Intelligent Investor

Prana moves ahead

While it is promising that Prana has entered Phase II human trials, there is still plenty of risk. HOLD.
By · 4 May 2001
By ·
4 May 2001
Upsell Banner

Recommendation

Prana Biotechnology Limited - PBT
Current price
$0.05 at 16:40 (11 April 2019)

Price at review
$0.81 at (04 May 2001)
All Prices are in AUD ($)
The share price of this biotech has risen by 24.6% since our last review in issue 68 (Hold - $0.65).

The company is involved in research for Parkinson's, cataracts, mad cow and motor neuron diseases but the most advanced and promising breakthrough has been in Alzeihmer's.

Prana has entered Phase II human trials for PBT-1 a compound believed to dissolve plaques on brain tissue of Alzheimer's sufferers. Alzheimer's affects 12.5% of people over the age of 65 and 50% of people over the age of 85 and Prana is looking to develop therapeutic drugs to treat the central disease pathways that cause degeneration of the brain as we age.

The company has $8m in cash and spends $2m a year on R&D. While cash won't be a problem for a while we still think subscribers should HOLD. There are plenty of risks yet.

IMPORTANT: Intelligent Investor is published by InvestSMART Financial Services Pty Limited AFSL 226435 (Licensee). Information is general financial product advice. You should consider your own personal objectives, financial situation and needs before making any investment decision and review the Product Disclosure Statement. InvestSMART Funds Management Limited (RE) is the responsible entity of various managed investment schemes and is a related party of the Licensee. The RE may own, buy or sell the shares suggested in this article simultaneous with, or following the release of this article. Any such transaction could affect the price of the share. All indications of performance returns are historical and cannot be relied upon as an indicator for future performance.
Share this article and show your support

Join the Conversation...

There are comments posted so far.

If you'd like to join this conversation, please login or sign up here