Biotech stocks and index - Good years to come!

An index of biotech drug companies shares has climbed nearly 50 percent in the past 12 months to all-time highs as the industry starts to launch drugs developed by identifying genes associated with disease.

The rise at such a fast pace is triggering the inevitable talk of a bubble. Although it can follow the opposite direction. Manly because of a problem of the insdustrie itself.  90 percent of experimental drugs that reach mid-stage testing in humans do not make it past that point.

Compared with a year ago, the Nasdaq Biotech Index, which is weighted by market cap, is up 45 percent. Over the same period, the S&P 500 Index has gained 25 percent.

BEST AND WORST BUSINESS

Gilead Sciences, the world's largest maker of branded HIV drugs, is viewed as the leader in a race to develop a more safe and effective therapy for hepatitis C, a market Wall Street expects to garner billions of dollars in annual sales.

Short interest in biotech companies with market caps between $2 billion and $10 billion has fallen to 9.2 percent from 11.3 percent in the past 12 months, while short interest for companies with market caps of $500 million to $2 billion has increased to 15.2 percent from 12.7 percent over the past year.

Wall Street analysts estimate that shares of large-cap Gilead, which have more than doubled over the past year, trade at about 26 times 2013 earnings and 12 times 2015 earnings.

The question is how long the rally will continue.

Consensus estimates call for average combined annual earnings growth of 21 percent for biotechs in the next three years, compared with 9 percent for S&P 500 companies, according to Deutsche Bank.

"Biotech is both the worst business in the world and the best business in the world”. The decision is on you to invest or not to.

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Salmonella detection market - Product table

Continuing the last post about the salmonella detection in the food business leave you here with a table with the most common products available in the market. If in any case you need  information for any university work feel free to ask me. I'll be happy to help.

TEST KIT NAME	MANUFACTURER	ORIGINAL CERTIFICATION DATE	ANALYTES	MATRICES
Bioline Salmonella ELISA Test Kit OPTIMA	Bioline	August 5, 1996	Salmonella spp.	food, animal feed
Reveal Salmonella 2.0 Test System	Neogen Corporation	September 4, 1996 * Modification Approval December 02, 2010	Salmonella enterica of serogroups A-E	Matrix Claim
Oxoid Salmonella Rapid Test	Oxoid Ltd.	December 12, 1996	Salmonella spp.	food, animal feed, environmental samples
GENE TRAK Salmonella DLP Assay	Neogen Corporation	December 16, 1996	Salmonella spp.	food;  animal feed; environmental samples
GeneQuence Salmonella Microwell assay	Neogen Corporation	March 7, 2002	Salmonella spp	Matrix Claim, Peanut Butter
Pathatrix Salmonella species pooling	Matrix MicroScience, Inc.	February 8, 2005 *Modification approved October 16, 2009	Salmonella species	Cooked ham, chocolate, chopped tomatoes
BAX® System with Automated Detection PCR Assay for Screening for Salmonella	DuPont Qualicon, Inc.	November 18, 2002	Salmonella species	Matrix Claim, Peanut Butter
RapidChekTM   Salmonella Assay	Strategic Diagnostics, Inc.	March 28, 2003	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim
foodproof® Salmonella Detection Kit, Hybridization Probes in combination with foodproof® Shortprep I Kit or foodproof® StarPrep One Kit foodproof® Salmonella Detection Kit, 5' Nuclease for Salmonella spp. in combination with foodproof® StarPrep One Kit	BIOTECON Diagnostics GmbH Distributed by Merck KGaA / EMD Chemicals, Inc.	December 19, 2003 *Modified: August 30, 2010	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim Peanut Butter
Singlepath® Salmonella Lateral Flow Assay	Merck KGaA /EMD Chemicals, Inc.	September 9, 2004	Salmonella spp.	Selected Foods, Peanut Butter
ADIAFOOD Rapid Pathogen Detection System for Salmonella	AES Chemunex	September 28, 2004	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim
BBLTM CHROMagarTM Salmonella	BD Diagnostics	February 19, 2005	Salmonella species	Matrix Claim, Peanut Butter
Transia Plate Salmonella Gold	Raisio Diagnostics AB	January 13, 2006	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim and feeds , Peanut Butter
Assurance GDSTM for Salmonella	BioControl Systems, Inc.	May 12, 2006	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim, Peanut Butter
RapidChekTM SelectTM Salmonella Test	Strategic Diagnostic, Inc.	August 4, 2006	Salmonella species	Selected Foods, Peanut Butter
RAPID' Salmonella Agar	Bio-Rad Laboratories	May 29, 2007	Salmonella	Raw chicken breast, eggs, cantaloupe, Peanut Butter
iQ-Check Salmonella II Real-Time PCR Test Kit	Bio-Rad Laboratories	January 20, 2008 * Matrix Extension Approved 1/04/11	Salmonella	Matrix Claim, Peanut Butter
TaqMan® Salmonella enterica Detection Kit	Applied Biosystems	February 22, 2008	Salmonella enterica	Ground beef, chicken wings, cheddar cheese, & dry pet food, Peanut Butter
R.A.P.I.D. LT Food Security System (FSS) for Salmonella Detection	Idaho Technology, Inc	March 18, 2008 * Modificaiton Approved April 08,2010	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim
Salmonella Rapid Culture Method using ONE Broth-Salmonella & Brilliance™Salmonella	Remel and Oxoid (part of ThermoFisher Scientific)	December 27, 2008	Salmonella	Ground beef, ground chicken, lettuce, shrimp & shell eggs
VIDAS® Salmonella (SLM) Assay method Easy SLM with ChromID™ Salmonella (SM2) Agar	bioMérieux, sa	February 05, 2009	Salmonella	Matrix Claim & peanut butter
MicroSEQ® Salmonella spp. Detection Kit	Applied Biosystems	March 03 , 2010	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim
Reveal Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) Test System	Neogen Corp.	November 08 , 2010	Salmonella enteric serovar Enteritidis	Shell eggs & environmental samples
RapidChek SELECT™ Salmonella Enteritidis Test System & RapidChek CONFIRM™ Salmonella Enteritidis Immunomagnetic Separation (IMS) Kit	SDIX	November 12 , 2010	Salmonella Enteritidis and other D1 serovars	Poultry house environmental drag swabs, egg pools, chicken carcass rinsates
Check & Trace Salmonella	Check-Points BV	December 16, 2010	Salmonella	Pure Cultures
GeneDisc® Salmonella spp.	Pall GeneDisc Technologies	February 07, 2011	Salmonella spp.	Raw Ground Beef (25 g) & Raw Beef Trim (25 g )
Surefood PREP Salmonella & SureFood PATHOGEN Salmonella PLUS V/R/LC	Congen Biotechnologie GmbH	April 29, 2011	Salmonella	Matrix Claim
MMB Salmonella Prep & MMB Salmonella V/R/LC	Biotest AG	April 29, 2011	Salmonella	Matrix Claim
VIDAS ® UP Salmonella (SPT)	bioMérieux, sa	July 15, 2011	Salmonella	Matrix Claim
PDX-SIB	Paradigm Diagnostics, Inc.	July 29, 2011	Salmonella	Stainless steel, plastic, ceramic tile & sealed concrete
SAS™ Molecular Tests Salmonella spp. Detection Kit	SA Scientific, Ltd. .	February 27, 2012	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim
Samsung Salmonella Detection Kit	Samsung Techwin Co.,Ltd. Biotechnology Division.	February 28,2012	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim
Atlas™ Salmonella Detection Assay	Roka Bioscience	March 19,2012 *Revised August 01, 2012	Salmonella enterica	Variety of Foods & Environmental Surfaces
InstantLabs® Salmonella Species Food Safety Kit	InstantLabs Medical Diagnostics Corporation	March 21,2012	Salmonella spp.	Matrix Claim
Molecular Detection Assay Salmonella	3M	March 30,2012	Salmonella .	Matrix Claim
ANSR™ for Salmonella	Neogen Corp.	June 21, 2012	Salmonella enterica and Salmonella bongori.	Matrix Claim

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