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Biogen - lyr Price History
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Foundation medical - lyr Price History
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Gilead - lyr Price History
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Sangamo - lyr Price History
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Healthcare sector has outperformed S&P500 last 4 years and has been the
best-performing sector YTD
Improving R&D returns
ongoing efficiency gains due to various 'self-help' measures
More supportive regulatory and payor environment
Increasing number of financings and IPOS in Q1
Frequent upward revisions lately to sales estimates at the largest
biotechnology companies
Nasdaq Biotech Index (NBI) dropped 4.4% Friday
Sharpest decline since Oct-11
• Triggered by a letter from congressional representatives to a
biotech company Gilead sciences, questioning its plans to sell a hepatitis c
drug (named Sovaldi) for $84,000 per dose
Gilead required to give briefing by 03-Apr
Sovaldi expected to generate >$4bn in sales this year
The drug's expense might saddle state Medicaid programs with steep
Costs
The whole sector is as risk
uS is the only major health-care market remaining without any
meaningful drug price controls
Risk for the whole sector once the Congress gets involved,
especially if focused primarily on pricing
The biggest NBI firms sold-off significantly
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ways to hedge exposure to the us biotech sector
ProShares ultraShort Nasdaq Biotech Fund (BIS US Equity): designed
to be 2x short the NBI
options on isharesNasdaq Biotech ETF (188 US Equity)
N8I - last 5 years
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N8I vs S&PS00 — last 1 year
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N8I - last 1 year
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