Could Biophan Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: BIPH) Be A 10 Or 20 Bagger? You Bet It Could!
July 09, 2005
More than a decade ago, I made a lot of money on a small Biotech company called ICOS, marketer of Cialis. You could have bought the stock for $3.00 in 1994 to see it skyrocket to a split adjusted $60.00 a share in recent years. I remember thinking "how can this one lose?" The company was founded in 1990 by Amgen co-founder, George Rathman, and boasted a board that included former Chairman of Citibank, Walter Wriston, and a guy named Bill Gates from Microsoft
Biophan Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: BIPH)
We believe that we have uncovered a similar situation in Biophan Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: BIPH). Biophan is led by a management team that has a track record of success in the industry and a Scientific Advisory Board that is second to none. In Business Week magazine's (February 14, 2005 issue, page 67) cover story, entitled "The Business of Nanotech," Biophan is listed as one of seven nanotechnology players in the healthcare sector along with General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, NASA, and others.
We agree with Business Week and here is why we think that Biophan fits the bill. Biophan develops technologies that make medical devices compatible with MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) equipment. We believe that Biophan is positioned to capitalize on the growing trend of physicians using minimally invasive surgical tools under MRI instead of CT scan, x-ray, or fluoroscopy, as they are today. The benefits of performing surgical procedures under MRI are that you can better see tissue under MRI and neither the patient nor physician needs to be exposed to dangerous ionizing radiation.
The Really Big News - Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) Is Investing $5 Million At A Premium!
Thursday, June 30, 2005, Biophan announced that it reached a definitive agreement with Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) on an equity investment and technology license. The equity transaction consists of the purchase of Biophan common stock totaling $5 million, priced at a 10% premium over the average of the closing price for the 30 calendar-day period prior to the closing. The technology license includes an upfront payment of $750,000 and annual maintenance fees, in addition to royalties and milestone payments. Read the press release.....
Company Management and Scientific Advisory Board
CEO, Michael L. Weiner, spent 10 years with Xerox prior to founding Microlytics, a company that went from $0 to $14 million and profitable in three years with licenses to over 150 companies worldwide, including Microsoft, Sony, Seiko, Casio, and HP.
Just like the Board of Directors at ICOS, the Scientific Advisory Board at Biophan reads like a Who's Who in medical research. I can't begin to get the names and accomplishments of these individuals in to this email. I will urge you to take a look for yourself at the impressive credentials of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Biophan's Impressive Portfolio of Patents
Biophan doesn't make the products. Biophan makes the technology that makes the products better! Biophan has accumulated an impressive portfolio of 140 patents; which include 38 issued, 9 allowed, and 93 applications in process.
Biophan's patent portfolio covers areas that include nanotechnology (nanomagnetic particle coatings), radio frequency filters, polymer composites, biothermal batteries, and photonics.
What does all of that mean in dollars and cents? The business of patent monetization, or extracting value from patents, is growing rapidly, the number of patents issued in the United States rose to 187,000 in 2003, up 22 percent from 1999. For inventors who grasped the system or who were fortunate, the rewards have been huge. Licensing fees from patented inventions now earn $150 billion globally each year, a figure that is expected to climb nearly 30 percent over the next several years!
Biophan's management team cut their teeth on putting together licensing deals and, we believe, they certainly have the ability to enhance the value of these patents.
Wilson Greatbatch, Pacemaker Pioneer
One of Biophan's major shareholders is Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the world's first successful pacemaker, licensed to Medtronic in 1960, and founder of Wilson Greatbach Technologies (NYSE: GB). Mr. Greatbatch chaired Biophan's Scientific Advisory Board from 2000 to 2002, and is a named inventor on several of Biophan's pending patents.
Mr. Greatbach's desire to make devices safe for MRI was instrumental to the founding of Biophan.
More about Wilson Greatbach.....
Biophan Sounds Like A Great Company. Where Do You Think It Will Go?
A report written by Beacon Equity Research (available on Biophan's website) says that "Under the "Average Conditions" assumptions, we arrive at a target share price of $5.20 Under "Optimistic Conditions," the target share price comes to $13.70 Under "Pessimistic Conditions," the target price works out to $0.80 Overall, by using a weighted average of the three scenarios, we arrive at a price target of $5.17."
That report was written on April 4, 2005, 3 months before Boston Scientific paid a premium to buy $5 Million worth of Biophan's shares!
Technically, BIPH could trade much higher in both the short and long term. The stock traded up to $2.96 on heavy volume when the Boston Scientific announcement came out. BIPH is currently trading near the 50-day moving average, leading us to believe that this could be a timely entry.
If you need more information on Biophan, take a look at the Investor Relations section of Biophan.com.....
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