Swine flu stocks

[Bigcat]

NVAX,SVA are two where you can move large(r) amounts of money.

HEB,GNBT are smaller


Anyone remember during the bird flu scare the two small stocks that ran huge? I know one started with an "E" and was a flu mask producer. I'm having computer problems at home and can not run searches.

I will try to get to work early Monday and update this list. Time to make some major money IMO... Unless it settles down by Monday which is doubtful.

[REI_Chris]

Originally Posted by Bigcat

NVAX,SVA are two where you can move large(r) amounts of money.

HEB,GNBT are smaller


Anyone remember during the bird flu scare the two small stocks that ran huge? I know one started with an "E" and was a flu mask producer. I'm having computer problems at home and can not run searches.

I will try to get to work early Monday and update this list. Time to make some major money IMO... Unless it settles down by Monday which is doubtful.

Wow, I was JUST sitting here looking for 'swine flu futures' since they have futures for everything it seems. This could be an interesting thread!

[REI_Chris]

And on a related note, hogs sold off late Friday in fear that it will spread rapidly throughout the states.

[Alaskan Frontier]

avii, dvax

[REI_Chris]

http://www.elliottwave.com/freeupdat...-Analysis.aspx

[REI_Chris]

NVAX
BCRX

These two had MONSTROUS pops on Friday. I'm going to wait for things to settle down and go into Puts if they have options.

[Alaskan Frontier]

Originally Posted by Bigcat

NVAX,SVA are two where you can move large(r) amounts of money.

HEB,GNBT are smaller


Anyone remember during the bird flu scare the two small stocks that ran huge? I know one started with an "E" and was a flu mask producer. I'm having computer problems at home and can not run searches.

I will try to get to work early Monday and update this list. Time to make some major money IMO... Unless it settles down by Monday which is doubtful.

lots of chatter about nvax ~

I currently own THC ~ I think they may be a good play since they are big in Texas and they have positive earnings coming on the 5th.


little more news

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/25...flu/index.html

[thelongranger]

LOS ANGELES, April 24 (Reuters) - The swine flu outbreak is likely to benefit one of the most prolific and successful venture capital firms in the United States: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Thomson Reuters Private Equity Week reported on Friday.

Shares of the two public companies in the firm's portfolio of eight Pandemic and Bio Defense companies -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX) and Novavax (NVAX) -- jumped Friday on news that the swine flu killed a reported 60 people in Mexico and has infected people in the United States.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said the virus appears to be susceptible to Roche's ROG.VX flu drug Tamiflu, also known as oseltamivir, but not to older flu drugs such as amantadine.

Roche said it has five million treatment courses of Tamiflu on stand-by for the WHO in its "Rapid Response Stockpile."

"Roche was contacted by the WHO and is prepared to immediately deploy the stockpile if requested. However, this request has not been made at this time," Roche spokesman Terry Hurley said.

Shares of Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG closed up 3.48 percent after falling sharply earlier in the week on a cancer drug disappointment, while shares of U.S. biotechnology company Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD), which gets royalties from Roche on Tamiflu sales, slipped 10 cents to $45.80 on Friday.

Shares of BioCryst, a maker of drugs that block key enzymes in viral diseases, jumped more than 26 percent on Friday to $2.21 per share. Viral vaccine maker Novavax rose more than 75 percent to $1.42 per share.

BioCryst CEO John Stonehouse said his company does not anticipate the use of its technology in treating this episode of swine flu.

"We're in clinical trials right now and not on the market," Stonehouse said.

Still, the companies will have to go even higher for Kleiner Perkins to make its investment back. Both BioCryst and Novavax experienced long drops from price peaks in 2006, when reports of avian flu dominated headlines.

BioCryst is down nearly 90 percent from its 2006 high of $20.75 per share and Novavax is down more than 85 percent from a high of $7.98 per share.

Kleiner Perkins invested $30 million in BioCryst in December 2005 alongside Fort Worth, Texas-based buyout firm TPG. The two firms invested again in August 2007, picking up $65 million worth of shares and warrants. The investors bought shares in BioCryst at $13.46 and then $7.80.

Kleiner Perkins put $20 million in Novavax in February 2006 alongside Palo Alto, Calif.-based Prospect Venture Partners. The two firms picked up the shares at $4.35.

Novavax can produce a vaccine from an emergent strain of flu virus in 12 weeks, according to CEO Rahul Singhvi. The company has contacted the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to offer help and is trying to contact the Ministry of Health in Mexico, Singhvi said.

The company uses genetic information and "recombinant, virus-like particle technology" to rapidly engineer a vaccine. Its technology has been proven to work in humans during Phase II trials, Singhvi said, and it might be used in the case of an emergency.

"There is an emergency authorization avenue that is available that would allow us to use the vaccine in an emergency without further testing," said Singhvi.

[money_hungry]

APT

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. develops, manufactures, and markets disposable protective apparel and infection control products in the United States and internationally. Its disposable protective apparel products consist of shoecovers, bouffant caps, coveralls, and lab coats; and infection control products include various face masks and eye shields. The company also offers construction weatherization products, such as house wrap and synthetic roof underlayment; and extended care products, including a line of medical bed pads, wheelchair covers, geriatric chair surfaces, and a line of pet beds. It serves industrial, cleanroom, medical, dental, extended care, and construction weatherization markets. Alpha Pro Tech sells its products primarily through a network of independent distributors, retailers, construction supply and roofing distributors, and independent sales representatives. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Markham, Canada

[BranRx]

This is something else. lol. The real reason for the big news. lets cash in!