Thursday, January 19, 2012

Seeking Alpha: Patience With Palomar Could Pay

Few sectors of healthcare have been gutted to the same extent as aesthetics. Although large players with more of a pharmaceutical focus like Allergan (AGN) and Medicis (MRX) have held up reasonably well, that is in large part because a larger part of their business falls under the header of "medically necessary" and is eligible for insurance reimbursement.

For the device companies, particularly the energy-based device (colloquially called "lasers") companies, though, it has been a hard road indeed. While procedure volume has not yet picked up significantly, investors looking for to get in early may want to consider Palomar Medical Technologies (PMTI). If a recovery in aesthetics procedures really is a "sooner or later" event, the low valuation and strong IP could make this an interesting stock again.

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Patience With Palomar Could Pay

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