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Understanding Cost of Capital in Biotechs' Valuation

I have based a lot of my analysis on this blog around financial models, specifically rNPV, which I have talked about many times. However, after a discussion on ViroPharma's (VPHM) Yahoo! Finance message board, I noticed that I never mentioned a key ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  29 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Genentech, Inc.

Will the Clouds Clear for Amgen?

Amgen (AMGN) reported earnings Thursday night and investors were giving the stock a 4% boost Friday. The stock, which is down some 36% in the past year, has struggled since mid-2005. The company's growth has slowed, and the company has a cloud over it ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  28 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Amgen Inc.,  Food and Drug Administration

Gilead Keeps Going Strong

Gilead Sciences (GILD) announced a record fourth quarter Wednesday, as the company posted $1 billion in product sales for the quarter, the first time the company had broken the billion-dollar mark in product sales. Led again by its HIV franchise, ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  25 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Gilead Sciences, Inc.,  Standard Poor's,  Food and Drug Administration

Correction and Clarification to Tysabri Post

It has been brought to my attention that I made an error in my recent Tysabri article. The drug Remicade is owned by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), which it received in its purchase of Centocor, Inc. Schering-Plough (SGP) markets the drug outside the United ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  23 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Johnson & Johnson,  Food and Drug Administration,  Biogen Idec Inc

Elan, Biogen Idec Won't Gain Much from Tysabri Approval

The roller-coaster ride that the drug Tysabri has been on over the past several years hit another high this week as the FDA approved it to treat Crohn's Disease [CD]. But this approval doesn't necessarily mean the roller-coaster ride will end for the ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  21 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Biogen Idec Inc,  Food and Drug Administration

Investors May Prefer to Stay Away from DNA

Genentech (DNA) reported full-year 2007 earnings Monday and, while the company beat on the bottom line and guided 2008 in-line, investors sent shares down again as its major drugs missed revenue estimates. Shares of DNA have traditionally traded on the ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  15 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Genentech, Inc.,  Food and Drug Administration

Forecast for ViroPharma's Pipeline: Mostly Shiny

ViroPharma (VPHM) had a big week with its stock climbing 20% after the company announced better-than-anticipated guidance for 2008 sales of its bacterial infection drug Vancocin. The company expects that 2007 sales of Vancocin were in the guided range ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  14 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration

FDA Sets Date for Theravance Drug Review

Theravance (THRX) shareholders will want to mark February 27 on their calendars, as the FDA announced Thursday that it will meet to review Theravance's NDA for its drug telavancin. The FDA has already delayed telavancin's approval once, saying the ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  11 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration

A Win-Win for Isis, Genzyme in Cholesterol Drug Deal

Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS) came out as the big winner from the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference as the biotech announced a licensing deal with Genzyme (GENZ) for its cholesterol drug mipomersen. The deal marked the end of an auction for the drug in ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  9 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Celgene Puts Drug Scare Behind It

However, analysts came out afterward with bullish sentiment on Revlimid, and Monday Celgene said that Revlimid likely beat Street estimates for 2007 revenues, and the company upped its 2008 guidance, which is providing a boost for the stock. This news ...

From BRETT SCOTT, ETF Investor,  7 Jan 2008

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