Biotechnology Growth Stock Investment Opportunities-


As the swine flu pandemic slowly travels throughout the world, fear is on the rise; along with biotechnology investing opportunities. There are a few reputable biotech companies which have ascending stocks in this sector that may possibly have tremendous staying power. Like Techne (NASDAQ:TECH), an elite manufacturer of biotechnology products, who’s shares have skyrocketed 38 percent since its 52 week slump. The company’s diluted EPS fell by only 6.6 percent on a 2.4 percent drop in combined net sales vs. the company’s quarter a year prior. The uneven plunge in stock share price throughout the first three months of 2009 facilitated the group to re-purchase $10.5 million of its common stock at bargain prices. Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMLN) stock shares rose 3.5 percent resulting from the current undertaking of clinical trials for the company’s once-weekly administered diabetes drug. It was recently publicized that the company’s Exenatide drug produced more favorable outcome for the trial’s participants when compared to another leading biopharmaceutical company, Merck’s (NYSE:MRK) Januvia and Takeda pharmaceuticals. Amylin has combined forces with Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) to further develop Exenatide and cash in on the mounting market for type 2 diabetes therapy medications.

PDL BioPharma, a pharmaceutical research and development company, announced revenue support for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009 of about $125M, as compared with $106M for the 2nd quarter of 2008. The company has revved up its Q2 revenue forecast supported by robust royalty earnings resulting from several of its contributory’s products such as Synagis, a respitory virus drug made by Medimmune – an AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) holding. PDL BioPharma stocks have scaled 48 percent since striking a 52 week low in March. Carl Icahn, a corporate raider and private equity investor, has been involved in a proxy battle to release further value from the shares of biopharmecutical development and research company, Biogen Idec (Nasdaq:BIIB). Icahn continues to claim that the business is poorly managed and came close to success when the company approved at least one open seat on its board but that the votes were “too close to call” on a possible second seat. The company’s shares have increased 20 percent since striking a slump of $42.92 in the beginning of March 2009.

Biotechnology investment was obviously a safe speculation last year, but industry fluctuation has set stocks straggling in the market by a slim margin as we reach mid-2009. It will be curious to see what the remainder of the year brings for the biotechnology industry, but always remain on the look-out for individual potential breakout stocks like these.