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$34.21 -2.26 (-6.20%)
10/10/2008 4:00 PM

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALXN)

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A biotechnology company working to develop and deliver life-changing drug therapies for patients with serious and life-threatening medical conditions.

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Small Cap (1922), Drug Manufacturers - Other (105), Biotechnology (295)
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $34.21
Last Trade Time: 10/10/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $35.26
Previous Close: $36.47
Daily Range: $33.00 - $36.47
52-Week Range: $24.63 - $47.96
Volume: 2,250,885
Market Cap: $2.84B
P/E Ratio: 0.00
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALXN)

Avatar SapphireSeas (75.93) Submitted: 10/04/07 1:42 PM


Reuters, 10/4/07:

In a departure from the current status quo, Presidential front runner Senator Hillary Clinton would support stem cell funding and research.

That would be a boon for research efforts and for companies such as ALXN, which specializes in the development of ...More

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALXN)

Avatar abetens2 (97.59) Submitted: 4/29/08 8:38 AM

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria -- extremely rare condition. Can Alexion justify an extremely high price for because of the rarity of the disease? Probably not. Notice that they are recording sales but not receiving cash. Their accounts receivables are going up, because they are not collecti...More

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 (ALXN)

Avatar SuperStocker1 (87.71) Submitted: 8/14/08 11:45 PM : Outperform Start Price: $47.67 ALXN Score: 3.65

One word: Soliris, nice upwards trending also.

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 (ALXN)

Avatar pharmacist2011 (< 20) Submitted: 6/25/08 10:32 AM : Outperform Start Price: $35.25 ALXN Score: 30.24

From a screen

winner's from year
50 day Mov. Avg UNDER last price
Revenue Growth QvQ above 22
EPS Grwoth QvQ above 22

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 (ALXN)

Avatar Colli002 (39.84) Submitted: 5/27/08 3:32 PM : Outperform Start Price: $33.82 ALXN Score: 37.43

the time is right - solid company

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Avatar abetens2 (97.59) Submitted: 4/29/08 8:38 AM : Underperform Start Price: $35.03 ALXN Score: -34.14

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria -- extremely rare condition. Can Alexion justify an extremely high price for because of the rarity of the disease? Probably not. Notice that they are recording sales but not receiving cash. Their accounts receivables are going up, because they are not collecting payment. I think it will be very difficult to get insurance to cover soliris, especially at the current price-- if they do cover it, they will negotiate extreme discounts, e.g. paying only 20-30% of alexions's charge. Expect only about 30% of their accounts receivables to ultimately be converted to cash.

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Avatar irishmanbob (34.04) Submitted: 11/05/07 3:15 PM : Underperform Start Price: $37.94 ALXN Score: -31.52

One might wonder why the run-up in price of a company whose claim to fame is just one orphan drug for a rare disease abbreviated PNH? I believe it's because of the future promise of this drug against diseases for which there has not been much successful intervention to date, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis. If this drug is found to work against diseases which ravage a large section of the human population, then ALXN may have found a huge future revenue stream.

What they need to do now, is find a way to develop those potential drugs, or partner - or perhaps sell themselves - to a larger company with the resources to do such development. I believe that's what drives the current interest in the stock. This is not a new thesis, and I feel most of this is baked into the stock price, so unless some even more endearing factual info. comes out, The stock will likely tread sideways for a while. If nothing happens in the next 3-6 mos., we might even see the stock price head lower.

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