Cannabis, M&A and data spur strong gains among small and midcaps
The usual story of positive data and clinical failure influencing company stock performance was given added interest in the second quarter with price fixing allegations…
Mid cap device makers find rewards in cancer and diabetes
Investor excitement about smaller medtechs’ technology is unchecked, but these groups will have to deliver on their promises.
Big cap medtech comes roaring back
Exact Sciences finds that where there’s muck there’s brass, but specialisation does not work as well for Abiomed.
Big cap stocks grow in first half despite M&A activity, not because of it
Indulging in M&A is not the way to bump up share prices as oncology-focused companies prove to be the sector’s darlings.
Topsy turvy times for industry’s mid and small cap stocks in the first quarter
What was up is now down as smaller biotech stocks deal with clinical trial failure and acquisitions.
US big biotechs lag in the opening quarter of the year
A look at sector share prices in the opening three months of 2019 reveals a resurgent big pharma and a strong showing from the world’s other large drug makers, with US…
Led by Tandem, small-cap medtechs pump up the value in 2018
The fastest share price growth in medtech is always recorded by small-caps, but Tandem reached a new extreme last year.
The fourth quarter sell-off hurt big medtech less than big pharma
Some medtech stocks did decline in 2018, but many more increased in value.
Japanese biopharma rules mid-cap returns
Some of the big small-cap fallers, meanwhile, have been subject of M&A activity. Is this a sign of things to come in 2019?
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