Shares of Geron (NASDAQ: GERN) finished the week ended June 7 about 32% higher. The market was reacting to news the company’s investors had been waiting to hear for decades. On June 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Geron’s first drug, imetelstat (brand name Rytelo), to treat a rare form of cancer. […]
Geron Corp (NASDAQ:GERN) shares are soaring in Thursday’s after-hours session after the company announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted in favor of the clinical benefit/risk profile of imetelstat for the treatment of transfusion-dependent anemia. What Happened: After the market close on Thursday, Geron announced that ODAC voted 12 to […]