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What: Shares of biotechnology company Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
So what: For the quarter, Spectrum reported a whopping 51.5% increase in revenue to $68.7 million, led mostly by strength from its combination therapy, Fusilev, which is used for palliative care in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Profits didn't lag either, up 48% from the previous year to $0.37. Both figures come in well ahead of estimates found on Yahoo! Finance.
Now what: If the results are so strong, why is Spectrum Pharmaceuticals down? It probably has a lot to do with the extended stagnant growth of Zevalin, a treatment for follicular lymphoma, and a recent string of poor clinical data from bladder cancer drug hopeful, apaziquone, that it is developing in partnership with Allergan
In spite of this, and Wall Street's recently reduced earnings estimates, I see a lot of opportunity to be had with Spectrum. Its purchase of Allos Therapeutics
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