by Raynovich Rod | Jun 19, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
Rayno Life Science Portfolio FMI: Personalized Medicine for Oncology We are on vacation this week but need to update you on Roche (RHHBY) complete buyout of Foundation Medicine (FMI) one of our top picks in personalized medicine for oncology. FMI is up 28% to $136.50...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 10, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update-1 Gene Editing stocks are hit hard by a STAT Report that edited cells may cause cancer. Here is a later summary from STAT. As of 2:45 PDT trading; CRSP down 12% at $60, EDIT down 7.8% at $36.14. NTLA down 9.9% at $24.5. The report was published in Nature...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 8, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
ASCO 2018 Rally Part 2: Traders Take Profits on Nice Gains Biotech Indices and ETFs Show Gains YTD: FBIOX up 8% YTD, IBB up 3.13%, XBI up 9.34% The ASCO 2018 biotech rally was almost according to the script-nice gains leading up to the meeting followed by momentum...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 6, 2018 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Diagnostics and Tools
ASCO 2018 Biotech Rally: Biotechs, Techs, and Semis Lead Market Higher Mid-Caps show huge gains but with high volatility. FBT at 142.91, IBB lagging at $110.52, XBI leading at $97.77 IWC Micro-Cap ETF breaking out up 11% YTD. Healthcare (XLV) comes to life lately up...
by Raynovich Rod | May 10, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Trump Speech on Plan for Lower Drug Prices 5/11 After close. Biotech and healthcare stocks were broadly higher. Key words by HHS Secretary were “complex” and “will take time”; more updates tomorrow. General objectives appear to be to lower list...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 26, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update 4/30… Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Beat Consensus by 4% Financial Results: CF Revenues rose 33% Q’18 o Q’17 from $481M to $638M; GAAP net income down 15% ,$210M from $241M. Two Phase 3 triple combination clinical development programs are...
by Raynovich Rod | Feb 14, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update-1 …2/17/18 Good Week for Biotech: FBT up 6.29%, IBB up 4.44%, XBI up 6.26% Biotech stocks continued their strong recovery from the big sell-off in the prior week but about 3% under 2018 highs. Biotech ETFs tracked the QQQ up 5.68% for the week but biotech...
by Raynovich Rod | Feb 12, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Large Cap Biopharmaceuticals Performance Part 1- After Correction Technicals: we are holding the December 2017 bottom but 2018 gains on some indices have been wiped out with peak values on Jan. 26. The FBT was the top performing ETF in 2018 YTD. Many of our picks have...
by Raynovich Rod | Feb 4, 2018 | Biopharmaceuticals
Updates-2… 2/6/18 Biotechs Down With Overall Market Over 5 Days Closing Prices as of 2/6/18 XBI up 3% at $91.05 down 5.34% over 5 days IBB up 2% at $109.36 down 7.35% over 5 days QQQ up 2.65% at $162.31 down 5.04% over 5 days By now you have read about all the...
by Raynovich Rod | Jan 2, 2018 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals, Rayno Life Science Portfolio
2/28/18 Update Tape looks sluggish at major resistance. Downgrade to HOLD on Celgene (CELG). Bad regulatory news on relapsing multiple sclerosis drug ozanimod. 2/2/18 Update After Sell-Off Cautious on Amgen (AMGN) after earnings release but looks better than the IBB...
