SWINE FLU IN PLAY AGAIN!!
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NVAX AND SVA UP 25%!!!!!!!!
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China’s Vaccine Approval Sends Flu Stocks Soaring
8/31/09
Flu news from China has driven the market higher over the last week, today sending stocks up by as much as 30%.
Last week the Beijing Public Health Bureau announced that Sinovac Biotech (SVA) will be among the providers of 2.8 million city-sponsored seasonal flu inoculations. Investors who bought into the close on Friday are winning big to start this week, as shares are trading at record highs on more news from the Far East.
Chinese health regulators deemed Beijing-based Sinovac’s H1N1 vaccine applicable for people between the ages of 3 and 60 years old, according to a statement by the company. According to Reuters, Sinovac expects to obtain a production license for its vaccine within a week.
The news is helping the Swine and Bird Flu Stocks Index today. As a whole, the Index is up by 4.5% today, and is now outpacing the S&P 500 by 9% over the last month.
Big winners include Canadian Alpha Pro Tech (APT), Oregon-based AVI BioPharma (AVII), and California’s Dynavax Technologies (DVAX). All three are up by over 8% in the flu stock rally.
Pharmaceutical giants Novartis (NVS) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are sitting out the rally, moving only fractionally.
Vical (VICL) is the Index’s runner-up on a weekly performance basis, up by 28% over the last five days. Meanwhile former hot stock Hemispherx Biopharma (HEB) has cooled off for the period, down -7%.
As flu season approaches in the northern hemisphere, the hype around swine flu stocks is growing. Expectations for an outbreak this fall reach as high as 50% of the U.S. population, and unlike the seasonal flu, swine flu is killing mostly people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s worldwide, according to the Associated Press.
The Swine and Bird Flu Stocks Index is the best place to follow vaccine related trends in the equity markets. Investors should also track the Airline Stocks Index, Hotel Stocks Index, and others that could potentially be impacted by a severe outbreak of the virus.
Investors can follow these Indexes as well as more than 250 others at tickerspy.com.
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