From: Tazia Smith
Sent: 3/25/2014 9:30:03 AM
To:
CC: Paul Morris I; Vinit Sahni ; Nay Gupta
• Vahe Stepanian
Subject: Biotech Sell-Off.... ill
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Jeffrey -
Biotech posted sharp declines. You are up $970,282 across your basket of names as of yesterday's (3/24)
close (detail below along with chart of Nasdaq Biotech Index and your holdings). Consider unwinding or
hedging now and watching for entry point via total return swap or zero cost risk reversal as this
negative momentum bottoms out. Note: Ariad an outlier (incrementally positive news on drug, Iclusig).
The Financial Times features an article this morning suggesting that the sell-off in Biotech is a signal
of a broader market peak.
A letter from congressional representatives to Gilead questioning its plans to sell a hepatitis C drug
(named Sovaldi) for 584,000 per dose has put the spotlight on Congress' concerns that the expense might
saddle state Medicaid programs with steep costs. uS is the only major health-care market remaining
without any meaningful drug price controls -- increased risk for the sector once the Congress gets
involved, especially if focused primarily on pricing.
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Nasdaq Biotech Index - lyr Price History
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Ariad - lyr Price History
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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 YTO
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 ol
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 584,000 per dose
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