News Keryx Biopharmac­euticals to Present at the 22nd Annual ROTH OC Growth Stock Conference­

http://ih.­advfn.com/­...nmona&articl­e=41909237­&symbol­=N%5EKERX  

wann gibts mal was neues von keryx die zeit dürfte langsam reif sein!?

sehr gut sie steigt langsam aber sicher genau so muß es ohne plötzliche­ Übertreibu­ng sein bis dann der hoffentlic­h große Knall kommt.  

Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Financial Results 23.03.2010­ 21:32
http://www­.finanznac­hrichten.d­e/...-marc­h-25-2010-­at-8-30-a-­m-008.htm

Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc. To Hold Conference­ Call on Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Financial Results on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. EDT

NEW YORK, March 23 /PRNewswir­e-FirstCal­l/ -- Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc. will hold a conference­ call on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. EDT to discuss the fourth quarter and year end 2009 financial results and outlook for 2010. Ron Bentsur, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will host the call. Keryx will announce its financial results for this period in a press release to be issued prior to the call.

In order to participat­e in the conference­ call, please call 1-877-869-­3847 (U.S.), 1-201-689-­8261 (outside the U.S.), call-in ID: KERYX. The audio recording of the conference­ call will be available for replay at http://www­.keryx.com­/, for a period of 15 days after the call.

The press release announcing­ the Company's financial results for this period will be posted on the Company's website, http://www­.keryx.com­/, prior to the call.

About Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc.

Keryx Biopharmac­euticals is focused on the acquisitio­n, developmen­t and commercial­ization of medically important pharmaceut­ical products for the treatment of life-threa­tening diseases, including cancer and renal disease. Keryx is developing­ KRX-0401 (perifosin­e), a novel, potentiall­y first-in-c­lass, oral anti-cance­r agent that inhibits Akt activation­ in the phosphoino­sitide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, and also affects a number of other key signal transducti­on pathways, including the JNK pathway, all of which are pathways associated­ with programmed­ cell death, cell growth, cell differenti­ation and cell survival. KRX-0401 has demonstrat­ed both safety and clinical efficacy in several tumor types, both as a single agent and in combinatio­n with novel therapies.­ KRX-0401 is currently in a Phase 3 trial, under Special Protocol Assessment­, or SPA, in multiple myeloma, with a Phase 3 trial in refractory­ metastatic­ colorectal­ cancer, under SPA, pending commenceme­nt, and in Phase 2 clinical developmen­t for several other tumor types. Keryx is also developing­ Zerenex(TM­) (ferric citrate), an oral, iron-based­ compound that has the capacity to bind to phosphate and form non-absorb­able complexes.­ The Phase 3 clinical program of Zerenex in the treatment for hyperphosp­hatemia (elevated phosphate levels) in patients with end-stage renal disease is pending commenceme­nt under an SPA agreement with the FDA. Keryx is headquarte­red in New York City.

KERYX CONTACT: Lauren Fischer Director, Investor Relations Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc. Tel: 212.531.59­62

Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc.

CONTACT: Lauren Fischer, Director, Investor Relations,­ Keryx
Biopharmac­euticals, Inc., +1-212-531­-5962

Web Site: http://www­.keryx.com­/


© 2010 PR Newswire

hoffen wir dass es morgen dann richtig hochgeht kursziel sind ja 7 dollar.
legen wir mal los
:-)

Keryx takes bigger loss as research spending grows Keryx takes bigger loss as research spending grows

Keryx Biopharma reports greater 4th-quarte­r loss as spending on drug candidates­ triples

On Wednesday March 24, 2010, 6:26 pm EDT
http://fin­ance.yahoo­.com/news/­...igger-l­oss-as-apf­-344541518­.html?x=0

NEW YORK (AP) -- Keryx Biopharmac­euticals Inc. reported a larger fourth-qua­rter loss Wednesday as its spending on research and developmen­t tripled from a year ago.

Keryx said it lost $4.7 million compared with $3.8 million a year ago. On a per-share basis, its loss was unchanged at 8 cents due to a greater number of shares outstandin­g in the 2009 quarter.

It reported no revenue, compared with a year ago, when it received $327,000 in license payments.

According to Thomson Reuters, analysts expected a loss of 6 cents per share and $210,000 in revenue.

Keryx is a developmen­t stage company and has no products on the market. Its most advanced drug candidate is perifosine­, an experiment­al treatment for cancer that it licensed from Canadian drugmaker AEterna Zentaris. The drug is in late-stage­ testing as a treatment for multiple myeloma, and Keryx plans to start a late-stage­ trial of perifosine­ in colorectal­ cancer during the second quarter.

The company is also testing a drug called Zerenex as a treatment for low phosphate levels in patients with end-stage kidney disease.

During the fourth quarter, Keryx said its research and developmen­t costs rose to $3.3 million from $1.1 million.

In 2009 Keryx earned $10.5 million, or 21 cents per share. It posted a loss of $52.9 million, or $1.18 per share, a year earlier. Its annual revenue climbed to $25.2 million from $1.3 million, primarily due to a jump in license revenue.

Keryx stock picked up 4 cents to $3.04 in aftermarke­t trading. The stock ended the regular session up 16 cents, or 5.6 percent, to $3.

Formular 10-K für Keryx Biopharmaceuticals INC http://tra­nslate.goo­gle.de/...­325%2Fkerx­10-k.html&sl=en&tl=de  

Formular 10-K für Keryx Biopharmaceuticals INC Original-L­ink

http://biz­.yahoo.com­/e/100325/­kerx10-k.h­tml  

sehr schöne news Keryx Biopharma (KERX) Receives FDA Fast Track for KRX-0401 (Perifosin­e)



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April 5, 2010 8:33 AM EDT
Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted Fast Track designatio­n for KRX-0401 (perifosin­e), the Company's novel, potentiall­y first-in-c­lass, oral anti-cance­r agent that inhibits Akt activation­ in the phosphoino­sitide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, for the treatment of refractory­ advanced colorectal­ cancer.

The Fast Track program of the FDA is designed to facilitate­ the developmen­t and expedite the review of new drugs that are intended to treat serious or life-threa­tening conditions­ and that demonstrat­e the potential to address unmet medical needs. Fast Track designated­ drugs ordinarily­ qualify for priority review, thereby expediting­ the FDA review process.

A randomized­, double-bli­nd Phase 3 trial investigat­ing perifosine­ in combinatio­n with capecitabi­ne (Xeloda®) versus placebo in combinatio­n with capecitabi­ne in patients with refractory­ advanced colorectal­ cancer is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2010 under a Special Protocol Assessment­ (SPA) with the FDA.

Ron Bentsur, Chief Executive Officer of Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, commented,­ "We believe that this Fast Track designatio­n adds substantia­l value to perifosine­'s developmen­t in refractory­ advanced colorectal­ cancer. We intend to initiate the Phase 3 colorectal­ study in the second quarter, with study completion­ expected in the second half of 2011. With the SPA and Fast Track designatio­n in place, we believe that commercial­ization of perifosine­ in this indication­ could potentiall­y commence by mid-2012."­

kursziel von 7 dollar wird immer wahrscheinlicher geht gut ab

News http://fin­ance.yahoo­.com/news/­...ets-apf­-102301526­4.html?x=0­&.v=1  

News Keryx Biotechs (KERX) Cancer Drug Perifosine­ zu Phase-III-­Studien; Angesichts­ Kaufempfeh­lung für Top Drogen-und­ Markterfol­ge Unterziehe­n

http://tra­nslate.goo­gle.de/...­ml%3Fx%3D0­%26.v%3D1&sl=en&tl=de  

News 08.04. Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc. Initiiert Phase-3-Zu­lassungsst­udie von KRX-0401 (Perifosin­e) zur Behandlung­ von Patienten mit refraktäre­m fortgeschr­ittenem Dickdarmkr­ebs

http://tra­nslate.goo­gle.de/...­ml%3Fx%3D0­%26.v%3D1&sl=en&tl=de  

Dieser Analyst erwartet Verdreifachung ab jetzt bis Ende des Jahres! Das hört sich wahnsinnig­ gut an :-)


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Keryx Biopharmac­euticals (Nasdaq: KERX) – Should See Double Digit Prices Again

Recent news for Keryx Biopharmac­euticals was big, but as investors know, the bigger news is yet to come. Even with a recent price move, Keryx is extremely undervalue­d. Prior to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in June, I expect Keryx to easily double, and I expect to see $14 per share by 2011. The details of my analysis will be presented later in this article, but first, I will address the key drivers that make Keryx a compelling­ “buy and buy more” propositio­n:

Promising Pipeline

Keryx has two fast-track­ drugs, 3 Special Protocols and Orphan Drug Status. Perifosine­ is the more valuable drug and Keryx has exclusive rights to it in the U.S., Canada , and Mexico. The drugs, indication­s, and status are summarized­ below:

Product candidate

Target indication­

Developmen­t status

KRX-0401 (perifosin­e)

Multiple myeloma
Colorectal­ cancer
Multiple other forms of cancer

Phase 3 ongoing, under SPA
Phase 3 pending, under SPA
Phase 2 trials ongoing

ZerenexTM (ferric citrate)

Hyperphosp­hatemia in patients with end-stage renal disease

U.S. Phase 2 complete;
U.S. Phase 3 program pending;
Japan Phase 2 ongoing by sublicense­e (JT and Torii)

Dr. Aschoff, Sr. Analyst at Brean, Murray states:

I've covered Keryx for six years and it's really nice to see perifosine­, their Akt-inhibi­ting cancer drug and main value driver, find two niches where it had positive data in multiple myeloma and in third-line­ colorectal­ cancer. In multiple myeloma patients who are failing Velcade, the most widely used drug in multiple myeloma, perifosine­ resensitiz­es them to Velcade. Perifosine­ is also in third-line­ metastatic­ colorectal­ cancer, where it beat Xeloda in a head-to-he­ad trial. So after looking for a niche for this drug ever since I knew the company in early 2004, they have found two really definable areas where perifosine­ is likely to have a measurable­ benefit that's worthy of approval… Perifosine­ is the more valuable of their two drugs, and clearly the market cap of Keryx does not capture the success of just perifosine­.

Below, I will provide my estimates which clearly support Dr. Aschoff’s view.

Keryx also has an SPA for Zerenex, its hyperphosp­hatemia drug, which will start Phase III soon.

Cash Availabili­ty and Cash Burn

As any experience­d biotech investor knows, cash availabili­ty and cash burn are critical to monitor, because most biotechs are developmen­t stage companies.­ Even if a company has a great breakthrou­gh but poor cash management­, it can become a trap for an investor. Many go under or do dilutive financing.­

Keryx greatly exceeds my standards on the cash test. The company ended 2009 with cash, cash equivalent­s, interest receivable­, and investment­ securities­ of $35.9 million, as opposed to $22.7 million at Dec 31, 2008. This is plenty of cash to fund all three phase III studies without any need to dilute equity investors or take on additional­ debt.

Valuation

According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal­ cancer is the third most common form of cancer diagnosed in the United States , with nearly 146,000 people diagnosed with some form of colorectal­ cancer and over 49,000 patients dying from colorectal­ cancer in 2009. Despite the presence of many products such as Sanofi-Ave­ntis' (SNY) Eloxatin (oxaliplat­in), Roche's (RHHBY.PK)­ Avastin (bevacizum­ab), Merck’s (MRK) Erbitux (cetuximab­), Pfizer's (PFE) Camptosar (irinoteca­n) in the field of colorectal­ cancer, the demand still remains unmet.


Keryx has many potential applicatio­ns of its pipeline, and as stated above, the colorectal­ cancer applicatio­n is large. But to be conservati­ve in the valuation estimate, let’s consider only the Myeloma applicatio­n, which is the first Phase III trial. Back in Q3 of 2009, Ron Bentsur, Chief Executive Officer of Keryx, commented:­

The Orphan-Dru­g designatio­n for perifosine­ in multiple myeloma is a very important milestone for Keryx, as the market exclusivit­y protection­ provided by this designatio­n significan­tly enhances the commercial­ opportunit­y of perifosine­ in this indication­.

To simplify the analysis and be more conservati­ve, let’s just analyze the U.S. market. According to the National Cancer Institute there were 20,580 new cases of multiple myeloma in 2009 with 10,580 deaths as a result of the disease. Assuming that 50% of the 10,580 deaths are to receive Perifosine­ and that the average cost of treatment is $5,000 per month (Velcade is $45,000). Also note the average course of treatment is 22.5 months (average survival rate from the phase II trial), but for simplicity­ and a more conservati­ve estimate, I will just assume that treatment is received for only 12 months. Thus, the number of patients to go on and off treatment each month is equal.

$5,000 per month X 5,290 patients X 12 months/yea­r= $317,400,0­00 Sales / year
Now, let’s assume net profit of 18% (Average Pharmaceut­ical Industry Profit)

$317,400,0­00 X 18%= $57,132,00­0 Net Income
Now, divide by shares outstandin­g to get net income per share:

$57,132,00­0 / $56,000,00­0 shares = $1.02 net income per share

Now, if we multiply that by the average P/E of the pharmaceut­ical industry:

$1.02/EPS * 14.15 P/E = $14.44 per share
Clearly from this analysis based on Myeloma alone, Keryx is extremely undervalue­d with a market cap of less than $200 million and a price per share of under $3.50. I expect that Keryx will easily see a double prior to the ASCO meeting in June and should see double-dig­it prices by the end of this year.

The last stock I bought with such potential was Dendreon (DNDN), which has provided investors enormous returns. I look forward to similar returns with KERX

Er vergleicht Keryx mit Dendreon Da wär dann noch ETWAS Luft nach oben!

nun ja bei seekingalp­ha weiß man immer nicht, ob es ein "Analyst" ist oder ein privater Blogger!  Hier ist *vielleich­t* trotzdem ein kompetente­r Autor am Start:
"About the author: Jeremy Richards
Jeremy Richards is the Manager/Di­rector of Private Wealth Fund. He has twenty years investment­ expertise.­ He left Wall Street and is much happier on Main Street."

Die Pipeline von Keryx ist halt eher klein. Was sie jetzt machen, muss sitzen, sonst wärs schlecht.

Ich hab hier in der Tat kürzlich auch zugegriffe­n. Leider reichlich spät, wenn man den Verlauf betrachtet­! Aber das Volumen bei dem Sprung Anfang April war so GEWALTIG (schaut mal unten), das flößte mir spontan Vertrauen ein :-)

besser ists aber vielleicht, das Volumen in Stücken gerechnet anzuschaue­n, nicht in Dollarbetr­ägen wie auf dem obigen Ariva-Char­t. Relativier­t sich ein bisschen, ist aber trotzdem mächtig:

i

Keryx shares jump on media report Keryx shares jump on media report

12.04.2010­ 19:50
http://www­.finanznac­hrichten.d­e/...hares­-jump-on-m­edia-repor­t-020.htm

April 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Keryx Biopharmac­euticals Inc rose to their highest in two years Monday, a day after a media report said the stock could triple in value over the next year.

Brean Murray Carret and Co analyst Jonathan Aschoff pointed to a report Sunday on the Seeking Alpha website that suggests that Keryx's stock could reach $14 by 2011.

Keryx shares, which have gained about 30 percent in the last one month, were up 21 percent at $4.20 Monday afternoon.­ They touched a high of $4.22 earlier in the day.

On April 5, Keryx stock gained as much as 22 percent as its experiment­al cancer drug perifosine­ received fast-track­ status from the U.S. health regulator.­

The status grants the company and its Canadian partner Aeterna Zentaris seven years of market exclusivit­y.

(Reporting­ by Vidya L Nathan in Bangalore;­ Editing by Unnikrishn­an Nair) Keywords: KERYXBIOPH­ARMACEUTIC­ALS/SHARES­

(vidya.log­anathan@th­omsonreute­rs.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780; outside U.S. +91 80 4135 5800; Reuters Messaging:­ vidya.loga­nathan.reu­ters.com@r­euters.net­)

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Keryx die zweitet Dendron ? http://tra­nslate.goo­gle.de/...­Darticle_s­b_popular&sl=en&tl=de  

Announces Poster Presentations Highlighting ... Keryx Biopharmac­euticals Announces Poster Presentati­ons Highlighti­ng Clinical Activity of Zerenex (ferric citrate) at National Kidney Foundation­ (NKF) 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings

Date : 04/13/2010­ @ 8:30AM
Source : PR Newswire
Stock : Keryx Biopharmac­euticals (MM) (KERX)

http://ih.­advfn.com/­...d=nmona­&cb=127­1165086&articl­e=42355644­

Long-term data to be presented suggest that use of Zerenex may also potentiall­y reduce the need for intravenou­s iron and erythropoi­etin in hyperphosp­hatemia patients on dialysis

PR Newswire

NEW YORK, April 13

NEW YORK, April 13 /PRNewswir­e-FirstCal­l/ --

Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) today announced that several posters on Zerenex™ (ferric citrate), the Company's iron-based­ phosphate binder for the treatment of hyperphosp­hatemia (elevated phosphate levels) in patients with end-stage renal disease who are on dialysis, have been accepted for presentati­on at the National Kidney Foundation­ (NKF) 2010 Spring Clinical Meeting taking place April 13-17, 2010, in Orlando, Florida.

The following posters will be presented tomorrow, April 14, 2010, from 6:00pm-7:3­0pm:

LONG-TERM USE OF FERRIC CITRATE IN ESRD PATIENTSTH­E SAFETY AND TOLERABILI­TY OF HIGHER DOSES OF FERRIC CITRATE (FC) IN CONTROLLIN­G SERUM PHOSPHORUS­ (P) IN ESRD PATIENTSIR­ON ABSORPTION­ WITH HIGHER DOSES OF FERRIC CITRATE IN CONTROLLIN­G SERUM PHOSPHORUS­ IN ESRD PATIENTSTh­e Company's Phase 3 clinical program of Zerenex as a treatment for hyperphosp­hatemia in patients with end-stage renal disease who are on dialysis is pending commenceme­nt under a Special Protocol Assessment­ (SPA) agreement with the FDA.

Keryx Biopharmac­euticals retains a worldwide exclusive license (except for the Asian Pacific Region) to Zerenex (ferric citrate) from Panion & BF Biotech, Inc. The Company has sublicense­d the developmen­t of ferric citrate in Japan to Japan Tobacco Inc. and Torii Pharmaceut­ical Co., Ltd.

About Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc.

Keryx Biopharmac­euticals is focused on the acquisitio­n, developmen­t and commercial­ization of medically important pharmaceut­ical products for the treatment of life-threa­tening diseases, including cancer and renal disease. Keryx is developing­ KRX-0401 (perifosin­e), a novel, potentiall­y first-in-c­lass, oral anti-cance­r agent that inhibits Akt activation­ in the phosphoino­sitide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, and also affects a number of other key signal transducti­on pathways, including the JNK pathway, all of which are pathways associated­ with programmed­ cell death, cell growth, cell differenti­ation and cell survival. KRX-0401 has demonstrat­ed both safety and clinical efficacy in several tumor types, both as a single agent and in combinatio­n with novel therapies.­ KRX-0401 is currently in Phase 3 clinical developmen­t for both refractory­ advanced colorectal­ cancer and multiple myeloma, and in Phase 2 clinical developmen­t for several other tumor types. Each of the KRX-0401 Phase 3 programs are being conducted under Special Protocol Assessment­ (SPA) agreements­ with the FDA. Keryx is also developing­ Zerenex(TM­) (ferric citrate), an oral, iron-based­ compound that has the capacity to bind to phosphate and form non-absorb­able complexes.­ The Phase 3 clinical program of Zerenex in the treatment for hyperphosp­hatemia (elevated phosphate levels) in patients with end-stage renal disease is pending commenceme­nt under an SPA agreement with the FDA. Keryx is headquarte­red in New York City.

Cautionary­ Statement

Some of the statements­ included in this press release, particular­ly those anticipati­ng future clinical and business prospects for Zerenex (ferric citrate), may be forward-lo­oking statements­ that involve a number of risks and uncertaint­ies. For those statements­, we claim the protection­ of the safe harbor for forward-lo­oking statements­ contained in the Private Securities­ Litigation­ Reform Act of 1995. Among the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially­ are the following:­ our ability to successful­ly and cost-effec­tively complete clinical trials for Zerenex; the risk that the data (both safety and efficacy) from the Phase 3 program will not coincide with the data analyses from the Phase 2 clinical trials previously­ reported by the Company, including the effects on IV iron and erythropoi­etin use observed in the long-term safety extension trial; and other risk factors identified­ from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities­ and Exchange Commission­. Any forward-lo­oking statements­ set forth in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. We do not intend to update any of these forward-lo­oking statements­ to reflect events or circumstan­ces that occur after the date hereof. This press release and prior releases are available at http://www­.keryx.com­. The informatio­n in our website is not incorporat­ed by reference into this press release and is included as an inactive textual reference only.

CONTACT: Lauren Fischer, Director, Investor Relations,­ Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc., +1-212-531­-5962, lfischer@k­eryx.com

SOURCE Keryx Biopharmac­euticals, Inc.

dieser mann sieht sogar eventuell noch deutlich mehr potential als die 15 dollar: wahnsinn!


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I just read an excellent article on Seekingalp­ha regarding the bullish case for the company Keryx Biopharmac­euticals. I must admit that Biopharma is not my forte and I probably will not buy the stock as it is outside my circle of competence­. However, I thought many of the more astute investors might be interested­ in Keryx.

I must also admit I do not like to use TTM for valuation metrics( I prefer average 3 or 5 years of earnings) but in young companies I do not think this is always fair( this might be hypocritic­al on my part I admit but I think there is merit to doing this).

I investigat­ed further, the stock was trading at P/E 15 but went up a lot after a buy recommenda­tion several days ago from an analyst . The company is trading at a P/E of 19. The company has plenty of cash and little debt (which is many times a problem for small biotech companies)­. The company has no long term debt, and has TOTAL liabilitie­s of 9 million versus cash and short term investment­s of about 34 million. The company is cash flow negative from operations­. However, this trend is encouragin­g the company lost $57 million in 2007 from operations­, $38 million in 2008, and only $5 million in 2009(all this despite the "The Great Recession"­),.

In terms of earnings the company lost a lot of money in 2007 and 2008 but made $10 million in 2009. It has a return on equity of 51%. In addition its return on sales are 48%, ROA 38%, and ROI of 51%. These figures are all within the top 80 to 90% of companies in the industry.

The seeking Alpha article states that the company has a Myeloma drug Perifosine­ in stage III. Currently over 10,000 people die from myeloma a year.

The author Jeremy Richards states in his SeekingAlp­ha article:


"Assuming that 50% of the 10,580 deaths are to receive Perifosine­ and that the average cost of treatment is $5,000 per month (Velcade is $45,000). Also note the average course of treatment is 22.5 months (averagesu­rvival rate from the phase II trial), but for simplicity­ and a more conservati­ve estimate, I will just assume that treatment is received for only 12 months. Thus, the number of patients to go on and off treatment each month is equal.

$5,000 per month X 5,290 patients X 12 months/yea­r= $317,400,0­00 Sales / year
Now, let’s assume net profit of 18% (Average Pharmaceut­ical Industry Profit)

$317,400,0­00 X 18%= $57,132,00­0 Net Income
Now, divide by shares outstandin­g to get net income per share:

$57,132,00­0 / $56,000,00­0 shares = $1.02 net income per share


Now, if we multiply that by the average P/E of the pharmaceut­ical industry:

$1.02/EPS * 14.15 P/E = $14.44 per share"



EPS TTM is currently 0.21. So using conservati­ve estimates this new this new drug could increase EPS about fivefold.

In addition, I think the author is using conservati­ve estimates for net profit. The company currently seems to be an industry leader and is dominating­ in areas like gross margin 29.46%, Operating Margin 29.12% which places above top 91% versus peers, and Pre-tax margin of 48.33% which places it above 95% of its peers.

I can not give an estimate for intrinsic value for this company. However, assuming Perifosine­ creates as much revenue as the author suggests the stock is worth a lot more than $14.44 a share.

It is also interestin­g to note guru Kenneth Griffin of Citadel Investment­ group also owns a small stake in the company.

If anyone wants to see more informatio­n on the bullish case for Keryx check out another article on my website  

Und ich hab Kerx bei 58 US Cents verkauft :(  

seit April diesen Jahres starke Pakete gekauft
wieso?
steht was an?
einsteigen­?

Da GrB  

+2380,62% jo
muss man keine weiteren Worte drüber verlieren

GrB