, the company’s average 30-day volume prior to this spike was roughly 4.35 million, according to OTC Markets. Singlepoint’s price per share recorded a similar spike in mid-November.
“We’ve had enormous response from funders, not only in New York but across the country, that are interested in investing in Singlepoint and also interested in helping us with some of our acquisitions,” Lambrecht stated in reference to the company’s recent volume. “We are in the process of looking at a couple of different funding deals and a couple of different acquisitions. It’s a very exciting time right now.”
One driver behind rising investor interest surrounding Singlepoint could be its ongoing forays into the legalized cannabis industry. In early November, the company announced plans to reawaken its SingleSeed subsidiary in order to gain access to the domestic cannabis market, which is projected to climb to $50 billion by 2026, according to data from financial services firm Cowen and Co. In line with these efforts, Singlepoint has recently turned its attention toward broadening its presence in the nation’s cannabis markets ahead of an expected resolution to the industry’s long-standing banking problem.
“One of the things we’re doing, we’re spending some money on really making our SingleSeed website live. That’s SingleSeed.com, and it is specifically set up for dispensaries,” Lambrecht told host Donald Baillargeon. “We’re turning that on to allow people to go in and sign one of our agreements and start to get our text message marketing, which is legal now, and sign up to get a terminal when it’s opened up.”
Lambrecht concluded the MoneyTV interview by taking a look at the current regulatory environment surrounding the cannabis industry. With President-elect Donald Trump having previously suggested plans to leave the regulation of recreational marijuana in the hands of individual states, Lambrecht predicts that it’s only a matter of time before a decision is made to give legal cannabis operations access to financial institutions and electronic payment solutions.
“A congressman from California has already written the Trump administration asking for a meeting,” Lambrecht concluded. “Basically, he’s saying, ‘Hey, California is opened up. These dispensaries need to have a bank account.’ So that, with Florida and Massachusetts, I think the pendulum has swung to where they’re going to let these dispensaries have bank accounts. When that happens, that’s going to be very exciting for Singlepoint.”
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Singlepoint.com
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National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (NWMH) Set to Capitalize on Untapped East Coast Opportunities
The increasing levels of solid waste generated in the U.S. each year is drawing attention from lawmakers, and strategies are being implemented on every level to address the issue. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking steps (http://nnw.fm/ciT1J) to tap into the minds of state and local government entities, academic institutions, and private non-profit organizations by making available Solid Waste Management (SWM) and Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) grants to improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas. In the business sector, National Waste Management Holdings (OTC: NWMH), a solid waste management company, has been steadily expanding its influence across the East Coast with an aggressive acquisition strategy that is bringing more and more facilities under its wing. The company’s comprehensive waste management approach includes an array of landfill disposal services, roll off containers for rental, and a line of recycled wood and garden mulch.
In a recent, exclusive audio interview (http://nnw.fm/nwmh-interview-dec-2016) with NetworkNewsWire, a multifaceted financial news and publishing company, National Waste Management Holdings CEO Louis “Tiny” Paveglio and CFO Dali Kranzthor spoke toward a few of the company’s 2017 acquisition goals. A recent article cites a paper shredding facility in New York as being under consideration, and that acquisition would open NWMH to a sizable market in the region. As it stands, NWMH already services residential and commercial customers in Upstate New York, as well as in its home state of Florida.
An article (http://nnw.fm/1YrbF) from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America found, upon examining the world’s megacities, that New York exceeds the rest in solid waste production, both in absolute and per capita terms. In addition, despite Tokyo being the largest megacity by population, New York surpasses it in terms of energy consumption of both transportation fuels and heating/industrial fuels. The article also states that New York consumes the energy of approximately two megacities; the equivalent of approximately one supertanker every 1.5 days. Interestingly, statistics in the 2014 Tables and Figures (http://nnw.fm/PH5m8) published by the EPA last month show that the Northeast more than doubles the rest of the nation in terms of municipal waste-to-energy capacity, with nearly 800 tons/day throughput per million people. Resource recovery facilities can turn solid waste into vital energy. One such facility, for example, is the Essex County Resource Recovery Facility that processed 2,800 tons of municipal solid waste per day in 2012 between its two generators, producing approximately 65 megawatts of energy.
While the Northeast led in terms of waste-to-energy capacity as well as estimated MRF throughput in 2014, it had, by far, the least number of landfills in the U.S., per the EPA report, potentially signifying a largely untapped market. SaveOnEnergy.com notes (http://nnw.fm/0uJIp) that New York is the largest giver of trash to Ohio, accounting for nearly 32 percent of the state’s out-of-state total, with New Jersey coming in close behind. National Waste Management Holding’s initial acquisition strategies on the East Coast are part of the company’s larger objective of national expansion.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nationalwastemgmt.com
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In a recent, exclusive audio interview (http://nnw.fm/nwmh-interview-dec-2016) with NetworkNewsWire, a multifaceted financial news and publishing company, National Waste Management Holdings CEO Louis “Tiny” Paveglio and CFO Dali Kranzthor spoke toward a few of the company’s 2017 acquisition goals. A recent article cites a paper shredding facility in New York as being under consideration, and that acquisition would open NWMH to a sizable market in the region. As it stands, NWMH already services residential and commercial customers in Upstate New York, as well as in its home state of Florida.
An article (http://nnw.fm/1YrbF) from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America found, upon examining the world’s megacities, that New York exceeds the rest in solid waste production, both in absolute and per capita terms. In addition, despite Tokyo being the largest megacity by population, New York surpasses it in terms of energy consumption of both transportation fuels and heating/industrial fuels. The article also states that New York consumes the energy of approximately two megacities; the equivalent of approximately one supertanker every 1.5 days. Interestingly, statistics in the 2014 Tables and Figures (http://nnw.fm/PH5m8) published by the EPA last month show that the Northeast more than doubles the rest of the nation in terms of municipal waste-to-energy capacity, with nearly 800 tons/day throughput per million people. Resource recovery facilities can turn solid waste into vital energy. One such facility, for example, is the Essex County Resource Recovery Facility that processed 2,800 tons of municipal solid waste per day in 2012 between its two generators, producing approximately 65 megawatts of energy.
While the Northeast led in terms of waste-to-energy capacity as well as estimated MRF throughput in 2014, it had, by far, the least number of landfills in the U.S., per the EPA report, potentially signifying a largely untapped market. SaveOnEnergy.com notes (http://nnw.fm/0uJIp) that New York is the largest giver of trash to Ohio, accounting for nearly 32 percent of the state’s out-of-state total, with New Jersey coming in close behind. National Waste Management Holding’s initial acquisition strategies on the East Coast are part of the company’s larger objective of national expansion.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nationalwastemgmt.com
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Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) Driving Transactions through High-Tech Channels
As one of the fastest-growing technology-driven companies enabling mobile payments and value-added transactional services, Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) is steadily carving out more and more of the global commerce pie. The South-Florida company currently has its sights set on certain key objectives: to empower smart payments through all channels of interaction between merchants and consumers, to establish multiple monetization channels for merchants and to add convenience and speed to everyday commerce. With subsidiaries like PayOnline under its umbrella, it is tactically positioned for substantial growth in the U.S. and in select emerging economies.
Over the years, Net Element has become known for operating a payments-as-a-service transactional and value-added services platform for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), while PayOnline has gained recognition for offering payment acceptance services to 3,000-plus online, multi-channel merchants and service providers operating in Asia, Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Internet payment processing businesses rarely achieve success without the latest technology, the highest levels of security or a personalized approach to every customer. Reliability and stability are also features that customers look at when choosing an e-commerce payments acceptance vendor. It is little surprise, then, that Net Element and PayOnline embody these characteristics while also thriving in the innovation and product development areas. Attributes such as these characterize the companies differently from their competitors, and so do the ground-breaking products they continue to develop.
To achieve its long-term corporate objectives in the United States, Net Element has taken aim at growing its transactional revenue by innovating SME productivity services such as its cloud-based, restaurant point-of-sale solution, Aptito. Abroad, however, the company’s growth strategy involves leveraging its omni-channel platform to deliver flexible offerings to emerging markets with diverse banking, regulatory and demographic conditions — markets such as the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Azerbaijan.
To learn more about this technology company, visit www.NetElement.com
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Over the years, Net Element has become known for operating a payments-as-a-service transactional and value-added services platform for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), while PayOnline has gained recognition for offering payment acceptance services to 3,000-plus online, multi-channel merchants and service providers operating in Asia, Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Internet payment processing businesses rarely achieve success without the latest technology, the highest levels of security or a personalized approach to every customer. Reliability and stability are also features that customers look at when choosing an e-commerce payments acceptance vendor. It is little surprise, then, that Net Element and PayOnline embody these characteristics while also thriving in the innovation and product development areas. Attributes such as these characterize the companies differently from their competitors, and so do the ground-breaking products they continue to develop.
To achieve its long-term corporate objectives in the United States, Net Element has taken aim at growing its transactional revenue by innovating SME productivity services such as its cloud-based, restaurant point-of-sale solution, Aptito. Abroad, however, the company’s growth strategy involves leveraging its omni-channel platform to deliver flexible offerings to emerging markets with diverse banking, regulatory and demographic conditions — markets such as the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Azerbaijan.
To learn more about this technology company, visit www.NetElement.com
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PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. (PMCB) Pre-IND Meeting with FDA Makes ATM Funding Possible
For California-based PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. (OTCQB: PMCB), a light at the end of the pipeline tunnel has become visible as one piece of good news follows another. The approval by the FDA to entertain a Pre-Investigational New Drug (Pre-IND) submission from the company sent PMCB stock soaring to triple its pre-approval value. The resulting market cap made PharmaCyte ‘primarily eligible’ to register securities for sale in an at-the-market (ATM) offering, which it now plans to do through Chardan Capital.
To make an ATM offering requires that the issuer be eligible, on a primary basis, to use a shelf registration statement on Form S-3. The Form S-3 filing initiates an equity distribution program under which, from time to time, ATM offerings can be made. Each ATM offering is a drawdown from the related shelf registration securities offering.
ATM offerings have a number of advantages. They typically cost less than traditional follow-on offerings, particularly since they are executed without high profile, expensive road shows. They also give an issuer the flexibility to determine the timing and size of any share sale, while allowing shares to ‘trickle’ into the market in a way that does not adversely affect the stock price.
PharmaCyte is now primarily eligible to use Form S-3 to offer securities, on its own behalf, for cash on an unlimited basis in ATM offerings, since the aggregate market value of its voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates (i.e., the public float) is at least $75 million. The company intends to use funds received from the ATM offerings to advance the clinical trial process of its signature live-cell encapsulation technology, Cell-in-a-Box®.
PharmaCyte will be submitting a full Pre-IND package of information to the FDA that will set out essential elements of its planned Investigational New Drug (IND) application. After which, the FDA will review PharmaCyte’s manufacturing, preclinical pharmacology and toxicology, and clinical trial plans for the company’s therapy to treat locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC). On successful completion of the review, PharmaCyte will be able to proceed with enrolment of the first clinical trial.
PharmaCyte’s clinical trial for LAPC is designed to meet a clear unmet medical need for those whose cancer no longer responds after 4-6 months of treatment with the combination of Abraxane® and gemcitabine. The trial will be open-label and multi-site in nature, with sites in the U.S. and Europe. Patients with LAPC will be randomized equally into two groups. One group will receive gemcitabine chemotherapy alone, and the other will receive PharmaCyte’s pancreatic cancer therapy. In addition to comparing the anticancer activity and safety of the two therapies, a major aspect of the trial will be to determine if, and how well, PharmaCyte’s therapy can shrink inoperable tumors so that they may become operable.
To work on its novel technology, Cell-in-a-Box®, PharmaCyte has assembled a respected team of oncologists that includes leading pancreatic cancer expert Dr. Daniel Von Hoff from Translational Drug Development (TD2), Dr. Manuel Hidalgo from Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Matthias Löhr from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
PharmaCyte Biotech is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapies for cancer and diabetes based upon a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology known as Cell-in-a-Box®. The Cell-in-a-Box® therapy for cancer involves encapsulating genetically engineered human cells that convert an inactive chemotherapy drug into its active or anti-carcinogenic form.
These encapsulated cells are implanted as close to the patient’s cancerous tumor as possible. Once implanted, a chemotherapy drug that is normally activated in the liver (ifosfamide) is given intravenously at one-third the normal dose. The ifosfamide is carried by the circulatory system to the location of the implanted encapsulated cells.
When the ifosfamide comes in contact with the encapsulated cells, they act as an artificial liver and activate the chemotherapy drug at the source of the cancer. This targeted chemotherapy has proven effective and safe to use in past clinical trials and results in no side effects.
For more information, visit www.pharmacyte.com
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To make an ATM offering requires that the issuer be eligible, on a primary basis, to use a shelf registration statement on Form S-3. The Form S-3 filing initiates an equity distribution program under which, from time to time, ATM offerings can be made. Each ATM offering is a drawdown from the related shelf registration securities offering.
ATM offerings have a number of advantages. They typically cost less than traditional follow-on offerings, particularly since they are executed without high profile, expensive road shows. They also give an issuer the flexibility to determine the timing and size of any share sale, while allowing shares to ‘trickle’ into the market in a way that does not adversely affect the stock price.
PharmaCyte is now primarily eligible to use Form S-3 to offer securities, on its own behalf, for cash on an unlimited basis in ATM offerings, since the aggregate market value of its voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates (i.e., the public float) is at least $75 million. The company intends to use funds received from the ATM offerings to advance the clinical trial process of its signature live-cell encapsulation technology, Cell-in-a-Box®.
PharmaCyte will be submitting a full Pre-IND package of information to the FDA that will set out essential elements of its planned Investigational New Drug (IND) application. After which, the FDA will review PharmaCyte’s manufacturing, preclinical pharmacology and toxicology, and clinical trial plans for the company’s therapy to treat locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC). On successful completion of the review, PharmaCyte will be able to proceed with enrolment of the first clinical trial.
PharmaCyte’s clinical trial for LAPC is designed to meet a clear unmet medical need for those whose cancer no longer responds after 4-6 months of treatment with the combination of Abraxane® and gemcitabine. The trial will be open-label and multi-site in nature, with sites in the U.S. and Europe. Patients with LAPC will be randomized equally into two groups. One group will receive gemcitabine chemotherapy alone, and the other will receive PharmaCyte’s pancreatic cancer therapy. In addition to comparing the anticancer activity and safety of the two therapies, a major aspect of the trial will be to determine if, and how well, PharmaCyte’s therapy can shrink inoperable tumors so that they may become operable.
To work on its novel technology, Cell-in-a-Box®, PharmaCyte has assembled a respected team of oncologists that includes leading pancreatic cancer expert Dr. Daniel Von Hoff from Translational Drug Development (TD2), Dr. Manuel Hidalgo from Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Matthias Löhr from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
PharmaCyte Biotech is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapies for cancer and diabetes based upon a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology known as Cell-in-a-Box®. The Cell-in-a-Box® therapy for cancer involves encapsulating genetically engineered human cells that convert an inactive chemotherapy drug into its active or anti-carcinogenic form.
These encapsulated cells are implanted as close to the patient’s cancerous tumor as possible. Once implanted, a chemotherapy drug that is normally activated in the liver (ifosfamide) is given intravenously at one-third the normal dose. The ifosfamide is carried by the circulatory system to the location of the implanted encapsulated cells.
When the ifosfamide comes in contact with the encapsulated cells, they act as an artificial liver and activate the chemotherapy drug at the source of the cancer. This targeted chemotherapy has proven effective and safe to use in past clinical trials and results in no side effects.
For more information, visit www.pharmacyte.com
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Higher Price Target for Ocera Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OCRX) as Hepatic Encephalopathy Treatment Study Moves Forward
An innovative potential treatment for hepatic encephalopathy created by Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCRX) is a unique product on an under-served market, and if clinical trials are successful, it could become a major source of success and profitability for the company, according to an Aegis Capital Corp. report (http://nnw.fm/cNkZ1) released on December 8. The report reiterates a ‘Buy’ rating for Ocera and recommends a higher stock price target of $8, compared to the $2.1 at the time of the analysis.
The Aegis report was released a day after Ocera announced completion of enrollment in its phase 2B trials for lead product candidate OCR-002 – an acute treatment for hepatic encephalopathy and hyperammonemia in patients with acute liver injury, acute liver failure and liver cirrhosis. The phase 2B study, called STOP-HE, will evaluate the safety, efficacy and tolerability of OCR-002 (Ornithine Phenylacetate) in hospitalized patients suffering from hepatic encephalopathy. The study enrolls a total of 230 subjects, which will be administered either OCR-002 or a placebo intravenously for five days. Based on their degree of liver impairment, patients will be given various doses of the drug, ranging from 10 to 20 grams over a 24-hour period.
Top-line data are due in the first quarter of 2017, which Aegis experts expect will be a share inflection point for the company. The study’s primary goal is to archive a meaningful clinical improvement in hepatic encephalopathy symptoms, so as to keep OCR-002 on track to potentially becoming a first-line, foundational therapy of choice for patients with this condition, on a market with significant unmet medical needs. Hepatic encephalopathy is a progressive complication of liver failure of cirrhosis which is marked by partial cognitive impairment including disorientation, confusion and impaired motor skills, while more severe forms can lead to coma and even the patient’s death.
According to the Agis report, there are currently only two hepatic encephalopathy products on the market, with others in development. Lactulose is a first-line therapy that has the largest market share at the moment, while Rifaximin is a second-line therapy. But Aegis analysts believe that OCR-002 has great potential and can take a significant market share, being unique in several respects: it has a unique mechanism of action as an ammonia scavenger, it is the only drug that can be administered intravenously and it has the potential to significantly shorten hospital stays.
If the phase 2B trial is successful, OCR-002 could reach approximately 170,000 patients that have hepatic encephalopathy and require hospitalization. Aegis analysts expect the therapy to achieve at least 22 percent market share and yield revenues of approximately $150 million. Ocera is also developing an oral formulation of the drug for chronic use, with the goal of preventing hepatic encephalopathy recurrences. The oral formulation was not included in the Aegis analysis, but it may indeed help provide an even larger share of the market.
As for potential risks for investors as identified in the report, these include typical manufacturing, commercialization, research and development, and regulatory risks that generally result from investing in pharmaceutical companies. The analysis also points out a series of specific risks of investing into Ocera, such as relying on the success of OCR-002, the company’s liquidity and high volatility.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ocerainc.com
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The Aegis report was released a day after Ocera announced completion of enrollment in its phase 2B trials for lead product candidate OCR-002 – an acute treatment for hepatic encephalopathy and hyperammonemia in patients with acute liver injury, acute liver failure and liver cirrhosis. The phase 2B study, called STOP-HE, will evaluate the safety, efficacy and tolerability of OCR-002 (Ornithine Phenylacetate) in hospitalized patients suffering from hepatic encephalopathy. The study enrolls a total of 230 subjects, which will be administered either OCR-002 or a placebo intravenously for five days. Based on their degree of liver impairment, patients will be given various doses of the drug, ranging from 10 to 20 grams over a 24-hour period.
Top-line data are due in the first quarter of 2017, which Aegis experts expect will be a share inflection point for the company. The study’s primary goal is to archive a meaningful clinical improvement in hepatic encephalopathy symptoms, so as to keep OCR-002 on track to potentially becoming a first-line, foundational therapy of choice for patients with this condition, on a market with significant unmet medical needs. Hepatic encephalopathy is a progressive complication of liver failure of cirrhosis which is marked by partial cognitive impairment including disorientation, confusion and impaired motor skills, while more severe forms can lead to coma and even the patient’s death.
According to the Agis report, there are currently only two hepatic encephalopathy products on the market, with others in development. Lactulose is a first-line therapy that has the largest market share at the moment, while Rifaximin is a second-line therapy. But Aegis analysts believe that OCR-002 has great potential and can take a significant market share, being unique in several respects: it has a unique mechanism of action as an ammonia scavenger, it is the only drug that can be administered intravenously and it has the potential to significantly shorten hospital stays.
If the phase 2B trial is successful, OCR-002 could reach approximately 170,000 patients that have hepatic encephalopathy and require hospitalization. Aegis analysts expect the therapy to achieve at least 22 percent market share and yield revenues of approximately $150 million. Ocera is also developing an oral formulation of the drug for chronic use, with the goal of preventing hepatic encephalopathy recurrences. The oral formulation was not included in the Aegis analysis, but it may indeed help provide an even larger share of the market.
As for potential risks for investors as identified in the report, these include typical manufacturing, commercialization, research and development, and regulatory risks that generally result from investing in pharmaceutical companies. The analysis also points out a series of specific risks of investing into Ocera, such as relying on the success of OCR-002, the company’s liquidity and high volatility.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ocerainc.com
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NetworkNewsWire (NNW) provides news aggregation and syndication, enhanced press release services and a full array of social communication solutions. As a multifaceted financial news and distribution company with an extensive team of journalists and writers, NNW is uniquely positioned to best serve private and public companies who need to reach a wide audience of investors, consumers, journalists and the general public. NNW has an ever-growing distribution network of more than 5,000 key syndication outlets across the country. By cutting through the overload of information in today’s market, NNW brings its clients unparalleled visibility, recognition and brand awareness. NNW is where news, content and information converge.
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Thursday, December 15, 2016
GainClients, Inc. (GCLT) Offering Buyers Simplified Home Search Tools with Comprehensive Results
U.S. home prices are going up steadily, having reached the highest peak in September after 2006’s real estate boom, a growth primarily driven by rising demand and a scarce inventory. The price hike came as a surprise to most real estate professionals, who expected a significant market slowdown in the last few months of 2016. While 2017 is likely to see more moderate growth, the market will continue to expand nonetheless, Realtor.com (http://nnw.fm/f4flB) experts believe, as two of America’s largest generations – Millennials and baby boomers, are reaching a stage in their lives that typically motivates people to buy a home.
With this growing demand and a consistently smaller inventory, finding the right home will become more difficult than ever. GainClients, Inc. (OTC: GCLT), a leading provider of technology solutions for the real estate industry, aims at helping consumers look for and identify the right home for them via a comprehensive yet easy-to-use online search platform called GC HomeSearch (http://nnw.fm/rT0B3). The company’s declared goal is to offer simplified home search tools by providing buyers with a lot more information with a lot less, in an effort to make the home search process as easy and enjoyable as possible.
Through the online platform, buyers can get accurate and realistic knowledge of the homes they’re looking at, as well as the areas they’re located. This includes information such as home values, neighboring schools and services, demographic statistics, detailed property and neighborhood information, and more. Users can search as many properties as they want after registering for a free account. Search results can be sorted by city, state or zip code, and interesting properties can be saved for later viewing. Users can even find homes in their vicinity be entering the word ‘nearby’ in the search box.
The GC HomeSearch platform currently lists almost one million residential homes, which is encouraging given dwindling inventory numbers nationwide. According to Realtor.com statistics, the inventory of homes for sale in the top 100 metropolitan markets is going down at an average rate of 11 percent year after year, a trend that’s likely to continue next year as well.
The platform is the only GainClients service destined primarily to consumers, not real estate professionals, and was built with the intention of serving as a real estate community to all home buyers looking for their ideal property. For more in-depth information and backstage access to intelligent home buying and selling tools such as loan payment and rates calculators and closing cost estimates, users can link their GC HomeSearch account with the company’s flagship product, the GCard (http://nnw.fm/pE2Mz) real estate networking system.
The GCard was designed with the primary purpose of helping real estate professionals connect and better communicate with their customers and other industry experts. This platform, accessible via web, mobile web, text message and smartphone app, gives real estate agents and lenders, as well as insurance agents, the means of providing consumers with the information they want when they want it. Professionals using this service are also able to network with each other, with the end goal of providing improved service to their clients.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.gainclients.com
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With this growing demand and a consistently smaller inventory, finding the right home will become more difficult than ever. GainClients, Inc. (OTC: GCLT), a leading provider of technology solutions for the real estate industry, aims at helping consumers look for and identify the right home for them via a comprehensive yet easy-to-use online search platform called GC HomeSearch (http://nnw.fm/rT0B3). The company’s declared goal is to offer simplified home search tools by providing buyers with a lot more information with a lot less, in an effort to make the home search process as easy and enjoyable as possible.
Through the online platform, buyers can get accurate and realistic knowledge of the homes they’re looking at, as well as the areas they’re located. This includes information such as home values, neighboring schools and services, demographic statistics, detailed property and neighborhood information, and more. Users can search as many properties as they want after registering for a free account. Search results can be sorted by city, state or zip code, and interesting properties can be saved for later viewing. Users can even find homes in their vicinity be entering the word ‘nearby’ in the search box.
The GC HomeSearch platform currently lists almost one million residential homes, which is encouraging given dwindling inventory numbers nationwide. According to Realtor.com statistics, the inventory of homes for sale in the top 100 metropolitan markets is going down at an average rate of 11 percent year after year, a trend that’s likely to continue next year as well.
The platform is the only GainClients service destined primarily to consumers, not real estate professionals, and was built with the intention of serving as a real estate community to all home buyers looking for their ideal property. For more in-depth information and backstage access to intelligent home buying and selling tools such as loan payment and rates calculators and closing cost estimates, users can link their GC HomeSearch account with the company’s flagship product, the GCard (http://nnw.fm/pE2Mz) real estate networking system.
The GCard was designed with the primary purpose of helping real estate professionals connect and better communicate with their customers and other industry experts. This platform, accessible via web, mobile web, text message and smartphone app, gives real estate agents and lenders, as well as insurance agents, the means of providing consumers with the information they want when they want it. Professionals using this service are also able to network with each other, with the end goal of providing improved service to their clients.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.gainclients.com
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NuVasive, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: NUVA) Speed of Innovation and Absolute Responsiveness form the Backbone of its Rapid Growth
How does a start-up venture capital-backed company grow its revenues to nearly a billion dollars in the global spine industry in less than two decades? By developing a competitive advantage in Speed of Innovation® and Absolute Responsiveness®, two concepts that have made NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA) the number three company in the spine industry with over 90 products in its portfolio, including lumbar, thoracic, and cervical applications; neuromonitoring services; and biologics solutions.
The global spinal implants and surgical devices market ‘is expected to reach USD 17.27 Billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 5.3% from 2016 to 2021’, according to a press release from MarketsandMarkets (http://nnw.fm/d3Nbk). Increasing longevity and the resulting larger elderly population means more spinal disorders, such as herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, prolapsed intervertebral discs, and spinal stenosis. In addition, the development of minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures is leading to wider adoption of technologically advanced spinal implants.
MIS is NuVasive’s forte. The company is best known for developing the eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion® (XLIF) procedure, a minimally disruptive procedure that allows spine surgeons to have direct access to the intervertebral disc space (the “joint” of the spine) from the side of the body, as opposed to the front or back. The XLIF procedure is just one of the company’s many innovative procedures, which have redefined spine surgery and opened doors to treat pathologies not previously treated with minimal disruption.
NuVasive has also developed a revolutionary nerve avoidance monitoring system (NVJJB™ /M5®) designed to help ensure nerve and spinal cord safety – this unique and advanced technology may help reduce the incidence of injury to neural elements during spinal procedures by providing real-time feedback and notifying surgeons immediately of any neurological insult. Additionally, NuVasive offers a portfolio of biologics products to help in the bone healing process.
A recent report from Aegis Capital (http://nnw.fm/4o1RH) suggests that NuVasive’s rapid growth is far from over. The company has been steadily paring manufacturing inefficiencies. As a consequence, gross profit has hovered around 75 percent. Other operating margin improvements are expected from economies of scope as the marketing offering expands and economies of scale form an increasingly larger international footprint. Aegis sees “900bp of operating improvements to come, which will continue to drive value.”
In a fast growing industry (2–3% p.a.), NuVasive, focused on developing minimally disruptive surgical products and procedures for the spine, is a fast growing company (2-3x faster than the overall market). The drivers of growth are its ‘expanding platform of offerings, adapting a holistic approach with regards to its sales effort, and increased Integrated Global Alignment (iGA) integration which allows better planning for deformity and saves cost.’
Alignment is one of three important factors to be considered when spine surgery is being contemplated. In cases of spondylolisthesis, for example, the first concern is usually decompression of the nerves to ease any pain or discomfort the patient may be experiencing. In many instances, this means removing the disc or other offending piece from the spine. The resulting space is, typically, filled by bone graft or a synthetic substance in a procedure known as lumbar interbody fusion (LIF). At this point, alignment procedures to straighten the spine may be implemented.
NuVasive, which has a presence in over 30 countries and employs more than 1,600 people globally, had revenues of $811 million in 2015. A 17 percent increase to $953 million is expected this year. Aegis has initiated coverage with a ‘Buy’ rating and a price target of $72.00. The stock, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol NUVA, is currently around $67.00.
For more information, visit www.nuvasive.com
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The global spinal implants and surgical devices market ‘is expected to reach USD 17.27 Billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 5.3% from 2016 to 2021’, according to a press release from MarketsandMarkets (http://nnw.fm/d3Nbk). Increasing longevity and the resulting larger elderly population means more spinal disorders, such as herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, prolapsed intervertebral discs, and spinal stenosis. In addition, the development of minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures is leading to wider adoption of technologically advanced spinal implants.
MIS is NuVasive’s forte. The company is best known for developing the eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion® (XLIF) procedure, a minimally disruptive procedure that allows spine surgeons to have direct access to the intervertebral disc space (the “joint” of the spine) from the side of the body, as opposed to the front or back. The XLIF procedure is just one of the company’s many innovative procedures, which have redefined spine surgery and opened doors to treat pathologies not previously treated with minimal disruption.
NuVasive has also developed a revolutionary nerve avoidance monitoring system (NVJJB™ /M5®) designed to help ensure nerve and spinal cord safety – this unique and advanced technology may help reduce the incidence of injury to neural elements during spinal procedures by providing real-time feedback and notifying surgeons immediately of any neurological insult. Additionally, NuVasive offers a portfolio of biologics products to help in the bone healing process.
A recent report from Aegis Capital (http://nnw.fm/4o1RH) suggests that NuVasive’s rapid growth is far from over. The company has been steadily paring manufacturing inefficiencies. As a consequence, gross profit has hovered around 75 percent. Other operating margin improvements are expected from economies of scope as the marketing offering expands and economies of scale form an increasingly larger international footprint. Aegis sees “900bp of operating improvements to come, which will continue to drive value.”
In a fast growing industry (2–3% p.a.), NuVasive, focused on developing minimally disruptive surgical products and procedures for the spine, is a fast growing company (2-3x faster than the overall market). The drivers of growth are its ‘expanding platform of offerings, adapting a holistic approach with regards to its sales effort, and increased Integrated Global Alignment (iGA) integration which allows better planning for deformity and saves cost.’
Alignment is one of three important factors to be considered when spine surgery is being contemplated. In cases of spondylolisthesis, for example, the first concern is usually decompression of the nerves to ease any pain or discomfort the patient may be experiencing. In many instances, this means removing the disc or other offending piece from the spine. The resulting space is, typically, filled by bone graft or a synthetic substance in a procedure known as lumbar interbody fusion (LIF). At this point, alignment procedures to straighten the spine may be implemented.
NuVasive, which has a presence in over 30 countries and employs more than 1,600 people globally, had revenues of $811 million in 2015. A 17 percent increase to $953 million is expected this year. Aegis has initiated coverage with a ‘Buy’ rating and a price target of $72.00. The stock, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol NUVA, is currently around $67.00.
For more information, visit www.nuvasive.com
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Nano Dimension Ltd. (NASDAQ: NNDM) Revolutionizing the Way Electronics are Made with 3D Printing
Nano Dimension Ltd. (NASDAQ: NNDM) is the holding company for Nano Dimension Technology Ltd., a company in the business of researching, developing, and manufacturing three-dimensional (3D) printers for printed circuit boards (PCBs). The company also develops nano ink materials and other products for electronics. NNDM has the vision of revolutionizing the way electronics are made with 3D printing by using 3D printers for multilayer PCBs, along with advanced nanotechnology-based conductive and dielectric inks.
Since the beginning of last year, Nano Dimension has won the Europe 2015 Award for Best Development in 3D Printing Equipment, the Gartner ‘Cool Vendor’ in 3D Printing 2016, and the TÜV SÜD Innovation 2016 award. NNDM is equipped with an experienced managerial team with a long background in the technology and 3D printing spaces, and the company is well-positioned to capitalize on the PCB prototyping industry, which is currently worth approximately $70 billion.
With the launch of its new DragonFly 2020 3D Printer to select beta customers in the U.S., Israel, and Germany, during the third and fourth quarters of this year, Nano Dimension Ltd. is expected to make sales on a more commercial level as early as 2017. The printer, which comes with specialized 3D software as well as conductive and dielectric inks, has now received attention from over 2,500 entities currently on the information waitlist. In addition, more than 30 NDAs have been signed to enable the collaboration and evaluation of this equipment.
With its new printer, Nano Dimension Ltd. plans to provide its clients with more advanced solutions than ever before while tapping into additional markets. Through the DragonFly 2020 3D Printer, Nano Dimension expects to meet the needs of additional market segments by offering faster solutions that print larger objects from a broader materials portfolio with functional inks.
According to The Daily Quint (http://nnw.fm/y8TIT), Nano Dimension has been the topic of conversation for several research analysts firms, receiving a consensus ‘Buy’ rating from five investment analysts with a consensus average price target of $12.60 per share. At close of market on December 13, 2016, the company’s shares were sold at an individual price of $6.05. NNDM’s market capitalization currently stands at $46.96 million.
For more information, visit www.nano-di.com
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Since the beginning of last year, Nano Dimension has won the Europe 2015 Award for Best Development in 3D Printing Equipment, the Gartner ‘Cool Vendor’ in 3D Printing 2016, and the TÜV SÜD Innovation 2016 award. NNDM is equipped with an experienced managerial team with a long background in the technology and 3D printing spaces, and the company is well-positioned to capitalize on the PCB prototyping industry, which is currently worth approximately $70 billion.
With the launch of its new DragonFly 2020 3D Printer to select beta customers in the U.S., Israel, and Germany, during the third and fourth quarters of this year, Nano Dimension Ltd. is expected to make sales on a more commercial level as early as 2017. The printer, which comes with specialized 3D software as well as conductive and dielectric inks, has now received attention from over 2,500 entities currently on the information waitlist. In addition, more than 30 NDAs have been signed to enable the collaboration and evaluation of this equipment.
With its new printer, Nano Dimension Ltd. plans to provide its clients with more advanced solutions than ever before while tapping into additional markets. Through the DragonFly 2020 3D Printer, Nano Dimension expects to meet the needs of additional market segments by offering faster solutions that print larger objects from a broader materials portfolio with functional inks.
According to The Daily Quint (http://nnw.fm/y8TIT), Nano Dimension has been the topic of conversation for several research analysts firms, receiving a consensus ‘Buy’ rating from five investment analysts with a consensus average price target of $12.60 per share. At close of market on December 13, 2016, the company’s shares were sold at an individual price of $6.05. NNDM’s market capitalization currently stands at $46.96 million.
For more information, visit www.nano-di.com
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eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) Partners with MZ Group to Bolster Investor Relations and Outreach Efforts
Before the opening bell, eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI), the holding company for The Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage®, announced its retention of MZ Group as its investor relations advisor. Moving forward, MZ Group will assist and advise EXPI regarding its ongoing communications with shareholders with the aim of strengthening the company’s public brand and broadening its investor base.
“We have chosen to partner with MZ Group to bolster our investor relations and outreach efforts during this time of rapid growth within our Company,” Glenn Sanford, founder, CEO and chairman of EXPI, stated in this morning’s news release. “While we have more than doubled in size over the past year due in large part to the dedicated efforts of our existing agent and broker network, we believe there is room for sustained growth as we continue to invest in our core infrastructure and agent and broker network.”
In recent months, EXPI, through the expansion of subsidiary eXp Realty, has recorded strong growth in terms of both market reach and financial results. As of its latest report, the company’s real estate brokerage division had more than 2,200 real estate professionals spanning 41 states, the District of Columbia and parts of Canada. This marks an increase of nearly 155 percent from the beginning of 2016, when eXp Realty reported just 864 agents.
This market growth has translated into strong financial performance for EXPI in 2016, demonstrating the viability of the company’s current growth strategy. Last month, EXPI released its financial results for the third quarter of 2016, which included a 112 percent year-over-year increase in total revenues to $15.7 million. In the update, the company’s management team attributed this increase to eXp Realty’s growing sales agent base and the resulting rise to sales volume being generated by the real estate brokerage division.
EXPI’s share price has been on a similarly-promising upward trend throughout much of 2016. In January, the company’s PPS hovered around $0.84. By October, EXPI’s common stock climbed to a record high of more than $5.80 following the announcement of a new strategic partnership with Commissions, Inc., a leading provider of web-based real estate marketing and CRM software. The company’s stock is currently trading at around $4.35 per share.
News of EXPI’s retention of MZ Group comes just days after the company’s real estate brokerage division was recognized as a winner of the Oklahoma 2016 Top Workplaces Award by The Oklahoman newspaper. eXp Realty has previously received similar recognition in both Washington, D.C. and Atlanta for its commitment to creating a collaborative, engaging and rewarding work environment.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com
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“We have chosen to partner with MZ Group to bolster our investor relations and outreach efforts during this time of rapid growth within our Company,” Glenn Sanford, founder, CEO and chairman of EXPI, stated in this morning’s news release. “While we have more than doubled in size over the past year due in large part to the dedicated efforts of our existing agent and broker network, we believe there is room for sustained growth as we continue to invest in our core infrastructure and agent and broker network.”
In recent months, EXPI, through the expansion of subsidiary eXp Realty, has recorded strong growth in terms of both market reach and financial results. As of its latest report, the company’s real estate brokerage division had more than 2,200 real estate professionals spanning 41 states, the District of Columbia and parts of Canada. This marks an increase of nearly 155 percent from the beginning of 2016, when eXp Realty reported just 864 agents.
This market growth has translated into strong financial performance for EXPI in 2016, demonstrating the viability of the company’s current growth strategy. Last month, EXPI released its financial results for the third quarter of 2016, which included a 112 percent year-over-year increase in total revenues to $15.7 million. In the update, the company’s management team attributed this increase to eXp Realty’s growing sales agent base and the resulting rise to sales volume being generated by the real estate brokerage division.
EXPI’s share price has been on a similarly-promising upward trend throughout much of 2016. In January, the company’s PPS hovered around $0.84. By October, EXPI’s common stock climbed to a record high of more than $5.80 following the announcement of a new strategic partnership with Commissions, Inc., a leading provider of web-based real estate marketing and CRM software. The company’s stock is currently trading at around $4.35 per share.
News of EXPI’s retention of MZ Group comes just days after the company’s real estate brokerage division was recognized as a winner of the Oklahoma 2016 Top Workplaces Award by The Oklahoman newspaper. eXp Realty has previously received similar recognition in both Washington, D.C. and Atlanta for its commitment to creating a collaborative, engaging and rewarding work environment.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com
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