by Raynovich Rod | Jan 31, 2020 | Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
Update-1 2/3…3:30p EST… Biopharma stocks firm up after a bad week Large caps are strong with Gilead Sciences (GILD) up over 5% on a story about an experimental antiviral therapy for coronavirus China. GILD is one of the leading antiviral companies for...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 13, 2020 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-1 1/14/2 12:30 EDT…Very Bullish Tape today–Update at Close IBB up 1.27% , XBI up 2.47%. Gene therapy stocks are on a tear even before BLUE and EDIT (both up >5%) present later today and tomorrow. ===== J.P.Morgan Healthcare Conference Notes #1:...
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 21, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-1 10/22. Some follow through in biotech rally but sold off mirroring the NASDAQ about 2p,Maybe BREXIT related but we’ll see later this week after many earnings reports. Large caps have been leading and although the IBB was up 1.66% it sold off from $107...
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 10, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update-2 10/13…Biotech IPOs Remain Weak-Recent rally was weak for small cap biotechs Vir Biotechnology (VIR): A clinical stage immunology and infectious disease Company focused on new therapies for hepatitis (HBV), Influenza A, HIV and TB went public on Friday....
by Raynovich Rod | Oct 2, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools, Macro
Update-2 10/4 Broad Rally day: all major averages up 1.4%, NAZ at 7982. Risk back on. But biotech lags major indices IBB up 0.75%, XBI up 0.21% to $76.82. Better trade for biotech has been large caps: ABBV, AMGN, MRK,RHHBY VRTX. Mid-cap movers: BLUE up 3.97%, GWPH up...
by Raynovich Rod | Sep 18, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Update-1 A bit of a sell-off on end of week option expirations and cancellation of China visit to farm Bureau in MT. NAZ down 0.8%, S&P down 0.5%. Less reaction to China news now? Can biotech rally as contrian play to tech and industrials? tape in biotech was...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 19, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools, Macro
Update -3 Bearish trends in biopharma continue with both the IBB and XBI down with 30 min of trading to go. We will do a review of the healthcare sector later this week continuing the theme after the AACC of the need for diversification within healthcare e.g. medtech,...
by Raynovich Rod | Aug 6, 2019 | Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
8/10/19…XBI up 1.8% to $84.04 for 5 days, QQQ up 1.9% to $185.81 over 5 days.A good week for life science stocks with following stocks near 52 week highs: BDX BIO DHR GH HOLX NVTA 8/8/19 9:45a EDT Life Science Movers…Stocks to Watch…XBI up 0.61% to...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 30, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update-1 A bit of a sell-off in gene therapy but MGTX at new highs at $29.44. Profit taking on Sarepta down 3.84% to $150.59. Roche (RHHBY) and Merck (MRK) near new highs. Mid-caps mixed but Novacure (NVCR) rally 3.27% toward new highs. One of our top picks Amarin...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 10, 2019 | Biopharmaceuticals, Macro
Update-3 6/17 11:30 a EDT Pfizer (PFE) $11B Buyout of Array Pharmaceuticals (ARRY) Sparks Rally in biotech. As usual M&A brings buyers into biotech. ARRY up 56% on Pfizer $11B buyout. XBI up 3.68% to $84.46. Green screen in mid-caps, gene therapy. ==========...