Seems a Bit Frothy Large and mid-cap biopharmaceutical stocks continued to surge today with the bellwether ETF IBB ($114) hitting one year highs of $114.15 today. Many of our recent focus picks also continue to roll ahead: Astex (ASTX $2.18) up 4.8%, Gilead (GILD $47.40) up 2.4%,ImmunoGen (IMGN $12.75) up 3.3%, Seattle Genetics (SGEN $18) up […]
Here are some key points from our 2011 Biotech Stock Review posted in Investor Uprising: Winners from the 2011 Rayno Life Science Portfolio: Abaxis (ABAX), Alexion(ALXN), Amgen (AMGN), Biogen(BIIB), Bristol-Myers (BMY),Celera(acquired),Cephalon (acquired) Cubist (CBST), Exact Scientific (EXAS),Gilead (GILD), BioETF (IBB), Immucor (acquired), Neogen (NEOG), Regeneron (REGN),Quidel (QDEL), Seattle Genetics (SGEN), United Therapeutics(UTHR) and Viropharma (VPHM) Losers: Alere […]
January Rally on Schedule for Small Cap Biotech Stocks Three Picks we made on December 14: Albany Molecular (AMRI $2.89) Up 16% Astex Pharmaceuticals (ASTX $1.94) Up 19% SeraCare (SRLS $3.00) Up 1.7% Three healthcare conferences in San Francisco next week Jan. 9-13 should provide news and perhaps another boost for biotech stocks: J.P.Morgan Healthcare […]
Life Science Stocks Have a Big Day The Rayno Biopharmaceutical Portfolio was up over 3.7% today as all biotechnology stocks pretty much tracked NASDAQ which was up 3.5%. Although we remain cautious with no new buys we have a good chance for a Q4 rally as the sector is outperforming NASDAQ quarter to date. Within […]
Pharmasset Buyout Brings To Mind M&A Upside for Biotech Stocks: ETF’s and Funds Lead the Way Gilead (GILD $35) stepped up with a huge buyout of Pharmasset (VRUS $134.21) driving the stock up 89% over Fridays’ close and 519% YTD! Pharmasset has no revenues but has a three potential hepatitis-C treatments in clinical trials that […]
Dendreon (DNDN $10.94) soared 44% today on a business update saying Provenge sales for its prostate cancer treatment were better than expected. Fourth quarter gross revenues were $82M with full year revenues at $228M .Also the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated their reimbursement landscape. Time to Look at Dendreon (DNDN) We have been […]
Managed Healthcare Mutual Funds Starting To OutPerform ETFs Earlier this year we wrote an article on Investor Uprising comparing returns on biotech funds and major ETFs. At the time ETF’s were outperforming managed mutual funds. Now as we enter the strong quarter for small cap and biotech Fidelity Select Biotech (FBIOX) has pulled ahead of […]
We attended the BIO Investor Forum in San Francisco last week and here is my brief summary of funding, important trends and technologies. Investor Uprising – Rod Raynovich – Biotech Bull Market Intact, Despite Funding Gap
We attended the BIO Investor Forumin San Francisco this week and will provide a brief review of select technologies and companies on Monday. Despite a funding gap for earlier stage companies we believe the life science sector continues to offer good opportunities for investors. By now you have read every market summary on the big […]
Over $50B in Product Sales Have Been Posted in the Last 20 Years as a Result of Biotech Advances Biotechnology stocks were up about 12% over the past 12 months through February 2011, underperforming the Nasdaq, which was up 29%. The NYSE Arca Biotech ETF did better, up 23%. Since the recent market bottom in […]
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Rod Raynovich is the founder of Raygent Associates, a management consulting firm providing business development and strategic marketing services in the life science and medical device area. He publishes his thoughts and analysis on the biotech industry at www.raygent.com.