Medgenics has Key to Protein Therapy Market |
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| By Ray Dirks of Ray Dirks Research | |
| Friday, 03 February 2012 03:50 | |
 Medgenics (NASDAQ: MDGN) 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.
When you want to treat Anemia, there is only currently only ONE form of treatment. Epogen Shots , 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.
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: a. Medgenics takes a small piece of your skin about the size of a one inch toothpick from your abdomen. b. 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. c. 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 min 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 2 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 Bleck … 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 900 million dollar market cap. Prolar 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. Any Readers of this Article who wish to contact Ray Dirks of Ray Dirks Research personally may reach Ray at rdirks@nyc.rr.com.  BiomedReports is not paid or compensated to report news and developments about publicly traded companies. Full disclosure can be read in the About Us Section Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites            |
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