Vista Partners Updates Coverage on Arana Therapeutics (ASX: AAH; AIM: AAHx), Raises Target Price ...( LOS ANGELES Oct. 13 /- Vista Part...)

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Vista Partners announced today that it has updated coverage on leading Australian biotechnology company Arana Therapeutics, (ASX: AAH; AIM: AAHx) and raised its target price to AU$1.65. "In our opinion, Arana differentiates itself from many competitors in the biotech space due to a strong cash position, a lucrative recurring revenue stream from IP licenses and a strong internal portfolio of products and proprietary technology platform. We strongly believe that Arana's current product pipeline has significant partnership potential and is bound to attract attention from large pharmaceutical companies. Over the past few years there has been a high level of interest from the large pharmaceutical companies in the human antibody sector, an area where Arana is a leader," said Ross Silver, Director of Research for Vista Partners. For more information and to download the free report, please visit the Vista Partners website at http://www.vistap.com and click on the "download research" icon located in the top right hand corner of the website.

About Vista Partners:

Vista Partners provides independent, equity research to institutional and individual investors, with a focus on publicly traded small capitalization companies. With offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Vista Partners is one of the fastest growing independently owned equity research firms. Vista Partners professional staff have backgrounds in finance, corporate communications and investment banking. More information is available at http://www.vistap.com.

About Arana Therapeutics:

Arana Therapeutics (ASX: AAH) is an international biopharmaceutical company formed through the merger of Peptech and EvoGenix in August 2007. The company uses superior technology to develop next generation drugs that will improve the lives of patients with inflammatory
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