Update 7/23 Biogen Idec (BIIB) Soars 11% on Earnings EPS at $3.49 vs est $2.83; Sales of MS drugs were $2.42B vs $1.72B last year. Our large cap portfolio is now up 15% YTD with less risk than mid and small caps. One analyst thinks PBYI will be acquired but watch out with a market […]
Update 8PM EDT NASDAQ Holds Losses to 0.54%-Futures Stable Biotech Damage Across the Sector-Rayno Life Science Portfolio Notes Large Caps off about 2% (FBT), but Gilead (GILD) down only 0.95% and Roche (RHHBY) up 0.28%. Rayno Biopharma stocks all red down 3-4% with XBI down 3.86%, IBB down 2.2%. Damage not as severe in Diagnostics […]
Healthcare Stocks trail other sectors up 0.34%, Energy up 0.8%, Financials up 0.73% and Technology up 0.77% But biotech ETFs are in the Green Biotechnology stocks were mixed today with the following winners among our large cap picks: Gilead Sciences (GILD) up 1.26%, Roche Holding (RHHBY) up 1.08% and Regeneron up 0.58%. Our large cap […]
Biopharmaceutical Stocks Come Roaring Back After Q1 Correction Most Stocks Bottomed in April -We are Currently in Rally Mode The biotech sector is up 18% YTD as tracked by most popular ETFs (FBT,IBB,XBI). After a vicious sell-off from the February bubble the biotech sector bottomed in April and has climbed slowly t within 5% of Q1 […]
Challenges Ahead But Sequencing Is A Driver We first reported on Personalized Medicine in 2010 with an article on the importance of Biomarkers for exploiting breakthroughs in the molecular basis of disease. The BIO 2014 Personalized Medicine and Diagnostics Forum provided full day coverage offering insights as to how the science driving personalized medicine is reshaping […]
Update June 19.. 3:10 p EDT Ten Yr 2.62%, U.S.equities flat,biotech mixed, jobless claims down. Japanese and European equities up. Iraq on front page. GOLD Up $41 Breaks Through Resistance at $1300 Gold futures rose on technicals, Middle East turmoil, a weak dollar and a dovish FED. Silver is also strong.In this week’s Barron’s three […]
