by Raynovich Rod | Jun 2, 2015 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update-1 BLUE Drops 1.96% and 1.77% After Hours 6/3 In the bubbly CAR-T world bluebird bio (BLUE) and Celgene announced a deal for for development of product candidates for B-cell maturation antigen (BMCA) utilizing bluebird bios’s gene therapy technology to...
by Raynovich Rod | Jun 1, 2015 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech Indices Can’t Break Through Triple Top IBB at $365, XBI at $239 Red and green day Biotech stocks were mixed today with the major indices holding the flat line. However with all of the clinical data coming out of ASCO (American Society for Clinical...
by Raynovich Rod | May 20, 2015 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Update-2 uniQure up on deal with BMY (CURE) Cardiovascular Deal with Bristol Myers (BMY) The closing of the uniQure deal with Bristol Myers triggered a $50M payment. Three collaboration targets in cardiovascular and future areas. The stock is up 81% YTD but off its...
by Raynovich Rod | May 14, 2015 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Rayno Biopharmaceutical Stocks- ASCO Plays or Not Large Caps Rule Clovis Oncology (CLVS) up 16.7%, 79% YTD to $100 level! Several data CLVS Presentations for ASCO including two oral and six posters for non-small cell lung cancer and ovarian cancer. Also with a...
by Raynovich Rod | May 13, 2015 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
Valuations Step-Up With More Deals Prior to the acquisition of Pharmacyclics (PCYC) by Abbvie (ABBV) for $20B, the top price paid for an emerging biotech company was in the $10B range. Two additional companies among the mid-caps were acquired in prior years: Cubist...
by Raynovich Rod | May 8, 2015 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Jobs Report Drive Stocks Higher-DOW Up 1.5% Stocks moved higher on the “goldilocks” job report which showed a gain of 223k added in April. The jobs number was too high to raise concerns about an increase in rates but not too bullish because overall...
by Raynovich Rod | May 1, 2015 | Biopharmaceuticals
Biotech Bounce-Caution on New Positions IBB up 2% at 340 support level Most biotech stocks are green as of early trading on May 1. Although the sector has taken a beating since April 23 most ETFs and funds are outperforming the market year to date up more than 10%. As...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 21, 2015 | Biopharmaceuticals
Update ILMN 12n EDT trading 4/22 Illumina (ILMN) is selling off from the opening and is now down 4.8% on heavy volume of over 2M shares. The stock has a high PE of 83, P/S of 15 and 95% institutional holdings. Profit taking is underway. The chart shows a triple top at...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 16, 2015 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio
Biotech Sector Moves Up In Tiny Steps Risk Remains On AACR Next Week Will Move Cancer Stocks Biotech indices and ETFs are trying to hit new highs but momentum is easing and trading is choppy. Nonetheless we are moving up from the brief correction near channel lows at...
by Raynovich Rod | Apr 8, 2015 | 2025 Rayno Biopharmaceuticals Portfolio, Biopharmaceuticals
4/13 Update Biotech Sector Uptrend Intact XBI at 232.09 Clovis Oncology (CLVS) Up 13% On Upgrade Biotech Sector Brings In Buyers The late Q1 sell-off appears over as buyers are coming in near the 5o day moving average of the XBI, the more volatile ETF.The IBB shows a...