The Life Sciences Report

Sector Expert: Jason Napodano

BioNap Inc.

Jason Napodano of BioNap Consulting formerly worked for Zacks Investment Research as the company's senior biotechnology analyst. Prior to his tenure at Zacks, Napodano spent three years on the buyside with Eastover Capital in Charlotte, N.C., where he focused on large-cap equities and specialized in healthcare, energy and technology. Prior to joining Eastover, Napodano worked as a research scientist for TechLab Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing diagnostic kits and vaccines for infectious diseases. He also spent a year working in a lab at the Fralin Biotechnology Center, and a year working for a cancer researcher in Virginia. Napodano has a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Virginia Tech and a master's degree in business administration and finance, with a concentration in securities analysis, from Wake Forest University. Napodano is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Recent Interviews

Delving Deep into Immune Pharmaceuticals' Diverse Pipeline (5/4/16)

Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on the treatment of immuno-inflammatory diseases and cancer. The company has several active clinical programs, led by bertilimumab, a first-in-class, fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody, which is currently in Phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and skin disorders. Immune Pharma also has a growing presence in immuno-oncology, with the goal to create a fully sustained oncology subsidiary in the near future. In this article for The Life Sciences Report, analyst Jason Napodano digs into the company's pipeline and investment potential.

Let Your Biotech Winners Ride into Orbit: Jason Napodano of BioNap Consulting (12/16/15)

Before starting his own firm in July, Jason Napodano spent more than 12 years at Zacks Investment Research producing highly detailed small-cap biotechnology research. Today, as owner and senior analyst at BioNap Consulting, Napodano is doing much the same, but with more flexibility. He follows dozens of companies and continues to perform diligence on new names with the single goal of finding multibaggers. One of his themes is to take a biotech basket-of-stocks approach, since he knows some names will fail but the winners will move upward with momentum. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Napodano discusses small-cap names with the potential to power portfolios to extraordinary levels.

Zacks' Jason Napodano Is Not Focused on a Biotech Bubble (7/8/15)

It's all about the fundamentals for Jason Napodano, CFA, of Zacks Investment Research. Revenue and earnings at the big biotechs are signaling investors that the market is still strong, and that there is still a huge thirst for early-stage devices, small molecules, biologics and cellular therapies. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Napodano details the upside for small-cap biotech names that he believes will be huge gainers for investor portfolios.

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