Review of Biotech 2009 Fund and ETF Performance YTD
The Rayno LifeScience Biotech portfolio is up 11-15% YTD (15%+ with rebalancing as recommended). Among the big winners YTD are Regeneron (REGN) up 40%, Targacept (TRGT) up 880% and Inverness (IMA) up 72%. The portfolio included both biotech and diagnostic companies. We reviewed five other ETFs...
CompuGen(CGEN) deal sparks small cap biodiscovery stocks
CompuGen, an early stage drug and diagnostic discovery Company announced today a "Discovery on Demand" therapeutic peptide collaboration with Pfizer that focuses on three peptide drugs based upon CompuGen in silico discovery platforms. The predicted molecules will be synthesized and delivered...
Year End Biotech Rally on Schedule
Seasonality, deals and "healthcare reform lite" spur rally On November 18 we suggested some rebalancing in the Rayno Life Science Portfolio anticipating some year-end optimism.Today we got some help from licensing M&A and financing deals....
Sequenom down 7.5% on Xenomics’ power play
Well known biotech executives "face-off" in Licensing Deal gone awry Xenomics'(XNOM.PK) announced today that an ongoing internal preliminary investigation concluded that Sequenom (SQNM) willfully manipulated its Down Syndrome data in its presentations.In late October 2008 Xenomics granted an...
H1N1 Boosts Development in Pharma Sector
Global market growth for vaccines forecasted at 12% ( Edited version published in Genetic Engineering News Dec. 1, 2009) The potential H1N1pandemic has drawn renewed interest in vaccines. Vaccines over the last 100+ years have been one of the most important agents for controlling infectious...