by Rod Raynovich | Sep 16, 2011 | 2024-25 Life Science Portfolios, BIOgraph, RAG
Biotechnology,Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Providers Are Most Attractive After a five day rally led by chips, tech and industrials Morgan Stanley came out today calling the healthcare sector an overweight. Adam Parker, the US Equity Strategist published a report...
by Rod Raynovich | Jun 6, 2011 | RAG
Celgene (CELG $58.49) is off 0.93% and down 1.29% YTD in a biotech bull market. The stock is also off 20% from 2007 and 2008 highs near $75.The Company recently bought Abraxis for $3B + and presented Abraxane data in combination with other drugs at ASCO. The Company...
by Rod Raynovich | May 9, 2011 | RAG
Good Technology Fit Helped By Cheap Money and Tax Benefits M&A has been one of the main drivers of the biotech market and today we have more recombinant action as Alkermes (ALKS) of Boston is buying the EDT drug delivery unit of Elan (ELN) of Ireland for $960M....
by Rod Raynovich | Mar 29, 2011 | RAG
3/30/11 Update CEO Michael Pearson of Canadian based Valeant (VRX) reiterated his determination(live on CNBC this am) for buying Cephalon (CEPH) after being stalled by the Board of CEPH after initial discussions.Mr. Pearson stated he wanted to move quickly and if the...
by Rod Raynovich | Jan 5, 2011 | Macro, RAG
It was 2005, the peak of the housing bubble and housing stocks were running wild. Toll Brothers (TOL) and Lennar (LEN) stock were at 60. There was no end to housing with Wall Street buying up mortgages faster than brokers could sell them. One of the many creative...
by Rod Raynovich | Aug 31, 2010 | Macro, RAG
The gloom and doomers are still out in force today but facing a little headwind as the market is stable to up helped by home prices and consumer confidence. Apparently the bulls were on vacation this August or frozen from clicking on something to buy except bonds....
by Rod Raynovich | Aug 4, 2010 | RAG
Two companies that have been restructured through M&A announced yesterday. Celera(CRA) was added to our model portfolio recently at 7, traded down 2% to $6.75 on missed guidance and a net loss of (.08) compared to a loss of 39 cents the same quarter of previous...
by Rod Raynovich | Jun 28, 2010 | RAG
Here is an update on Oncology Pipelines courtesy of Linda Pullan ([email protected]), a consultant who follows the sector. www.PullanConsulting.com Pfizer (PFE), Roche (RHHBY) and Novartis (NVS) are predicted to launch the most drugs. Some Pharma Companies Need to...
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 11, 2010 | RAG
Response Genetics(RGDX) announced a deal today for a non-exclusive license to provide GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) with certain rights to proprietary BRAF mutational analysis technology in human tumor samples. The BRAF gene encodes a protein involved in cell signaling and...
