Dual Publications in the New England Journal of Medicine Highlight Transformative Potential of Imetelstat in Hematologic Myeloid Malignancies

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Oppenheimer Remains Bullish on Geron Corp (GERN) Following Two Articles in NEJM

September 3, 2015 11:06 AM EDT

Oppenheimer reiterated an Outperform rating and $5.50 price target on Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN) following the publication of two articles in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The article highlight the company's flagship compound imetelstat for the treatment of essential thrombocythemia (ET) and myelofibrosis (MF).... More

Geron Corp (GERN) Announces Publication of Two Papers in NEJM Highlighting Imetelstat

September 2, 2015 5:04 PM EDT

Geron Corp (Nasdaq: GERN) announced the publication of two papers in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in which the companys telomerase inhibitor, imetelstat, was shown to have disease-modifying activity thought to be associated with selective inhibition of the malignant progenitor cell clones responsible for the underlying disease in two hematologic myeloid malignancies, essential thrombocythemia (ET) and myelofibrosis (MF). The papers are available online in the September 3rd issue at www.NEJM.org.

The data in the ET and MF study publications in The New England Journal of Medicine provide compelling... More