Health
Signs point to biotech M&A heating up, Wells Fargo says. Here’s where to look
The pace of biotech deals is likely to pick up, but investors should think about smaller targets, said Wells Fargo analyst Mohit Bansal. Bansal called out both enticing valuations for small- and mid-cap biotech companies, which are now trading at an enterprise value of about one times cash, on average, and a tough regulatory environment […]
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FDA decision on Novavax’s Covid shots could be delayed to review changes in manufacturing
A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration needs to review changes to Novavax’s manufacturing process before it can authorize the biotech […]
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Bausch Health shares drop as results from its recent eyecare IPO fail to inspire
While we don’t directly own Bausch + Lomb stock, we do hold shares of Bausch Health, which owns about 90% of its former eyecare unit. Source
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We’re changing our price targets on 8 stocks in the portfolio
The moves reflect recent earnings reports, comments from company executives, and general market multiple compression. Source
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CDC raises monkeypox alert as global cases surpass 1,000
Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stepped up its monkeypox guidance, urging travelers to take extra precautions including wearing face masks as global cases of the virus surpass 1,000. The CDC […]
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U.S. has more than 36,000 Jynneos monkeypox vaccine doses immediately available in national stockpile
The United States has more than 36,000 doses of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine immediately available in the strategic national stockpile, according to the Health and Human Services Department. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending the vaccine to people who have had high risk exposures to the virus in an effort to stop […]
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Monkeypox may have been spreading ‘under the radar’ for months or years
An employee of the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic shows a container with fibroblast cells from chicken embryos for the propagation of vaccine viruses in a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, May 24, 2022. The company, headquartered in Denmark, is the only one in the world to have approval for a smallpox […]
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Abbott Nutrition restarts baby formula production in reopened Michigan plant
Shelves normally meant for baby formula sit nearly empty at a store in downtown Washington, DC, on May 22, 2022. Samuel Corum | AFP | Getty Images Abbott Nutrition on Saturday resumed baby formula production at its Sturgis, Michigan, plant, a move toward addressing a nationwide shortage. The company has been given the green light […]
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The CDC is sending monkeypox vaccines to people at high risk in a race to prevent the spread
Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Biden administration has distributed 1,200 monkeypox vaccine doses for people who have had high-risk exposures to the virus, part of a nationwide public health response to stamp out the disease before it causes […]
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Searching for value in the battered biotech sector, which may not have hit bottom yet
Investors have been laser-focused on profit-producing companies, which has left companies in their pre-revenue stage on the sidelines. As a result, a growing number of biotech stocks are now trading below the value of the cash on their balance sheets. Over the past year, the SPDR S & P Biotech ETF is down nearly 44%, […]
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