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Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

A biopharmaceutical company focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative treatments for infectious diseases

Current Price $9.93 Mkt Cap $692.31M
Open $9.47 P/E Ratio 0.00
Prev. Close $9.47 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $9.32 - $10.20 Volume 1,275,702
52-Wk Range $3.81 - $12.95 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Top ACHN Bull/Bear Pitches

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zzlangerhans (99.30)
Submitted July 02, 2010

As hard as it might seem to justify green-thumbing a company that sounds like a sneeze, I'm going to give it a shot anyway.In 2006 Achillion (bless you) stock maxed out at 20 on the strength of a partnership with Gilead on hepatitis C antiviral… More

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zzlangerhans (99.30)
Submitted December 14, 2010

Achillion survived a 50M dilutive financing in August to rise significantly after the initiation of the phase II trial of ACH-1625. These events mean that Achillion will end the year with a comfortable cash cushion but also a bloated market cap which… More

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Member Avatar getrichslowfool (49.21) Submitted: 1/13/2012 3:21:38 PM : Outperform Start Price: $12.32 ACHN Score: -23.53

Yeah it's run up a bunch recently, but I think IDIX will get bought out and this will run up more with it. Time will tell

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Member Avatar portefeuille (99.82) Submitted: 12/15/2011 9:16:46 PM : Outperform Start Price: $4.80 ACHN Score: +106.95

There are currently 2600 ACHN shares in my "fund" with break-even of around 3.73 USD.
http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/fund-trades/678775.

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Member Avatar jamescraigjones (< 20) Submitted: 10/19/2011 10:43:10 AM : Outperform Start Price: $6.22 ACHN Score: +50.48

It is clear to see that the Hep C market will be exploding in the next year to 3 years as developers continue to improve on the technology and pipelines. Regardless of how the sector or the overall market is performing, you cant ignore the kind of money that this market will tap into.

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Score Leader

cflow72

cflow72 (67.46) Score: +293.94

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in ACHN.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
cflow72 67.46 7/9/2010 1/16/2012 Outperform 3M $2.37 +318.99% +25.04% +293.94 0 Comment
nrvous6 57.90 8/5/2010 Outperform 5Y $2.62 +279.01% +19.20% +259.81 0 Comment
ctoddfountain 39.53 10/8/2010 11/1/2010 Outperform 3M $2.74 +262.41% +15.25% +247.15 0 Comment
jmribeiro < 20 5/12/2010 Outperform 3Y $2.78 +257.19% +14.57% +242.63 0 Comment
DowntheTubes4947 51.99 4/16/2010 Outperform 1Y $2.90 +242.41% +10.96% +231.45 0 Comment
MicroMikey 73.50 4/8/2010 Outperform 5Y $3.00 +231.00% +13.70% +217.30 0 Comment
reachmygoals1 < 20 11/1/2010 Outperform 1Y $3.05 +225.57% +12.63% +212.94 0 Comment
InvestTruth 31.09 12/28/2010 Outperform 1Y $3.86 +157.25% +6.57% +150.68 0 Comment
shonnard 62.94 12/31/2010 Outperform 5Y $4.07 +143.98% +6.65% +137.33 0 Comment
portefeuille2 99.80 10/5/2011 Outperform 3W $4.09 +142.79% +18.29% +124.49 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackRWBaird 90.54 8/25/2011 Outperform NS $5.55 +78.92% +12.95% +65.97 0 Comment
TrackWedbush 84.93 7/26/2011 Outperform NS $7.75 +28.13% +0.28% +27.85 0 Comment
TrackBreanMurray 66.29 6/2/2011 Outperform NS $7.45 +33.29% +1.63% +31.66 0 Comment
TrackSwensen 25.48 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $6.46 -22.76% -4.17% -18.58 12/31/2007 @ $4.99 1 Comment
TrackCowenandCo 84.23 12/7/2006 Outperform NS $17.25 -42.43% +0.19% -42.63 0 Comment
TrackJMP 84.93 12/6/2006 Outperform NS $16.76 -90.75% -36.55% -54.21 5/18/2009 @ $1.55 0 Comment

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