Trading FDA, Clinical Trial Binary Events: $AMRN $CXSPY $AZN
. At the end of 1Q10, ChemGenex had A$14.9 million in cash and the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) review for European marketing clearance is ongoing after being validated for review in November 2009.
3.) Get Paid to Wait: AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) ($45.02, $65 billion market cap, 7.6% dividend yield)
AZN is awaiting a FDA Advisory Panel review for its investigational oral anti-platelet treatment (blood thinner to reduce incidence of clots) BRILINTA (ticagrelor) on 7/28/10, seeking approval for the reduction of major adverse cardiac events in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). A final FDA decision on the NDA is expected during late 3Q10.
On 6/2/10, the Antiviral Drugs FDA Advisory Committee voted 14-3 that motavizumab (being developed as follow-on product to SYNAGIS) should not be licensed for marketing to prevent serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in high-risk infants with a final FDA decision expected by the end of 2Q10.
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Disclosure: Long AMRN, CXSPY

By Mike Havrilla on 06/13/2010 1:00 pm PDT -- Biotech