by Rod Raynovich | Mar 11, 2011 | BIOgraph, Reading List
Hot biomedical concepts: Software, mobile communications, ophthalmology,antibiotics,epilepsy,surgery,cancer, and publishing. On Thursday March 9 The Wall Street Journal published an excellent review of the Top 50 start-ups and the money raised.The leaders were...
by Rod Raynovich | Nov 8, 2010 | 2023-24 Life Science Portfolios, BIOgraph
Immucor (BLUD) stock was up 5.7% to $18.91 on news that the DOJ closed its anti-trust investigation. The stock hit a low in early October when it slashed guidance due to lower utility of blood transfusion services.The Company is a leader in automated blood...
by Rod Raynovich | Aug 17, 2010 | 2023-24 Life Science Portfolios, BIOgraph
The IPO market is setting up for continued investor interest in the biotech sector. Two high profile genomics companies,Complete Genomics and Pacific Biosciences, have filed S-1 Registration Statements with plans to go public in the fourth quarter around the time when...
by Rod Raynovich | Jun 14, 2010 | RAG
Genomics and Medicine: transformative therapies are coming but diagnostic breakthroughs will lead the way Ten years after the start of the Human Genome Project we have learned a lot about the links between genetics and disease but few direct cures have emerged. The...
by Rod Raynovich | May 12, 2010 | BIOgraph
Genotyping on a Fast Track Direct to Consumer Pathway Genomics is offering a “Health Kit” that reports your genetic risk for 70 diseases such as Cancer,Cardiovascular Disease,RA,and Diabetes. Disease carrier status is included as well as potential genetic...
by Rod Raynovich | May 10, 2010 | 2023-24 Life Science Portfolios, BIOgraph
Companion Diagnostics Enable More Targeted Therapy At the 2010 BIO Conference in Chicago with about 15,000 attendees there were ten Breakout Sessions on Biomarkers (BM) encompassing Intellectual Property, commercialization, reimbursement, drug development and...
by Rod Raynovich | Apr 19, 2010 | BIOgraph
At yesterday’s AACR (American Association of Cancer Research) Meeting in Washington DC researchers presented results from the Battle Trial which is a hypothesis- driven prospective study that identifies biomarkers(BM’s) to predict tumor response and thus...
by Rod Raynovich | Mar 30, 2010 | BIOgraph
US Judge invalidates cancer gene patents Intellectual Property (IP) is the raw material for the creation of biotech companies. Without an invention covered by a robust patent portfolio, venture funding can be very difficult. Since the beginning of the “genomic...
by Rod Raynovich | Feb 9, 2010 | BIOgraph
Genomic Health (GHDX) 2/4/10 Molecular Diagnostics and Genomics Public Company- Market Cap $482M Stock Price $16.5-17.5 Summary Genomic Health is a life science Company focused on the development and commercialization of genomic-based clinical laboratory services for...
by Rod Raynovich | Dec 23, 2009 | BIOgraph
CompuGen, an early stage drug and diagnostic discovery Company announced today a “Discovery on Demand” therapeutic peptide collaboration with Pfizer that focuses on three peptide drugs based upon CompuGen in silico discovery platforms. The predicted...
