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(Medical-NewsWire.com, August 20, 2012 ) New York, NY -- At the conclusion of each week, VFC's Stock House, an information and research outlet that brings ideas and opens discussions to a broad spectrum of investors, examines some news items, stocks and stories that made headlines during the previous trading week, but may also make headlines or influence trends during the upcoming week as well.
This week's stock watch list includes AMRN, SGYP, SPPI, ALTH, NBS, ACTC, LPTN, PFE, FB, IMSC, and full report is available by visiting: http://vfcsstockhouse.com/blog/article/-weekly-stock-watch-week-of-20-august-amrn-sgyp-sppi-alth-nbs-actc-lptn-pfe-fb-imsc
During one of the climatic scenes of 1989's baseball hit 'Field of Dreams,' Shoeless Joe Jackson offered the kid rookie - Archie "Moonlight" Graham - some advice as he took the plate at a pivotal point in his first ballgame. "He's not gonna wanna load the bases, so look low and away," noted Joe before then warning, "but watch out for in your ear," as Moonlight had just winked at the pitcher.
The markets this week are at a similar point in the summer trading season as investors have been winking at the market for months, in a mocking manner, while watching prices rise and rise on questionable fundamentals. The bullish trends that culminated in the S&P achieving highs not witnessed in years were duly noted, but it was also noted, in a deeper look, that the DOW reported two of its lowest-volumed days of the year last week. How many times can we wink at the market before potentially seeing that late-summer swoon materialize?
Investors are likely preparing for two different scenarios, just like Moonlight Graham did.
As always, there are sure to be plenty of stocks and stories to keep an eye on. Here's just a few of them...
Healthcare, Biotech, Pharmaceutical:
Amarin Corporation (AMRN): Amarin shares traded relatively flat last week after having dropped big following the announcement of an FDA approval for Vascepa in the treatment of very high triglycerides during the closing days of July. Interest will still be very heavy on this company and its stock during the coming week, too, as an expected key catalyst that should have materialized last week failed to do so.
Ever since the Vascepa approval, investors have been monitoring the situation as to whether or not the product will receive a new chemical entity (NCE) status from the FDA. Such a designation would extend the product's exclusivity on the market and help investors and potential buyers of the company better gauge Vascepa's overall lifetime value. The decision was to be announced this past Friday but that decision will now be somewhat delayed, as explained last week, still leaving a few uncertainties to deal with in the eyes of investors.
Regardless, the current AMRN market cap has shares trading at levels that could be quite attractive to those banking on a potential blockbuster future for Vascepa or an eventual buyout of the company. AMRN has run to nearly twenty bucks on news of a buyout before, and could likely do so again if the speculation heats up. Should it look like the company has decided against selling, then a rebound in share price may take longer to be realized as Amarin will need ample time to ramp up commercialization and start the revenue stream flowing on its own...
Synergy Pharmaceuticals (SGYP): Synergy shares closed Friday up by nearly four percent on the day, capping off a strong week that saw the company's share price rise by over a buck in all - good for a nearly thirty percent gain in just five days. Volume remained within the daily norms during the run.
Synergy is entering a very exciting period in its development that could make or break the future. Last week's run could be a measure that investors are taking notice to that effect. As discussed early last week, the company's Phase IIb/III Plecanatide trial in the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) has completed enrollment and is coming to an end, with results expected for release later this year. It is widely expected that the results from this trial, which enrolled well over eight hundred people in total, will be positive, given the encouraging results from earlier studies and the success ofIronwood Pharmaceuticals' (IRWD) Linaclotide, which shares the same origins and mechanism of action as Plecanatide...
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (SPPI): Although reporting another round of impressive earnings and revenue growth, shares of Spectrum have finally fallen victim to a huge number of shorts who had been piling on as the stock recently rose from below ten bucks to over seventeen. The ensuing decline caught many off guard as sales of the company's flagship product, FUSILEV, has been consistently gaining steam quarter after quarter and even the skeptical seem to have become believers in its potential to continue growing in the market. Additionally, Spectrum's secondary product, Zevalin, while not returning huge revenue just yet, is predicted to also start raking in a more significant revenue stream...
Neostem, Inc. (NBS): Shares of NeoStem Inc were down by three percent to close the week last Friday, but recent developments at the company have this story as one worth keeping an eye on. The company reported last Wednesday that it had received approval from a data monitoring committee to continue moving forward with its Phase II PreSERVE trial, designed to measure the effectiveness of AMR-001 in preventing or treating major cardiac events following heart attacks. Such an approval, while by no means to be considered a major catalyst, is a firm validation of trial progress, especially for any company operating in a relatively new and high-profile sector - such as that of regenerative medicine and stem cell research. Regenerative medicine is predicted by many to be THE next big leap in medical technology and any progress by companies in the sector are highly watched by investors...
Lpath, Inc. (LPTN): Shares of Lpath had been on the rise and reignited with life over the past week while hitting highs of nearly a dollar to close out July, marking a rise of well over thirty percent than where those shares were trading just weeks before. As is normal in the biotech sector especially, profit taking took effect and a retreat followed the spike. LPTN traded down by over five percent on Friday and may be back in 'buy territory' as a key trial catalyst is still pending...
Internet/Technology:
Facebook, Inc. (FB): Facebook, Inc. continues to disappoint as a key lockout period ended last week that resulted in the FB share price setting a new 52-week low of nineteen dollars as investors bailed on falling projections of growth. The lockout period had previously kept many investors who participated in the IPO from selling, but all bets were off when the lockout ended. Although a string of acquisitions and moves to strengthen the company's position in the mobile market provide hope for the future, investors are still unconvinced that the business plan can succeed in the mobile market...
Implant Sciences (IMSC): Implant will be a hot one to watch this week as it is the last week before the most significant catalyst in the company's development is potentially due to take place. The company has long advertised August 27th as the date that the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is set to decide during the last week of August on whether or not to approve Implant's Quantum Sniffer (QS) ETD technology for inclusion on the TSA list of qualified products. Such an approval by the TSA would free up the Sniffer technology to land at the heart of airport and airline security around the nation, and also in nations - such as Japan - that follow TSA approval guidelines...
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