by Raynovich Rod | Apr 21, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-3 XLV up from bottom at $86 to $88.63. IBB holding but more choppy at $107 level. Update-2 12p EDT-IBB flattish at $106 as earnings on large caps come in-will be reviewed at end of week. ABBV down 0.8% on Humira concerns:, profit forecast raised EPS gains...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 15, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-2 10:45a 4/17…XBI down 3.37% to FEB support at $86. Healthcare issues are spilling over to biotech.Red screen day and all biotechs hit very hard.Drug pricing models are under scrutiny. Update-1…NASDAQ ekes out small gains but large cap biotechs...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 7, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals
4/11 ALERT: Need to check out reasons for biotech sell-off; could be proposed drug pricing bills and “affordability board.” See STAT News . See 4/11 chart below for XBI. Choppy pattern returns at resistance with no breakthrough highs. Biopharma stocks...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 29, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-4. 4/3 11:45A… Mid and Small Cap biotechs are momentum leaders: XBI hits 2019 high at $92.50. Update-3 4/2/19… Biotechs Outperform Major Market Indices Gene therapy stocks rally big: SGMO 28.96%, VYGR 7.38%, CRSP 6.91% NTLA 4.9% MGTX up 4.6%,...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 26, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-3…3/29 1:15p EDT. Biotech stocks catching bids today after a choppy week of trading. We will recap our top small cap picks from the JPM Conference after the close: AMRN, GNMK and TDOC. BIIB up again to 237. CELG up over 7% as prospects for BMY deal look...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 22, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update -2 March 24…Concerns about global growth, an inverted TSY yield curve and the German 10 year bond yield dropping below 10% triggered a major sell-off on Friday.The Russell 2000 dropped 3.62%. and the XBI dropped 4.62%. For the week ending 3/22: the XBI...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 17, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals
ALERT 3/21/19…BIOGEN (BIIB) down 28% to $233 after dropping Alzheimer’s Disease late stage trial; another failed clinical stage drug in AD. (more later). IBB down 2.5%. ====== 3/20/19…a whipsaw day…Powell comes to market rescue with...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 6, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update-3…3/11…Gene Therapy stocks go green screen! Big 5% winners: VYGR NTLA BLUE EDIT See complete list below (paste list into yahoo finance for tracking) Update-2…3/11…Market gets support from 60 Minutes-Powell comments and Gene Therapy;...
by Raynovich Rod | Feb 28, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update-2…Biotech rally Friday and Gene Therapy stocks One clue to the stealth rally on Friday is this article in Barron’s published Saturday (? hmmm) Why Big Pharma is Diving into Gene Therapy If you cannot access this article and are not a subscriber go...
by Raynovich Rod | Feb 25, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update: 1:40 EST 2/25… Gene Therapy stocks soar on Spark (ONCE) Deal: BLUE, CRSP, RARE; and XBI up 4.2%. Another big deal as GE sells healthcare business to Danher (DHR) for $21.4B; GE up 8.26%, DHR up 8.38%. ========== M&A Drives Mid and Small Cap Biotechs...