Cosmo accepts Royalty payment as SNTS shares - GREAT POSITIVE signal

Form 8K: Santarus, Inc. (the "Company") and Cosmo Technologies Limited ("Cosmo") had entered into in December 2008, Cosmo earned a $3.0 million clinical milestone in November 2010 based upon the positive results of the U.S. and European Phase III clinical studies for budesonide MMX�. Cosmo elected to receive payment of the milestone through the issuance of additional shares of the Company's common stock. As a result, on November 17, 2010, the Company issued to Cosmo 972,132 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. SNTS quote

•  While Cosmo could have taken $3 million as cold cash, it chose to accept SNTS shares.
• Also these shares were valued at $3.08/share ($3 mil/972132 shares) which is a positive sign on a day that the shares closed at $2.90.

Surely this is a good sign that Cosmo Technologies thinks that SNTS has lot of room to grow or a good buyout possibility !!

Sentiment: Long SNTS

STOCK WATCH: SNTS CLDX INCY ISIS

Watch out for these pharma/biotech stocks to show increasing activity in the next couple of months.

SNTS: Has fair amount of cash on hand ($100 million), low debt, great pipeline and good revenue (2009- $180 million). The company also has a low float so any positive action would trigger large increases in price due to short covering. Also the possibility of a takeover is quite high.

CLDX: Although PFE snapped ties with CLDX, there is a likelihood that some other pharma company might snap it up! They have sufficient cash on hand to go forward for now. (speculative play - depending on their trials etc)

INCY: This stock has been doing quite well on a technical basis and performing on its own right as a pharma company. Look to INCY climbing after earnings and also to around well over $25 by the end of the year.

ISIS: Receiving payments and royalties on a regular basis, ISIS has been a steady performer, with recent partnerships with  GSK and also (Regulus with Sanofi) ISIS is a strong player in the mRNA market. ISIS did two positive Phase 3 studies of mipomersen in the past year and once that drug (Sold by Genzyme) gets marketing approval, the royalty payments would increase. For technical traders, if ISIS breaks 10 and holds, then there can be significant upside.