Ausgeblutete Pharma-Firmen mit ausgebluteten Pipelines können bei FDA-Neuzulassungen ein wahres Kursfeuerwerk erleben - wie Bristol-Myers (BMY) am Freitag: Die Aktie stieg nachbörslich von 22,90 auf 25,10 - mithin um 2,16 Dollar - , weil "Orencia" zugelassen wurde, ein Mittel zum Spritzen gegen Rheumaschmerzen. Orencia soll 2008 eine Mrd. USD Umsatz bringen. Damit ist das Mittel nicht gerade ein Blockbuster. Dennoch erhöhte sich die Marktkapitalisierung von BMY nach der News um 4,2 Mrd. Dollar oder knapp 10 %.
BMY als Aktie interessiert mich momentan nicht besonders. Die Dividende ist zwar hoch, aber nicht sicher, das 2006-KGV ist mit 25,10/1,24 = 20,2 nicht gerade niedrig, der Ausblick wegen der schwachen Pipeline seit Jahren gedämpft.
INTERESSANT hingegen finde ich die Reaktion der Aktie auf diese News. Sie wirft ein Schlaglicht darauf, was passieren könnte, wenn bei Pfizer demnächst nacheinander vier potenzielle Blockbuster (darunter Sutent, Exubera) aus eigener Entwicklung und zwei aus den jüngsten Zukäufen (3. Quartal 2005) zugelassen werden.
Wer glaubt, dies sei bereits eingepreist, werfe einen Blick auf BMY, die nun schon wegen dieser nicht besonders aufregenden Zulassung (gespritzte Mittel haben wenig Chance auf Massenumsatz) um 10 % sprang.
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December 24, 2005
Bristol-Myers Squibb Receives U.S. Approval for Arthritis Drug
By STEPHANIE SAUL
Bristol-Myers Squibb received federal clearance for its new drug Orencia as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, the company said yesterday.
The infusion treatment, intended for moderate to severe cases of the disease, is a novel biologic agent that works by modulating a signal required to activate T-cells, a factor in rheumatoid arthritis inflammation. Several analysts have said they expect Orencia to achieve blockbuster status.
Orencia will compete with Enbrel by Amgen, Remicade by Johnson & Johnson and Humira by Abbott - all called anti-TNF agents. Clinical tests showed that Orencia worked in a significant number of patients who did not respond to anti-TNF agents or another commonly used drug, methotrexate.
Of about two million rheumatoid arthritis patients nationwide, an estimated 250,000 are on anti-TNF therapy. Of those, 15 percent to 25 percent result in treatment failures or an inadequate response, according to an analyst report by Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Company, which predicts Orencia sales of $1.02 billion by 2008.
"We believe that this group of non-responders could be a natural target for Bristol," the investment advisers said in a report Dec. 13, adding that patients who do not respond to methotrexate are another likely target for the drug.
The approval by Food and Drug Administration yesterday followed a unanimous advisory committee vote for the product in September.
In October, Bristol-Myers suffered a setback when the F.D.A. delayed approval of another first-in-class treatment developed by the company, an oral diabetes medication called Pargluva.
Bristol-Myers, based in New York, has said it may abandon Pargluva as a result of cardiovascular safety concerns. The company announced Thursday that it had terminated an agreement to market Pargluva jointly with Merck.
At a meeting this month with investors, the Bristol-Myers senior vice president for global clinical development, Dr. Brian Daniels, said the company believed that Orencia might be proved useful in other autoimmune disorders, including lupus, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Bristol-Myers Squibb said it hoped to begin marketing Orencia in February using a special sales force, many with experience in rheumatoid arthritis. Initial manufacturing of Orencia is expected to take place in the company's plant in Syracuse. Orencia is administered as a 30-minute intravenous infusion administered monthly.
BMY als Aktie interessiert mich momentan nicht besonders. Die Dividende ist zwar hoch, aber nicht sicher, das 2006-KGV ist mit 25,10/1,24 = 20,2 nicht gerade niedrig, der Ausblick wegen der schwachen Pipeline seit Jahren gedämpft.
INTERESSANT hingegen finde ich die Reaktion der Aktie auf diese News. Sie wirft ein Schlaglicht darauf, was passieren könnte, wenn bei Pfizer demnächst nacheinander vier potenzielle Blockbuster (darunter Sutent, Exubera) aus eigener Entwicklung und zwei aus den jüngsten Zukäufen (3. Quartal 2005) zugelassen werden.
Wer glaubt, dies sei bereits eingepreist, werfe einen Blick auf BMY, die nun schon wegen dieser nicht besonders aufregenden Zulassung (gespritzte Mittel haben wenig Chance auf Massenumsatz) um 10 % sprang.
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December 24, 2005
Bristol-Myers Squibb Receives U.S. Approval for Arthritis Drug
By STEPHANIE SAUL
Bristol-Myers Squibb received federal clearance for its new drug Orencia as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, the company said yesterday.
The infusion treatment, intended for moderate to severe cases of the disease, is a novel biologic agent that works by modulating a signal required to activate T-cells, a factor in rheumatoid arthritis inflammation. Several analysts have said they expect Orencia to achieve blockbuster status.
Orencia will compete with Enbrel by Amgen, Remicade by Johnson & Johnson and Humira by Abbott - all called anti-TNF agents. Clinical tests showed that Orencia worked in a significant number of patients who did not respond to anti-TNF agents or another commonly used drug, methotrexate.
Of about two million rheumatoid arthritis patients nationwide, an estimated 250,000 are on anti-TNF therapy. Of those, 15 percent to 25 percent result in treatment failures or an inadequate response, according to an analyst report by Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Company, which predicts Orencia sales of $1.02 billion by 2008.
"We believe that this group of non-responders could be a natural target for Bristol," the investment advisers said in a report Dec. 13, adding that patients who do not respond to methotrexate are another likely target for the drug.
The approval by Food and Drug Administration yesterday followed a unanimous advisory committee vote for the product in September.
In October, Bristol-Myers suffered a setback when the F.D.A. delayed approval of another first-in-class treatment developed by the company, an oral diabetes medication called Pargluva.
Bristol-Myers, based in New York, has said it may abandon Pargluva as a result of cardiovascular safety concerns. The company announced Thursday that it had terminated an agreement to market Pargluva jointly with Merck.
At a meeting this month with investors, the Bristol-Myers senior vice president for global clinical development, Dr. Brian Daniels, said the company believed that Orencia might be proved useful in other autoimmune disorders, including lupus, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Bristol-Myers Squibb said it hoped to begin marketing Orencia in February using a special sales force, many with experience in rheumatoid arthritis. Initial manufacturing of Orencia is expected to take place in the company's plant in Syracuse. Orencia is administered as a 30-minute intravenous infusion administered monthly.