[Ed. Note: Dr. KSS writes about medicine and biotech stocks for the Irregulars. His words and opinions are his own.] In A History of New York, Washington Irving opens chapter VIII thus: ”In which the author and reader…fall into a very grave and instructive discourse.” This may prove to be a more unleavened column than […]
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I am an MD with an additional PhD in biochemistry, and for the past 20 years, in addition to practicing, being a researcher, and conducting clinical trials, I have been investing in biotech companies. I earned my degrees at a top 10 US institution, where I was an NIH scholar and graduated with top honors. I have extensive post-doctoral research experience and am board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. I am a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha (academic honor societies, the latter in medicine) and am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American equivalent of being FRCP in certain Anglophone countries. My hobbies are traveling (I have been to 100 countries), chamber music, literature, film and Asian pottery.My goal as a Stock Gumshoe contributor is to discuss companies and use discussions of their technology, their drugs or planned drugs, as ways of teaching about physiology and disease states, along with their issues and opportunities.Dr. KSS was a paid contributor to Stock Gumshoe, he ceased contributing new content as of 2018. He agreed to our trading restrictions, chose his own topics, and his words and opinions were and are his own.
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[Ed. Note: Dr. KSS writes about biotech stocks for the Irregulars. We have not reviewed or approved his topics or opinions, and he has agreed to our trade restrictions. Enjoy!] Twenty years ago, I was living life on an extreme slant as a medicine resident. My routine was a rut of working 36 hours, having […]
[Ed. Note: Here is the latest from Dr. KSS, who writes about health, medicine and biotech stocks for the Irregulars. He has agreed to our trading restrictions, and his words and ideas are his own.] Dedicated to Cynthia Chew Choon Hoon (1959-2013). In pace requiescat. Imagine a day down the hallway of the future. You’re […]
What’s the commonest reason for admission to hospital of people 65 and over? Mull that question, as it provides context. Think of people you know. At least one probably has this condition. It’s not diabetes. It’s not heart attacks. And it is not infectious. But it kills and lots of people have it. Part II […]
[Ed. Note: Here is the latest contribution from Dr. KSS, who writes for the Irregulars about medicine and biomedical stocks. As always, he has agreed to our trading restrictions and his words and thoughts are his own.] The Belle of the Everglades How To Profit From The Cure First of Two Parts Of the many […]
A pre-emptive tease: no newsletters are yet touting this company, but like many stocks that they do tease, it is small, cheap, almost unknown, and even has the exotic appeal of being Australian. Sort of. At Stock Gumshoe we not only deconstruct pitched stocks, we find teasable stocks before the newsletters do! Let’s return to […]
[Ed. Note: Dr. KSS, formerly knowns as karmaswimswami on our discussion threads, is here again to talk to the Irregulars about health and medicine and biotech investing ideas. As with all of our guest contributors, he has agreed to our trading restrictions and we have not reviewed, approved or screened his stocks or ideas, and […]
[ed note: Longtime commenter and reader Dr. KSS, a medical doctor and biotech investor, has agreed to share his thoughts with the Irregulars as one of our guest authors, educating us on health and medicine and sharing some of his biotech investing ideas. He has agreed to the same basic trading restrictions as other paid […]
[Ed. Note: Here is our second installment from Dr. KSS, formerly known as “karmaswimswami” in Gumshoe discussion threads. Dr. KSS has agreed to our trading and disclosure restrictions, and he’s not offering you personal investment or medical advice. As with all of our columnists, we don’t assign topics or opinions and do just a bit of light […]
[ed. note: Gumshoe readers have been delighted with the biotech stock discussion led by one of our readers, who has gone by the name karmaswimswami as he has shared hundreds of useful comments — so we’ve asked him to come on as a formal contributor, he’ll be sharing a column with the Irregulars and talking […]
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Posted on February 1, 2018
Posted on February 1, 2018
It's utterly pathetic. The troublemaker in question wrote to Travis to stir up trouble between him and me and so now everyone in question is quite thoroughly up in arms. Thank you for that. I' ve had really a rough day exerting myself on behalf of.....no, [...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
The issue is purely a Thoreauvian one....give yourself over entirely to your fellow man and they deem you cheap and worthless. Thus I utterly bust my ass in SF providing night and day coverage and the board here degenerates into rancor, name-calling and Pa[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
Placebo non-responders are not re-randomized. They were already randomized. They cross over into the therapy arm, which consists solely of placebo non-responders. It's the protocol NIMH is now using. The placebo and test drug therapy durations prior to end[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
My sentiments precisely. Since lately people are so rancorous that everything i DARE to post incurs a need for 20 more posts to deal with the aftermath of trying to be helpful, I'm not posting any more for a few days. Stop expecting me to be other than hum[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
Tenenbaum is CEO, not CFO, of Bellerophon.[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
It wasn't directed at you or at anybody. It's just me stating that at certain kinds of tasks, I don't do well. I am not good at scheduling and organizing events, and don't feel comfortable when tasked with such. Just my nature. I am good at showing up and [...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
It's not screening applicants. Actually, I ran the trial design by my close friend Vasiliy Vlassov, MD, PhD, an internationally revered expert in trial design and trial analysis, and he said it's highly novel but ethically sound, just a very amped up adapt[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
Something I've tried to convey to readers is that sometimes there are things I know are about to happen with companies where I can't reveal it....that I have been explicitly told to be keep quiet about it. This is one of those times with $APTO. A cluster o[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
I honestly don't understand the question.[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
Honestly, I don't think it's right or fair that I prepare all the content for the call and work myself as hard as I have this week but that I also have to be responsible for scheduling the call and absorbing ALL the feedback from those who don't want it wh[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
I've still got a number of post-meeting follow-up things to do.....lists and lists, piles of business cards to respond to. My suggestion is that we move it to next week. We had spoken of trying it on Saturdays. My suggestion is Saturday, 10 Feb, at 1 pm ET[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/mit-study-finds-14-trials-see-approvals-higher-than-first-thought?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1RNNVpXRm1NalJrWkRCaSIsInQiOiJ6QyswRWYrNUJtWFhtSG0zWVJHODZTK2ZtK3pjb0diQ0RyY2VoRndPWFI1MndXYmVBMVYzc2NNZzhXcnVMVDJVb05YaWQxWGhwYlZkWldH[...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
Well, the two agents from Naurex and Vistagen aren't directly comparable: Naurex's drug is exclusively iv. But, yes, I think Singh would like shareholders to think of that as a template for the prospective future. It's fairly clear that beyond writing out [...]
Posted on February 1, 2018
Lumpy: $EBIO looks pretty good to me here. I'm not personally in it-----merely for lack of funds-----but I would personally hold on to it here even after a 50 percent run. Don't take that as formal advice, it's just what I would do. It's still way underval[...]
Posted on January 31, 2018
This could be any of us https://splinternews.com/how-to-not-die-in-america-1822555151/amp[...]
Posted on January 31, 2018
The trick here is that people tend to assume that when oncolytic viruses do their thing, that they shrink tumors by causing breakup of tumor cells (kind of like what bacteriophages do to bacteria). But that's only half right. Listen, when you shred tumor c[...]
Posted on January 31, 2018
They'd not be having an R&D day if there was not something positive to present and a way forward. I HAVE said for months I predict positive data in phase 2 despite the fact that things do look dodgy on first impression. No personal position in $HTBX at pre[...]
Posted on January 31, 2018
Ja...I met with the CEO last night and have been emailing with him this am. Think we're going to definitely run with this one this year. I want to poke around for a couple more weeks and review kallikrein pharmacology, but I suspect they are clasping at so[...]
Posted on January 31, 2018
Nice work, Curt. Proud of you.Folks I am travelling today....may not get to post much.[...]
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You certainly are. I resent what you have done. You are a monster and are not welcome on my threads. You have deeply and profoundly offended me and do not deserve the kindness I have shown you. You've flung a lot of shit tonight mister and caused a lot of [...]