SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Biotech / Medical : Biotime-Nasdaq's best kept secret?
BTIM 0.00010000.0%Nov 5 1:26 PM EST
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Lazlo Pierce who wrote (1031)6/21/1998 4:03:00 PM
From: Stephen How  Read Replies (1) of 1432
 
The thing that gets me about this co., and one of the reasons I have an open mind, is if this were a scam, insiders would be selling.

No doubt, these apsects make the story extremely interesting. I know that Segall/Sternberg know everything about the HES plasma expander market & science.

I just think that:

1) Hextend&reg will be approved by the FDA
2) Hextend&reg will not expand the hetastarch market (US $30-50M), nor will it command much of a premium
3) the world uses lower weight HES because of the coagulation problems
4) the added electrolytes won't solve the HES-induced coagulation problems
5) Abbott is interested in getting Pentalyte&reg (pentastarch) approved for plasma expansion
6) there was way too much hype running around about Hextend&reg
7) the HES market is crowded, and the Biotime differentiation of added electrolytes probably won't capture a large % of the market at any premium

I went back through thestreet.com's articles on Biotime. It seems that everyone has been saying exactly what I've been posting here. Those articles interviewed a few blood expert MD's & researchers. I just went through and learned it all for myself.

Steve

btim.dyn.ml.org
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News