Biomarker MicroCap Face-Off: BGMD vs VRML Vermillion announced Q1 Results today today with OVA1 revenues of $312K of which $114 k was licensing revenues from their testing partner Quest Diagnostics Inc.(DGX $57). Operating expenses were down to $2.4M compared to$4.8M in the same period a year ago for a Q1 Net Loss of $1.8M or [...]
More Bad News on Alere The second shoe has dropped on Alere (ALR $19) with the stock off 15% as the FDA inspection news regarding manufacturing and quality at the “Biosite”facility.Leerink Swann downgraded the stock to “Market Perform” after trying to support the stock earlier but there is downside risk with potential product recalls and [...]
Market Off Its Lows Today-Consumer Cyclical and Technology Outperforming Healthcare The market continues to be weak with the NASDAQ entering its 5th day of the sell-off down 4.29% but the QQQ ($64.29) NASDAQ-100 has recovered from lows today. The ETF IBB ($64.32) has fared better down only 1.92% over five days and still up 18% YTD [...]
ALR ($21.58) Continues to Sell-off Slicing through 3 Mo. Technical Bottom We have included Alere in our diagnostics and tools portfolio since 2/2/09 at a price of $25, and although the stock is trading more than 10% under that price 3 years later, there was an opportunity to get out in the 40′s with a [...]
Consolidation Continues in Mid Cap DX Companies: Bull Market in Biotech Hits New Highs Our Life Science Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio had a nice hit today with GenProbe up 18.75% on the Agreement that it would be sold to Hologic (HOLX $18.82 down 11.2%) for $3.7B or $82.75/sh. This is a strategic deal that builds [...]
Who to Watch Among the Pure Play DX Companies? High fliers with cache’ among traders and investors: CPHD,EXAS. Value plays for earnings turn-around: ALR, QGEN. Niche companies: NEOG, SQNM. Personalized medicine plays: GHDX, QGEN. M&A potential? Very quiet lately. Whale deal for 2012: spin-off of ABT Diagnostic Div. Roche hostile bid for ILMN and emerging [...]
