Celgene Corporation (CELG), Accelerate Diagnostics Inc (AXDX) and Metabolix, Inc. (MBLX) Among Birchview’s Top Bioscience Picks

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Dr. Matthew Strobeck‘s Birchview Capital has recently disclosed its equity holdings in a 13F filing with the SEC. The market value of the fund’s equity portfolio stood at $191.76 million at the end of the March quarter with a comparatively low turnover ratio of 12.82%.

Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG)

Dr. Matthew Strobeck received his doctorate degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2001. He founded the Biosciences-focused fund, Birchview Capital in 2014 and is currently its Chief Investment Officer & Limited Partner. Birchview invests primarily in healthcare and environment industries. Strobeck is also an Independent Director at Accelerate Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:AXDX), and Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBLX). Previously, he was a Partner at Westfield Capital Management and also served as a consultant for Thomas Weisel Asset Management. Some of the top picks of the fund at the end of the first quarter were Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRML), and EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT).

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Birchview added 26,252 shares of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) in the first quarter to take the company’s holding to 840,163 shares valued at $96.86 million. The holding is by far the fund’s largest and amasses 50.51% of the  fund’s portfolio value. Among the billionaires that we track, five had an aggregate investment of $201.81 million in Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) at the end of the fourth quarter. Ken Griffin was one of them as his fund, Citadel Investment Group, held about 924,600 shares valued at $103.43 million.

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