by Raynovich Rod | May 4, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
The NASDAQ Biotechnology Index IBB ($122.30) is off 1.5% today and more than 2% off its all time high of $126.65. The first clue to the current sell-off was a CNBC Fast Money Contributor to buy the ETF XBI ($79) earlier in the week at its top of $82. Earlier this...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 30, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
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...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 23, 2012 | Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
Biotech Outperforming Tech Lately: M&A Hit of the Day Ardea Biosciences The market continues its choppy trend with the QQQ’s off 0.9% to $65 with some Internet high fliers like AMZN and NFLX taking a hit. But biotech recovered from earlier losses with the...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 19, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech Rally Ignited By Clinical News and M&A Theme The biotech sector roared back today with major ETF’s IBB ($122) up 2.4% and XBI ($78.6) up 5.1 % driven primarily by Gilead (GILD $52.23) up 12 % and other large caps like Regeneron (REGN $127) up 2.5%....
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 10, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Nice Recovery in biotech today with our mid-cap index up almost 1%. Without doing a lot of detailed analysis it looks like stocks that have major institutional sponsors are rallying. Smaller caps without significant volume are still lagging. Two high fliers : Vivus...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 30, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
We have updated our Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio with total returns from inception 3/9/09 to 3/30/12. Biggest winners are Alexion (ALXN) Biogen (BIIB) , Cubist (CBST), Regeneron (REGN) and Viropharma (VPHM)-all over 200%. Over the same period the IBB ETF was up...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 28, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Two Companies With Major Biotech Themes: Orphan Drugs (ALXN) and Targeted Cancer Therapy (RGDX) IBB ($122) Weak Down 1% – 52 Week High of $124 One of our Top Performers in the biopharmaceutical sector Alexion (ALXN $89) took a hit this week and down over 3%...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 21, 2012 | 2024 Rayno Tools and Diagnostics Portfolio, BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Diagnostics Stocks Are Relatively Calm After Patent News: But Patents Still Matter The Supreme Court Ruling threw out two process patents on diagnostic tests because they were based on the laws of nature and that they were merely telling doctors of a new scientific...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 13, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Biotech Sector (IBB $119.73) Up 12 % YTD, Lagging NASDAQ (QQQ) Up 17.85% Here is a summary of our recommendations over the past month: No change in our basic Rayno Life Science Portfolios.Biopharmaceuticals have outperformed Tools and Diagnostics. Continued strength...
by Raynovich Rod | Mar 8, 2012 | BIOgraph, Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech Sector Recovers from Monday’s Weakness-Bull Intact Biotech stocks are strong today tracking a NASDAQ rally and favorable news on JNJ’s prostate drug Zytiga which met its goal in a new study. Dendreon stock took a big hit down 10% because the JNJ...
