The sector continues to struggle but for some reason we seem to be getting a bounce today despite a set of fairly negative news. It obviously remains to be seen if this bounce can have any sort of staying power but it is certainly not driven by positive news. 1. I want to actually take […]
Chimera Research Group Catalyst Summary for January 2015
At the end of each month Chimera Research Group provides you with a monthly summary of notable catalysts that have been completed during the past month. JANUARY 2015: 1) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced that their Phase 3 CheckMate-017 trial evaluating Opdivo versus docetaxel for the treatment of refractory squamous cell non-small cell lung cancer […]
[Free Content] TGTX in Pictures
TG Therapeutics has two programs, the CD20 targeting antibody TG-1101, and PI3K delta inhibitor TGR-1202. The focus of this post is on TGR-1202. Earlier coverage can be found here [link]. TG has been hesitant in giving out the structure of TGR-1202. It’s out now, so here it is below along with Idelalisib and IPI-145 […]
September 3 Biotech Update
So the market continues to make marginal highs and essentially is drifting higher as the path of least resistance remains slightly higher each day. At his point, however, we cannot discount the possibility of a correction as a lot of stocks have had good runs. Trying to time when these corrections occur is losing game […]
Recent Option Activity (8/6 ~ 8/12)
The following stocks had recent and notable activity in their options: $INFI (8/6): 3,822 SEP 10.0 strike Puts were sold (stock at $9.98) for 0.45 or total proceeds of $171,990. This is a bullish/neutral strategy where the seller makes money as long as the stock settles above $9.55 by September expiration. $FOLD (8/12): 1,100 SEP […]
June 13 Biotech Update
This is going to be a quick update as there is not a lot of new in the market and I have a busy morning and afternoon. That being said there are two pieces of news that I thought was interesting and worth writing about. 1. CELG opted in and grabbed the global license for […]
Catalyst Watch – Vol. 2, Edition 10 (4/4/14)
Below are current tactical and strategic thoughts on approaching FDA and clinical trial catalysts for select names. Estimates, values and views are as of the date published (or are noted), are subject to potential future, pre-catalyst revision and are not intended as investment recommendations. Please read our Disclaimer: (1) Catalyst Watch List – Update: CYTK: […]
December 11 Biotech Update- Thought from ASH
I am back from ASH and ready to get back to writing the daily updates. There is a lot to cover, so it may take a couple of days. We are in a post-ASH pullback, which is not surprising and the macro selling was not helping either. Many of the biotechs I follow are above […]
Week’s Option Activity (12/2~12/9)
The following stocks had notable activity in their options during the past week: $XOMA (12/2): 2,000 MAR 5.0 Strike Calls (stock at $4.78) were purchased for 1.30 or $260,000 total cost. Buyer makes money if stock trades above $6.30 by March expiration. $ETRM (12/5): 1,500 JAN 2.50 Strike Calls (stock at $1.94) were sold for […]
December 5 Biotech Update- Who is Bayes and what does he have to do with Biotech?
Another slow day in the market but this will clearly change as we enter into ASH this weekend and early next week. At least we should have some interesting data to talk about. We were starting to see some ASH names move today, which is to be expected given we are days away from critical […]
December 2 Biotech Update- Getting Ready for ASH
Last week ended well for biotechs and today was a little more of the same with perhaps some consolidation. News has been relatively limited as most traders/investors/general biotech followers are gearing up for ASH. I will be heading down on Friday and staying through Tuesday, which means there will not be any updates this Friday, […]
November 15-EOD
It has been a relatively quiet day in biotech land, which is fine as it has been a busy week. I saw more of the same with a mixed performance and stocks reacting to news specific to the company and those with little news were drifting. 1. I have been spending a lot of time […]
November 11- EOD
I am gone for a little while and the market goes crazy, bounces, and then we have today which has both sell offs and rallies. To be honest, it is difficult to get a good read on the sector sentiment writ large at this point and at those times it seems the best bet is […]
ASH 2013 Preview on Lymphoid Malignancies
This year’s annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology(ASH13) is highly anticipated for a number of reasons. Pharmacyclic’s Ibrutinib could be viewed as one of the several catalysts sparking the biotech sector’s run the past 2 years. They are now within months of receiving approval for 2 indications where they could benefit patient lives […]
November 4- EOD
(This was from yesterday. Due to the server issues, I am not sure many of you saw it, so I am reposting.) I take one day to not write an EOD and biotechs sell off. Well, they have been weak for awhile so no real surprise but at least the selling does not seemed related […]
October 29- EOD
Well, it seemed like an odd day for the sector in that it was almost directionless. This is not to say that there were not moves among individual stocks but we are finally starting to see them move on merit and less on sector sentiment. I think this is a good sign and hopefully we […]
October 10-EOD
Macro, macro, macro but now it is to the other way. We did have another big piece of news hit last night in terms of CLL, which I will talk about for today’s note. 1. The news of the day (or actually last night) was the halting of the GILD idelalisib trial of previously treated […]
Quick comments on Achillion and TG Therapeutics
(with Jason Chew) In biotech, all too often are investors given news on Friday that is not so good. With many updates expected by the end of the quarter, someone was bound to have the honors of being one of those companies. Today we had quite bad news out of Achillion and an update from […]
September 25- EOD
A very interesting and odd day in the market today. Overall the market continued its weakness and biotechs were generally down. The market came back and it seemed to turn into a chop fest. I suspected that the CLVS news would have had a more negative impact on biotech sentiment but there did not seem […]
Week’s Option Activity (8/5~8/9)
The following stocks had notable activity in their options during the past week: $PBTH (8/7): Active day in the Calls. 500 AUG 5.0 strike Calls (stock at $6.86) were purchased for 2.05 or $102,500 – buyer makes money if stock trades north of $7.05 by August expiration. Also, 500 FEB14 7.50 strike Calls were sold […]
