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Post by mannmade on Apr 19, 2018 14:20:06 GMT -5
Several members have posted information about potential conflicts of interest at the ADA over the past several years. I think that it may have been mango who once posted a breakdown of the $millions paid (in 2015?) by big pharma companies to several doctors who sit on the board that amends the ADA Standard of Care. The $millions that BP pays each year for research papers and similar activities must be disclosed.
I really don't know how much clout David Kendall, MD has with the ADA but I would think that the board would be careful not to brush important information under the rug. While CGM technology is front and center in diabetes treatment - especially for Type 1 - who knows if MannKind is even on the committee's radar? STAT might change that and Kendall may be the reason why.
 Exactly my point MN thank you for ur eloquence...  |
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Post by BD on Apr 19, 2018 14:26:37 GMT -5
2020 call option volume up too. Hopefully Sports can get the Najerian brothers to talk about it on CNBC Options Action. TheFlyOnTheWall (a subscription email notification service I use) noticed! 15:00 EDT MNKD theflyonthewall.com: Notable interest in MannKind 2-strike calls as shares attempt to rebound Notable interest in MannKind 2-strike calls as shares attempt to rebound. The stock up 8c to $1.75 in heavy trading of 6.8M shares and 1.3K Apr 27th 2 calls. May 4th 2, May 2, and Apr 2 calls are next most active. Total volume is 4.5K calls and just 97 puts. The stock was at $2.38 on 4/5 before the company announced a $28M offering of common stock and warrants at $2. As a result, the stock is down 26% month-to-date. :theflyonthewall.com |
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Apr 19, 2018 14:43:22 GMT -5
peppy... yes, definitions for levels of hypoglycemia are new. Needing medical treatment is definitely the most severe level.
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Post by peppy on Apr 19, 2018 14:52:50 GMT -5
peppy ... yes, definitions for levels of hypoglycemia are new. Needing medical treatment is definitely the most severe level. This is an interesting new development for Afrezza and RAA's. I am not going to look it up. Talk on the afrezza trial, it was the same person claiming hypoglycemia. Talk that the individuals claiming hypoglycemia during the Afrezza trial only needed to state, "they felt it." "The ADA has now defined these new metrics and relevant thresholds (target range, level 1, 2, 3 hypoglycemia, etc.), but there is still work to be done to determine relevance to treatment regimes." The vdex white paper is not opening for me. www.seventhform.com/vdexdownloads/vdex-whitepaper-072817.pdfNotice the phrase target range. ? |
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Post by kc on Apr 19, 2018 14:53:49 GMT -5
80 blocks so far today over 10,000 shares I will post after market close the blocks of 15K and more. The turnip has blood in it today. some of the largest blocks I have seen in years. Market close final
Total blocks over 10,000 shares today was 82...... a big day.
Blocks over 16,000 shares........ Perhaps the biggest buying day I have seen on big blocks. Look at the size of the blocks.
12,001 to 15,999 shares. 
10,000 to 12,000
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Apr 19, 2018 15:05:17 GMT -5
peppy ... yes, definitions for levels of hypoglycemia are new. Needing medical treatment is definitely the most severe level. This is an interesting new development for Afrezza and RAA's. I am not going to look it up. Talk on the afrezza trial, it was the same person claiming hypoglycemia. Talk that the individuals claiming hypoglycemia during the Afrezza trial only needed to state, "they felt it." "The ADA has now defined these new metrics and relevant thresholds (target range, level 1, 2, 3 hypoglycemia, etc.), but there is still work to be done to determine relevance to treatment regimes." The vdex white paper is not opening for me. www.seventhform.com/vdexdownloads/vdex-whitepaper-072817.pdfNotice the phrase target range. ? Afrezza trials were before it was feasible to have CGMs. One might imagine that soon the FDA will require that CGMs be part of any trial intended to determine hypoglycemia frequency, and they'd presumably use the new thresholds from the ADA to determine frequency of occurrence of each level. |
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Post by peppy on Apr 19, 2018 15:20:30 GMT -5
Thank you kc. MNKD Nasdaq real time volume, 6,106,137 shares. $1.79 plus .12 plus + 7.2% www.nasdaq.com/symbol/mnkd/real-timeMNKD Nasdaq summary volume, 8,188,294shares. www.nasdaq.com/symbol/mnkd3,950,197 real time shares traded in 3 1/4 hours. 5 million shares traded with two hours of trade to go. (the 4 1/2 hour mark) The last two hours, 1,106,137 shares traded real time. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=MNKD |
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Post by minnlearner on Apr 19, 2018 15:27:10 GMT -5
Pep, sorry for this basic question : What do you guess this may mean? As always, thank you for your insights. Also, anyone with an idea, what is up?
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Post by peppy on Apr 19, 2018 15:33:30 GMT -5
Pep, sorry for this basic question : What do you guess this may mean? As always, thank you for your insights. Also, anyone with an idea what is up. The volume came in strong right away this morning. I think it was short covering. (I am suspicious, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk are shorting MNKD. I watch the volumes after Europe closes.) Minn, I do not know. What I do know and can be seen on the charts, prior to approval, price went from 3 to 10 dollars? With Sanofi ADA Afrezza debut price went from 3 to 6.... I wonder if price will rise now for the ADA. As dream said, CGM's are changing at least some of the standards of care. What do you think? What do you all think? |
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Apr 19, 2018 15:49:39 GMT -5
Pep, sorry for this basic question : What do you guess this may mean? As always, thank you for your insights. Also, anyone with an idea, what is up? If there is no news, like today, I wouldn't rule out that it is simply traders pushing the price around of this highly volatile stock in order to generate short term trading profits. |
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Post by kc on Apr 19, 2018 15:54:26 GMT -5
Pep, sorry for this basic question : What do you guess this may mean? As always, thank you for your insights. Also, anyone with an idea, what is up? If there is no news, like today, I wouldn't rule out that it is simply traders pushing the price around of this highly volatile stock in order to generate short term trading profits. I have been watching blocks for years. I have never seen a day of so many big HUGE green blocks being traded. Look at the 16K and up blocks.....HUGE...... for that matter blocks over 10,000 shares too...... retail buyers might be buyers of 5K to 10K shares but not much over that number.
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Post by mytakeonit on Apr 19, 2018 16:01:38 GMT -5
I think that more people believe that $200 by next week friday is possible.  Well maybe not. But it is getting people excited or worried depending on where they stand. Ahhh ... love it !!! My word for today is ... KACHING!!! |
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Post by cjm18 on Apr 19, 2018 16:24:28 GMT -5
If there is no news, like today, I wouldn't rule out that it is simply traders pushing the price around of this highly volatile stock in order to generate short term trading profits. I have been watching blocks for years. I have never seen a day of so many big HUGE green blocks being traded. Look at the 16K and up blocks.....HUGE...... for that matter blocks over 10,000 shares too...... retail buyers might be buyers of 5K to 10K shares but not much over that number.
Bigger than the blocks before the label change? Impressive. |
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Apr 19, 2018 16:35:03 GMT -5
If there is no news, like today, I wouldn't rule out that it is simply traders pushing the price around of this highly volatile stock in order to generate short term trading profits. I have been watching blocks for years. I have never seen a day of so many big HUGE green blocks being traded. Look at the 16K and up blocks.....HUGE...... for that matter blocks over 10,000 shares too...... retail buyers might be buyers of 5K to 10K shares but not much over that number.
I don't tend to watch those details much, but wouldn't one expect to see larger blocks when the share price is low... i.e. if someone or some entity wanted to invest, or divest, $X it would take more shares to do so now than it would have back last fall when price was much higher. Still interesting if the trades are a lot larger today than the past couple of days. |
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Post by kc on Apr 19, 2018 17:34:46 GMT -5
I have been watching blocks for years. I have never seen a day of so many big HUGE green blocks being traded. Look at the 16K and up blocks.....HUGE...... for that matter blocks over 10,000 shares too...... retail buyers might be buyers of 5K to 10K shares but not much over that number.
I don't tend to watch those details much, but wouldn't one expect to see larger blocks when the share price is low... i.e. if someone or some entity wanted to invest, or divest, $X it would take more shares to do so now than it would have back last fall when price was much higher. Still interesting if the trades are a lot larger today than the past couple of days. Retail investors don't buy big blocks. They buy small amounts perhaps avg of 5,000 shares or less. I'm not really sure what average retail investors buy share wise? Look at what your might buy or one of the folks on this board? 1,000 to 10,000 shares at a time?
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Well maybe not. But it is getting people excited or worried depending on where they stand.