AGB Live Trade: Discovery Laboratories, Inc (DSCOD) May See a Rebound
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Discovery Laboratories, Inc. is a biotechnology company developing surfactant therapies to treat respiratory disorders and diseases.
DSCOD recently did a 15-1 reverse split and its share price dropped from $5.25 to current $3.46 in just one week. I agree with the common market sentiment that trading will become less active and the risk of dilution will become higher, but DSCOD maybe oversold after 40% decline.
As we see from the chart, the buying interests started from mid December last year, and the key factor related to the buying interests has not change yet: people are still waiting for DSCOD’s follow-up to FDA’s complete response letter regarding its Surfaxin, the lead drug candidate of DSCOD for the prevention of RDS in premature infants.
DSCOD recently announced in a press release that it had completed studies proposed to the FDA relating to Surfaxin and was on track to submit a Complete Response to the FDA in the first quarter of 2011.
Adam Feuerstein, the senior writer of thestreet.com predicted that DSCOD would finally received FDA approval for Surfaxin in 2011. I am not making any prediction here, but explaining my reason to buy DSCOD at this price: the dust has not yet settled and DSCOD still has huge potential.
As of September 30, 2010, DSCOD had cash and cash equivalents of $14.7 million. The cash reserve should be sufficient to fund the company’s operation for several quarters according to its current burn rate. DSCOD expected its net cash burn for the fourth quarter of 2010 to be around $4.0 million in the last quarterly report.DSCOD only has a market cap about $48 millions. The company’s share price may rebound from here.
Conclusion: AGB just started a position on DSCOD.
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Disclosure: I am long DSCO.
Additional disclosure: DSCO is currently changed to DSCOD
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