Top Biotech Stocks for 2011 and January Catalyst Event Dates

Stocks Mentioned:  Dendreon, Human Genome Sciences, Eli Lilly, Cerus, Curis, Compugen, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Impax Laboratories, Exelixis, Medivation, Seattle Genetics, Corcept, PolyMedix, BioMarin, Endo Pharmaceuticals, DepoMed, Mannkind, Orexigen Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, Clinical Data

Here are the Top Biotech Picks for 2011, Stocks Highlighted at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, News on Human Genome Sciences, Dendreon, Bargain Biotech Stocks, and January FDA Catalysts.

5 Bargain Biotech Stocks for 2011
Street Picks

NEW YORK (InvestorPlace) -- On July 8, 2009, I recommended five cutting-edge medical products and biotech stocks. Even factoring in the single dud of the group, you would still have an average return of more than 110%.

Do I have your attention? Good, because I've put together a list of the hottest bargain biotech stocks to buy for 2011. Some of the names will look familiar because I think the stocks still have legs, while others have been swapped out for new names that I think have more potential in the year ahead.

Here are the best biotech stocks to own now:
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Raptor Pharmaceuticals in 2011

Cysteamine Image via Wikipedia

Interest for Raptor Pharmaceuticals is really picking up in 2011.  Here are the recent headlines for this up and coming Small Cap Pharmaceutical company.  It has a Pipeline for Rare Diseases and I expect 2011 to be a strong year for Raptor Pharmaceuticals if Clinical Trial results are successful.  Results for DR Cysteamine clinical trials is expected in 1Q 2011.  DR Cysteamine has clinical development programs including:

◦Nephropathic Cystinosis, a rare genetic disorder (Phase 3)

◦Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), a metabolic disorder of the liver (Phase 2)

◦Huntington's Disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disease (Phase 2)

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Stock Quote:  RTTP  Google Finance

Read more from their previous 10-K filings for the company's Strategic Development Plan here.

Find out more about their Clinical Pipeline here.

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Spectrum Pharmaceuticals is Making Headlines in Early 2011

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Submits Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) For Ready-to-Use Formulation Of FUSILEV(R) In Colorectal Cancer

Main Category: Colorectal Cancer
Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology

Article Date: 06 Jan 2011 - 1:00 PST
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SPPI), a biotechnology company with fully integrated commercial and drug development operations with a primary focus in oncology, announced it submitted a supplemental New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a Ready-to-Use formulation of FUSILEV (levoleucovorin) for Injection. This submission is in support of FUSILEV's use in colorectal cancer, which is currently under review by the FDA with a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of April 29 2011. FDA has up to 60 days to formally accept the submission.

"If approved, we believe a RTU formulation of FUSILEV, as the name implies, will be more convenient for the staff and easy to use. RTU formulation requires no reconstitution, and since it will also be of a higher strength than the currently available lyophilized formulation, the healthcare provider's time to administer FUSILEV to colorectal cancer patients will be considerably reduced," said Rajesh C. Shrotriya, MD, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals.   Continued

2011 Biotech Preview: JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

JP Morgan Healthcare Conference 2011 Preview

Stocks Mentioned:  AMAG, AMGN, AMLN, ARIA, CELG, DNDN, GENZ, GILD, HGSI, ITMN, KERX, MNKD, NKTR, OREX, SGEN, SNY, SVNT, TEVA, VRTX, VVUS, MRK

The Street: Biotech 2011 Kickoff Party Investor Preview
By: Adam Feuerstein

The biotech industry descends on the City by the Bay starting Sunday for a week of investor meetings, networking, deal making and partying all centered on the 29th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

Biotech investor conferences are a dime a dozen but the J.P. Morgan confab is the oldest, largest and still the most important because of tradition, location (in the birthplace of biotech) and timing. Companies and investors come into this early January meeting with clean slates and use the forum to set goals and agendas for the next 12 months.

2010 was a mixed year for biotech. The biotech sector outperformed the S&P 500 (barely) but sentiment for a large part of the year was negative, dragged down by healthcare reform concerns, European drug price cuts and overall economic uncertainty. Many large institutional investors abandoned or scaled back healthcare investments in 2010 as a result. Drug approvals and merger-and-acquisition activity -- two vital measures of the health of the biotech sector -- were down in 2010.

What's in store for biotech in 2011? J.P. Morgan's senior biotech analyst Geoff Meacham, who will emcee next week's conference, is bullish:

"Looking to 2011, we think the tone in the sector will improve, and as a result, we are broadly bullish on the biotech sector, more than we have been over the past two years," Meacham told his clients in a Monday research note. "Historically, revenue upside (not EPS upside) has been a critical determinant of biotech outperformance, and in this regard the consensus revenue growth for the sector looks too low to us at 8%. More than 25 products could be in launch mode in 2011, which should fuel higher top-line growth for the sector and may drive multiple expansion. Couple this with a favorable M&A and capital markets environment as well as well-known risks from US/EU pricing that are largely assumed in models and we think that the biotech sector is well positioned in 2011."   Continued

BioPharma Investor Is Back In Business-Apologies for the Lack of Posts Last Month

Sorry for any delays.  I was out of town for the past month and was not able to keep up with the website.  The website will be back up and running in the next few days with new BioPharma News and Articles.  Again I apologize for a lack of quality posts last month, but again I will be working diligently throughout this year to provide the most up to date news and information on the hottest BioPharma Stocks and Clinical Trial news throughout 2011 without any more delays.  Thanks for your patience and support.

Sincerely,
BioPharma Investor