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 [...]
A 2.7+% rally faded today as European debt crisis headlines put a damper on optimism. Many of the pundits were skeptical of the rally saying it was driven by short covering. Biotechs Outperforming This Month With all of this volatility you’d think we found a trend. But the three day rally has only brought the [...]
Life Science ETF’s: Strategy and Composition There are several ETF’s with biotech and drug positions but the three that are large, liquid and better known with asset values are : First Trust Amex Arca Biotech Index (FBT,$166M) , iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB, $1.38B) and SPDR S&P Biotech (XBI, $487M). All of these ETF’s have significant [...]
The rally in biotech is back with lots of help from InterMune (ITMN).The stock was up over 60% to 23 this am after the Company posted briefing documents for the March 9 Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee(PADAC) meeting to review the NDA for pirfenidone (Esbriet) for treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF). IPF is a [...]
AMGN-Top line revenue slowing One of the largest biotech companies reported earnings within estimates with full year 2009 EPS of $4.91 up 8% on Revenue of $14.6B down 2%.2010 Total Revenue is expected to be in the $15.1B to $15.5B range with adjusted EPS at $5.05 to $5.25.U.S. Product Sales were $11.13B a decrease of [...]
