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The Biotech Growth Trust - Favourable industry fundamentals

The Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG) generated another year of positive absolute and relative performance in 2020. Manager Geoff Hsu of global specialist healthcare investor OrbiMed Capital remains constructive on the outlook for biotech stocks, although he is mindful about the extended bull run in the US stock market. The manager is particularly encouraged by the high levels of biotech industry innovation; he believes that the favourable regulatory environment will continue and does not consider healthcare legislation to be a high priority for President Biden. Hsu comments that the biotech industry has ‘come of age’ over the last decade; he highlights the high number of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the sector, while the level of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has remained robust despite the shift to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Biotech Growth Trust

Biotech Growth Trust is an investment trust company. Co. invests in a range portfolio of shares and related securities in biotechnology companies on a worldwide basis. Co.'s alternative investment fund manager is Frostrow Capital LLP and its portfolio manager is OrbiMed Capital LLC. As of Mar 31 2017, Co. had total investment of £461.4 million.

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Edison Investment Research
Edison Investment Research

Edison is an investment research and advisory company, with offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and AsiaPac. The heart of Edison is our world renowned equity research platform and deep multi-sector expertise. At Edison Investment Research, our research is widely read by international investors, advisors and stakeholders. Edison Advisors leverages our core research platform to provide differentiated services including investor relations and strategic consulting.

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Pedro Fonseca

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