Savient Phama: The Ultimate Biotech Option
After reporting Q3 earnings, Savient Pharma (SVNT) plummeted back to $1 from the meteoric rise to nearly $3 during September. The stock has been stuck around that $1 level for the last two months. Will the new EU approval for KRYSTEXXA finally unleash the stock?
The company is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing KRYSTEXXA (pegloticase) for the treatment of chronic gout in adult patients refractory to conventional therapy.
As written in previous articles (see here), the company was able to complete a restructuring that provided time to build the revenue base in the US. While all of those moves left the company better equipped to survive long enough for the promising new drug to thrive, Savient has yet to prove to the market that the drug will ever meet the original estimates. Will the lowered cost structure even be sufficient enough to survive?
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The company is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing KRYSTEXXA (pegloticase) for the treatment of chronic gout in adult patients refractory to conventional therapy.
As written in previous articles (see here), the company was able to complete a restructuring that provided time to build the revenue base in the US. While all of those moves left the company better equipped to survive long enough for the promising new drug to thrive, Savient has yet to prove to the market that the drug will ever meet the original estimates. Will the lowered cost structure even be sufficient enough to survive?
Read the full article at Seeking Alpha.
Disclosure: Long SVNT. Read the disclaimer page for more details.
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