Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Taking Advantage of Rising Biotech Industry
Five Star Equities Provides Stock Research on Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
(firmenpresse) - NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 04/04/12 -- They say you never want to catch a falling knife, but what to do with a rising star such as the Biotech Industry? Biotech stocks have continued to impress investors this current year with the Biotech Industry striking a 30 percent gain year-to-date, according to the Biotech Index (BTK). Five Star Equities examines the outlook for companies in the Biotechnology Industry and provides investment research on Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTX).
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"I think we are beginning to see signs of life amongst biotechs, with new products coming to market that are gaining traction. Innovation is a great way to get paid, in any market environment or regulatory environment," says Marshall Gordon, health care analyst at Clear Bridge Advisors. "If you look at the pharmaceutical industry today, they are desperate for products, and the way to get those is by buying biotech," he says.
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Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted 13 to 1 against the use of the investigational agent ridaforolimus as maintenance therapy for patients with metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma or bone sarcoma whose disease has not progressed after at least four cycles of chemotherapy.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced interim results from an ongoing Phase 2 study designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of INCIVEK (telaprevir) tablets in combination with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin in people who are co-infected with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Data showed 74% (28/38) of patients who were treated with INCIVEK (in-SEE-veck) combination therapy had undetectable hepatitis C virus (HCV RNA) 12 weeks after the end of all study treatment (SVR12) compared to 45% (10/22) who were treated with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin alone.
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