By Casey Walters - May 1, 2013 | Tickers: ARNA, BIIB, BPAX, CELG | 0 Comments
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Bio stocks can be a gamble. When they fall, companies in this particular industry can fall hard, especially if the news is really bad or expectations were hyped beyond reality. A few months ago, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals dropped 78% in one day after the company disclosed that its stellar Phase II data for lung cancer drug bavituximab was not valid.
Does that mean bio stocks are a no-go?' Far from it, but in order to do invest effectively, one needs to remember there are a few steps you can take to increase your chances of making money and, more importantly, not losing it all after one press release hits the wires.
Spreading your bets is essential. Its easy to be tempted to put money in just one or two names and dream of buying your own island in the Pacific after the company cures cancer. But unless youre incredibly lucky, it doesnt often work out that way. Picking five or even ten bio companies will reduce the damage to your portfolio should one go down as well as increase your chances of holding a winner.
Second, take the lead from big investors. Julian and Felix Baker manage money for the Tisch Family and invest primarily in biotech. One has a Ph.D. in immunology from Stanford, the other studied business at Harvard. They have had successful early positions in big winners like Seattle Genetics and Pharmasset the latter was acquired by Gilead Sciences for $137 per share.
Finally, do your own research. Take the names that some analysts throw out and dig into the news. Heres my top five, but again, see for yourself!
1.) Biogen Idec
Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) is an established company with solid revenue. It already has multiple sclerosis drugs that are positioned as leaders in that market. Now, its new MS pill, Tecfidera, will be priced at a wholesale acquisition cost of $54,900 per patient per year. The medicine will distributed, stocked, and available to patients this month according to company spokespeople. This is going to blow sales sky-high as people have trusted the Biogen brand. Even before this news, shares were already up over 33% so far in 2013. Biogen also has some exciting drugs in the pipeline which include a Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and a Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in phase 3 testing. The Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, is dominated only by 4 companies. With Ambit Biosciences bringing in an estimated $21,000 per patient annually. Biogen's new more effective drug would be expected to bring in this amount per patient and with the druge being more effective this will cut into their competitors market share.
2.) Celgene
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