Biota Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOTA)

OklaBoston (< 20) Submitted: 6/3/2013 4:55:33 PM : Start Price: $3.47 BOTA Score: -1.21

Insider ownership uptrend primarily. This has the makings of a turnaround play.

pchop123 (76.64) Submitted: 5/17/2013 6:34:52 PM : Start Price: $3.62 BOTA Score: -3.79

great stock to play

zzlangerhans (99.75) Submitted: 5/11/2013 4:17:30 AM : Start Price: $3.83 BOTA Score: -11.99

I'm not quite sure what happened to Biota. Apparently they were traded on a US exchange a few years ago, then somehow got off, and then got on again late last year by reverse merging with ill-fated biopharma Nabi. I still can't believe I made a CPAS bet on positive phase III data for an anti-smoking vaccine.

Anyway, Biota has been pretty weak sauce since the reverse merger but they have a decent chunk of cash and an enterprise value of less than 40M. A solid BARDA contract for their influenza antiviral laninamivir keeps the burn to a minimum and the company is working on development of laninamvir outside of Japan, where it is already approved. May is probably not the best time to invest in a flu stock but it's a good spot to plant a flag in CAPS to keep an eye on it going into the fall.

franktejon (< 20) Submitted: 11/19/2010 2:45:18 AM : Start Price: $2.99 BOTA Score: -23.82

STRONG BUY COULD HIT 3000%

RRondo (64.28) Submitted: 7/12/2010 3:56:48 PM : Start Price: $2.34 BOTA Score: -5.55

See below

XMFWhatsmyoption (< 20) Submitted: 8/28/2009 2:20:30 AM : Start Price: $5.25 BOTA Score: -93.86

I originally recommended Biota around the Fool 500% ago, but it was too small to add to CAPS then. Despite the huge rise I continue to see a bright future. Should earn current EV over next 18-24 months. Huge Relenza royalties coming. LANI deal should come soon. ASX 200 listing coming. It 's all happening.
Here's my current thinking on Biota http://www.fusioninvesting.com/tag/biota/

LawfordCap (99.92) Submitted: 5/19/2009 5:17:17 AM : Start Price: $2.60 BOTA Score: -50.58

top player divergence to the poisitve