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Biotech / Medical : Biotech Valuation
CRSP 54.58-1.0%Nov 10 3:59 PM EST

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To: Biomaven who wrote (12148)6/23/2004 8:43:27 PM
From: hmpa  Read Replies (1) of 52153
 
Actually the whole KOSN before-the-fact drop and today's rise might have been the result not of some actual news leak but rather of nebulous (and maybe innocuous) comments from someone at a bar or wherever (maybe at ASCO since the slide began at ASCO time) which led to a snowball. Yesterdays' Reuters release on the issue had this comment:
<snip> Needham & Co. analyst Mark Monane said the Roche statement should allay Wall Street fears that the setback might spell the end of Kosan's crucial relationship with the Swiss drug company.

"Overall, it's not good news, but not as bad as the Street had anticipated, which was that the relationship was in question, " Monane said.<snip>
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