Over at Seeking Alpha, Mike Havrilla reports that biotechnology company Echo Therapeutics was rated a “strong speculative buy” by research and consulting firm LifeTech Capital. The following excerpt is from LifeTech’s Institutional Research Report on Echo:
There are a limited number of continuous glucose monitor systems currently on the market. The significant differences between Echo Therapeutics’ Symphony system and the competition is the needle-free transdermal biosensor, clinical trials in the hospital setting and biosensor life.
We believe the transdermal biosensor is a significant advantage over the existing biosensors on the market. All existing FDA-approved continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems are needle-based, requiring insertion of a glucose sensor into the patient’s skin, which gives rise to risks of infection, inflammation or bleeding at the insertion site. Symphony is a non-invasive tCGM system that does not require insertion of its glucose sensor and thus does not give rise to the risks associated with needle-based CGM systems.
We also believe Echo Therapeutics’ clinical trials in the critical care setting provides a major marketing advantage over the competition in the hospital market. The Symphony system would represent an answer to the new FDA demands for more accurate glucose monitors in the hospital.
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