Biopharmaceuticals Resist Market Correction: M&A du jour Ardea (RDEA)
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 IBB down only 0.35% and...
Rayno Life Science Portfolio: CBST, GILD,HGSI, REGN SQNM
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%. Gilead (GILD) was up on clinical...
Risk Off: Profit Taking, Spain and Jobs Data//BIO Update April 11
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 (VVUS $22.15) and Medivation...
Financial Review of Pure Play Clinical Diagnostic Companies
Who to Watch Among the Pure Play DX Companies? High fliers with cache' among traders and investors: CPHD,EXAS. Value plays for earnings turn-around: ALR, QGEN. Niche companies: NEOG, SQNM. Personalized medicine plays: GHDX, QGEN. M&A potential? Very quiet lately. Whale deal for 2012:...
Emerging Biomarker Diagnostics: BGMD and VRML
Early Stage Diagnostic Players With Novel Biomarkers We posted an overview on Seeking Alpha of two emerging diagnostic companies focused in novel clinical biomarkers which are FDA cleared. Products are now being launched with a revenue build expected by Q2 2012. As we get news and more...