Replies to post #172059 on Biotech Values

[DewDiligence]

Are the heart-pump stocks like HTWR, THOR, and SSH out of bounds on this board?

Not at all. I use a broad definition of biotechnology that encompasses not only drugs, but also medical devices, diagnostics, animal health, and ag-biotech.

[biomaven0]

>>heart pump stocks like HTWR, THOR, and SSH

This weeks' NEJM has an article about the sudden uptick in SAEs for the Heartmate device:

The occurrence of confirmed pump thrombosis increased steeply after approximately March 2011, from 2.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5 to 3.4) at 3 months after implantation to 8.4% (95% CI, 5.0 to 13.9) by January 2013