Frequently Asked Questions
What is BiotechWatch Premium?
What type of information does BiotechWatch Premium provide?
What interesting features does BiotechWatch Premium offer?
How does one use the database or perform searches?
How many companies does BiotechWatch follow?
How does BiotechWatch Premium compare to other information sources on the Internet?
What doesn't the BiotechWatch Premium database do?
What if I need help while in the Premium database?
I am a user and I want to know more about how to use BiotechWatch Premium. Where do I begin?
Who can benefit from using the BiotechWatch Premium database?
What specific company characteristics are tracked by BiotechWatch Premium?
What is BiotechWatch Premium?
BiotechWatch Premium is an online dynamic database of biotechnology companies.
For investors and industry professionals interested in the
biotechnology sector, BiotechWatch Premium is invaluable because
it is the only resource that allows users to search, sort,
and browse over the entire biotech sector based on everything
from stock fundamentals to clinical trials. BiotechWatch Premium
offers as much or as little sophistication as a user desires
making it ideal for the everyone from novices to large cap
fund managers.
What type of information does BiotechWatch Premium provide?
BiotechWatch Premium provides a broad range of information, from traditional
fundamentals such as 52 week high and low, shares outstanding,
and volume of shares traded, to derived values based on these
and other parameters. All products in clinical development
are tracked as well, so an investor can follow a drug's development
process and its development milestones.
All information is as up-to-date as possible, meaning that all
numerical information is updated every five minutes from a
20-minute delayed feed. Company news, financing information,
and clinical trial details are updated constantly by our researchers.
In most cases, these are added to our database moments from
the time they become public information.
What interesting features does BiotechWatch Premium offer?
Numerical and clinical information can be sorted and prioritized across
all publicly traded biotechnology companies. This provides
insights as to how a company or group of companies compares
within the larger context of the biotech sector.
When searching for companies to invest in, you may want to
narrow your search
to companies that have a particular numerical
(stock price, for example) in a specific range of values.
BiotechWatch Premium helps you decide what range might be
useful by displaying the distribution of that numerical across
all the companies in the database (or all companies within
the search you are conducting at that time) in an easy-to-read
histogram.
These histograms are dynamically updated to provide a current
snapshot of the numerical in question. By limiting the range
values for a particular numerical, you are narrowing down
to the companies that you would like to focus on. Several
search restrictions may be imposed concurrently to narrow
your search to fit a razor-sharp definition of companies of
interest to you. Search parameters can be added and removed
until the search returns companies of interest.
You can save sets of search parameters for later recall, thus
giving you one-click access to your custom
searches.
Throughout BiotechWatch Premium, you can click on a company's name to
see its detail page.
The detail page provides news, financing information, products
under development and their clinical status in both tabular
and detail formats.
Once you have your search narrowed to companies that interest you,
you can sort them based
on any parameter using simple sorting arrows.
You can choose from a number of predefined view options or create
custom views that
display exactly the columns of information you wish to see.
Custom views can be saved by name for later recall or to easily
switch between custom views you have created.
A print view is available
that makes printing hard copies of your search results easy
and convenient.
Using
a saved search,
you can save a portfolio of companies for later retrieval.
You can then search within those companies, or even save searches
within a list of specific companies.
How does one use the database or perform searches?
Beginning
users will probably want to use one of the many default
searches offered in BiotechWatch Premium. These give the
user a one-click snapshot of companies that are interesting
because they stand out in some way.
For
example, companies that have a market capitalization (the
value of all shares of the company multiplied by the current
stock price) of least $50 million dollars, at least 2 years
of cash reserves (based on the last quarter's rate of spending
and cash reserves), products in late-stage clinical trials,
and a stock trading price in the bottom half of its trading
range over the past year may be undervalued companies with
high growth potential. The default search page gives users
easy access to a table of companies that meet these criteria
at any given time.
Expert
users may wish to perform similar types of searches, but they
are afforded the option to customize
each parameter of the search using over 25 unique searching
and sorting parameters. A list of all searching and sorting
parameters tracked by BiotechWatch Premium appears at the
end of this page.
Quick
searches offer users the ability to quickly enter in a
keyword, company name, or list of ranges for fundamentals
of interest and immediately see the companies that match those
search parameters.
How many companies does BiotechWatch follow?
BiotechWatch
tracks biotech and medical device companies. Our focus has
been those that are publicly traded on the US stock exchanges
(NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX). We are in the process of adding European,
private, and large pharmaceutical companies. BiotechWatch
currently follows more than 600 companies and over 5000 unique
products and clinical trials for these companies.
How does BiotechWatch Premium compare to other information sources on the Internet?
BiotechWatch
Premium is unique as it allows the sorting of both numerical
and company information across the entire publicly traded
biotech sector. The database is interactive and can be customized
to meet an individual's needs. It is continuously updated
to insure that it is as up-to-date and accurate as possible.
Other information services provide news releases, but none
provides this constellation of features. While the database
is very sophisticated, the average person can master it in
2-3 sessions. It is worthwhile getting to know how to use
the BiotechWatch Premium database, as its functionality is
unrivaled in the biotech sector.
What doesn't the BiotechWatch Premium database do?
BiotechWatch
Premium does not provide stock charts or full-text news releases.
The BiotechWatch Premium database is designed to be used with
other traditional investment tools and services, many of which
provide news releases and charts for free.
BiotechWatch
does not track large cap pharmaceutical companies because
its focus is on the more volatile and information-sensitive
biotech sector. The largest company currently tracked is Amgen,
which in the broader market is generally considered a small
to mid-cap company. The smaller, usually newer, companies
that BiotechWatch tracks have the most growth potential and
BiotechWatch offers users detailed information about them
so they may make the most informed investment decisions possible.
What if I need help while in the Premium database?
Definitions
provided throughout BiotechWatch Premium help in understanding
terms (both investment terms and our searching and sorting
features) that may be unfamiliar. In addition, a highly detailed
tutorial is provided
to guide users in performing searches and fully utilizing
the functions of the database. Technical assistance is available
for registered users.
I am a user and I want to know more about how to use BiotechWatch Premium. Where do I begin?
Take
our detailed tutorial.
It will explain all of the functions of BiotechWatch Premium.
Many users just log in and poke around and figure out how
to use BiotechWatch Premium in a way that works for them.
The small "def." buttons provide context-sensitive
help about potentially confusing names and terms.
Who can benefit from using the BiotechWatch Premium database?
Anyone
who is interested in the biotechnology sector can benefit.
This includes average investors, money and fund managers,
and professionals in the biotech industry.
What specific company characteristics are tracked by BiotechWatch Premium?
- Company Fundamentals:
- Stock Price
- 52 Week High and Low Price
- Shares Outstanding
- Cash on Hand
- Years of Cash
- Market Capitalization
- Daily Trading Volume
- Derived Statistics:
- Market Cap / Cash on Hand
- Market Cap Less Cash on Hand
- Price Less Cash Value Per Share
- Cash Value Per Share (Cash / Shares Out)
- Price / 52 Week Range
- 52 Week High / Price
- 52 Week Low / Price
- 52 Week High Less Price
- Price Less 52 Week Low
- Company Information:
- Clinical Trial Phases (For Each Product in Development)
- Total Number of Products
- Total Number of Clinical Trials
- Medical Specialties
- Diseases and Conditions Treated
- Expected Development Milestones
- Additional Search Parameters:
- Browing by Company Name
- Browsing by Medical Specialty and Disease
- Keyword Seaching on Any Field
