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It will be up by $2.00 in 2007.

Biotechs are gaining traction this year as fund managers discover many with viable products that are still underpriced. One is SuperGen (SUPG ) (SUPG), whose drugs target solid tumors, blood disorders, and hematological malignancies. Now trading at 4.78, SuperGen has inked a pact with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ ) to market its Food & Drug Administration-approved drug Dacogen--for myelodysplastic blood disorder syndrome--outside North America. To start, J&J plans to focus on Europe and Japan. In the U.S., Dacogen is marketed by MGI Pharma (MOGN ), which owns 9% of SuperGen. Dacogen's U.S. 2006 sales totaled $36 million, beating even the company's estimate of $25 million. For 2007, Dacogen sales will hit $120 million, figures Elemer Piros of Rodman & Renshaw, who rates the stock a buy, with a 12-month target of 24. SuperGen's own estimate is a more modest $100 million. Its royalties from MGI will grow as sales expand, so Piros expects MGI to buy SuperGen at some point. Vinny Jindal of ThinkEquity Partners also rates SuperGen a buy, but with a much lower 12-month target of 8. He expects to see an uptick in Dacogen sales in the first quarter.

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