Market Alert: RAY DIRKS Research: Medgenics (MDGN) has Key to $90 Billion Protien Therapy Market.. Feb 3, 2012 by Ray Dirks
Medgenics has the Key to $90 Billion Protein Therapy Market
By Ray Dirks
Medgenics has what I believe to be the most disruptive biotechnology of the last 20 years. This company is poised to own the 90 billion plus protein therapy market. We are talking about an enormous indication. Nomura (the big investment bank) Calls this one of the top 10 biotech companies to watch over the next 5 years.
Currently the only form of treatment for Anemia is Epogen. Epogen is a synthetic version of the Erythropoietin that increases your red blood cell production. It is a 12 Billion Dollar a year product monopolized by Amgen and affects nearly 1-2 Billion people worldwide. It is a huge indication.
When you are diagnosed with anemia, you go to your doctor. Your doctor is going to tell you that you have an abnormally low hemoglobin count and he will prescribe epogen Shot to get your hemoglobin into check and into a 10-12 count range which is considered healthy… These shots cost about 25K a patient per year and are very painfully administered. What is going to occur is a spike of your Epo level from very low up to a 100x what you need which can lead to high blood pressure, a percentage increase of fatal cardiac events (as per the FDA) and all sorts of side effects. Over the next 48 hours, your Epo will crash back to a low level after which is when you will be treated with another shot of epogen, and this happens over and over again for the rest of your existence.
It’s a terrible way to live, costs the system billions and is one of the worst FDA procedures on the market. In Fact Amgen has already received a black label warning because of the side effects and increased risks and is under major scrutiny for reimbursements issues as well..
The holy grail of Anemia treatment is to treat the patient without the infections and without that “spike” in Epo which is deadly in nature and provides a terrible quality of life.
Medgenics has developed a therapeutic system that can provide a dosage of the sustained levels (no spikes) of Erythropoietin naturally with literally no side effects and only two primary clinic visits for a fraction of the money. Let me explain exactly what they do and how they do it:
1. Medgenics takes a small piece of your skin about the size of a one inch toothpick from your abdomen.
2. This piece of tissue is then processed in a lab by inserting a small piece of DNA that teaches it to continuously produce the missing protein; which in this case is Erythropoietin.
3. Once this engineered piece of tissue is making the protein you are missing and at the levels needed, it is injected back under your skin and the result is a mini biobump that produced natural Epogen without the spikes, without the shots, without the side effects or dropouts. And for a fraction of the cost of Amgen’s, Epogen shots.
The Phase I/II study was done with 20 patients, all people diagnosed with anemia obviously. In all 20 patients you have biopumps producing Erythropoietin safely for as long as 36 months without any follow up, within that 10-12 count and without the injections and their dangerous spikes..
The most compelling thing about this story is that this isn’t just a treatment for only Anemia; it is a platform that can be used on ALL protein therapies. In fact the company is entering Phase 1 for Hep C (Interferon) in Q2 of this year. Hepatitis C/Interferon is a 3.5 Billion dollar Market this year. Gilead paid 11 billion for a HEP C company… Inhibitex was taken over for 2.5 billion (another Hep C company)
Medgenics already has an active program for Hemophilia Developed with Baxter, and they will also be starting programs for:
1. Growth Failure/growth hormone
2. Multiple Sclerosis/Interferon Beta
3. Diabetes/Insulin
4. And many others…
In Summary you have a company that has:
1. 50 Million invested
2. Had the most disruptive technology in biotech today
3. Has a management team that is arguably for top to bottom the best I have ever seen. Former head of Stanford Medicine, and an entrepreneur who sold his last company for 600 million.
4. Baxter collaboration and the potential for many more collaborations on multiple indications.
5. Is already finished Phase I/II and entering Phase IIB, this is NOT pre Clinical; this is tested and proven in Humans.
6. Has a ridiculously low valuation relative to its comps.
7. The potential of two probably partnerships in the near term
8. And a science which is not a one trick pony, it is a platform that covers EVERY protein therapy which is more than a 91 Billion dollar market
9. Largest shareholders are Joel Kanter and Isaac Blech … Joel has just sold Clarisonic for 600 million … Isaac has founded over 35 Billion in companies.
Enough of the Science… let me walk you through the value proposition of the investment. There are two public companies and one collaboration that I will use as comparisons..
Protalix has a platform technology and is about the same stage of clinical as Medgenics, but is only for an indication of 25,000 patients and trades at a 520 million dollar market cap.
Prol0r which is a treatment which only increases the half lives of protein therapies trades at a 300mm Market cap.
And of course Zymogenetics which only has an interferon lasting slightly longer than the usual 5-6 hours for Hep C , was bought by BMY for 545 million.
Medgenics’ market value is currently approximately $32 Million and is clearly poised to be the leader a multi Billion dollar space, and I believe will far exceed in market value the companies mentioned in this article..
Any Readers of this Article who wish to contact Ray Dirks personally may reach Ray at rdirks@nyc.rr.com
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Market Alert: RAY DIRKS Research: Medgenics (MDGN) has Key to $90 Billion Protien Therapy Market.. Feb 3, 2012 by Ray Dirks
Medgenics has the Key to $90 Billion Protein Therapy Market
By Ray Dirks
Medgenics has what I believe to be the most disruptive biotechnology of the last 20 years. This company is poised to own the 90 billion plus protein therapy market. We are talking about an enormous indication. Nomura (the big investment bank) Calls this one of the top 10 biotech companies to watch over the next 5 years.
Currently the only form of treatment for Anemia is Epogen. Epogen is a synthetic version of the Erythropoietin that increases your red blood cell production. It is a 12 Billion Dollar a year product monopolized by Amgen and affects nearly 1-2 Billion people worldwide. It is a huge indication.
When you are diagnosed with anemia, you go to your doctor. Your doctor is going to tell you that you have an abnormally low hemoglobin count and he will prescribe epogen Shot to get your hemoglobin into check and into a 10-12 count range which is considered healthy… These shots cost about 25K a patient per year and are very painfully administered. What is going to occur is a spike of your Epo level from very low up to a 100x what you need which can lead to high blood pressure, a percentage increase of fatal cardiac events (as per the FDA) and all sorts of side effects. Over the next 48 hours, your Epo will crash back to a low level after which is when you will be treated with another shot of epogen, and this happens over and over again for the rest of your existence.
It’s a terrible way to live, costs the system billions and is one of the worst FDA procedures on the market. In Fact Amgen has already received a black label warning because of the side effects and increased risks and is under major scrutiny for reimbursements issues as well..
The holy grail of Anemia treatment is to treat the patient without the infections and without that “spike” in Epo which is deadly in nature and provides a terrible quality of life.
Medgenics has developed a therapeutic system that can provide a dosage of the sustained levels (no spikes) of Erythropoietin naturally with literally no side effects and only two primary clinic visits for a fraction of the money. Let me explain exactly what they do and how they do it:
1. Medgenics takes a small piece of your skin about the size of a one inch toothpick from your abdomen.
2. This piece of tissue is then processed in a lab by inserting a small piece of DNA that teaches it to continuously produce the missing protein; which in this case is Erythropoietin.
3. Once this engineered piece of tissue is making the protein you are missing and at the levels needed, it is injected back under your skin and the result is a mini biobump that produced natural Epogen without the spikes, without the shots, without the side effects or dropouts. And for a fraction of the cost of Amgen’s, Epogen shots.
The Phase I/II study was done with 20 patients, all people diagnosed with anemia obviously. In all 20 patients you have biopumps producing Erythropoietin safely for as long as 36 months without any follow up, within that 10-12 count and without the injections and their dangerous spikes..
The most compelling thing about this story is that this isn’t just a treatment for only Anemia; it is a platform that can be used on ALL protein therapies. In fact the company is entering Phase 1 for Hep C (Interferon) in Q2 of this year. Hepatitis C/Interferon is a 3.5 Billion dollar Market this year. Gilead paid 11 billion for a HEP C company… Inhibitex was taken over for 2.5 billion (another Hep C company)
Medgenics already has an active program for Hemophilia Developed with Baxter, and they will also be starting programs for:
1. Growth Failure/growth hormone
2. Multiple Sclerosis/Interferon Beta
3. Diabetes/Insulin
4. And many others…
In Summary you have a company that has:
1. 50 Million invested
2. Had the most disruptive technology in biotech today
3. Has a management team that is arguably for top to bottom the best I have ever seen. Former head of Stanford Medicine, and an entrepreneur who sold his last company for 600 million.
4. Baxter collaboration and the potential for many more collaborations on multiple indications.
5. Is already finished Phase I/II and entering Phase IIB, this is NOT pre Clinical; this is tested and proven in Humans.
6. Has a ridiculously low valuation relative to its comps.
7. The potential of two probably partnerships in the near term
8. And a science which is not a one trick pony, it is a platform that covers EVERY protein therapy which is more than a 91 Billion dollar market
9. Largest shareholders are Joel Kanter and Isaac Blech … Joel has just sold Clarisonic for 600 million … Isaac has founded over 35 Billion in companies.
Enough of the Science… let me walk you through the value proposition of the investment. There are two public companies and one collaboration that I will use as comparisons..
Protalix has a platform technology and is about the same stage of clinical as Medgenics, but is only for an indication of 25,000 patients and trades at a 520 million dollar market cap.
Prol0r which is a treatment which only increases the half lives of protein therapies trades at a 300mm Market cap.
And of course Zymogenetics which only has an interferon lasting slightly longer than the usual 5-6 hours for Hep C , was bought by BMY for 545 million.
Medgenics’ market value is currently approximately $32 Million and is clearly poised to be the leader a multi Billion dollar space, and I believe will far exceed in market value the companies mentioned in this article..
Any Readers of this Article who wish to contact Ray Dirks personally may reach Ray at rdirks@nyc.rr.com
Disclosure:
The information contained in this Report contains forward-looking statements relating to the developments of the featured company’s products, services and future operating results or the future of the market. Statements contained in writing or in interviews are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
The words “believe,”, “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect performance include, but are not limited to, those factors that are discussed in each Company’s most recent reports and/or registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Visitors to this Internet Site are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These statements have not been independently verified by the officers, directors or employees of Corporate Profile, LLC .com.
The information on this Internet Site has been submitted by journalists and analysts or provided by the companies contained herein or other sources believed to be reliable. Corporate Profile, LLC has not independently verified the information provided to it by third parties. Each individual should perform his or her own independent analysis before investing. The information contained herein is neither an offer nor a solicitation to buy any of the securities of the companies contained herein. Investing in securities is speculative and contains a high element of risk.