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Activist George Haywood Reveals New Biotech Target

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Mark Melin
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“Reluctant activist” investor George Haywood has a new biotech target in his sights.

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George Haywood has an unusual career and socially conscious approach to activism.  After successfully brokering in the Sirius / XM satellite deal, where he sat on the board for a time, and engaging in activist maneuvers with Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SRPT), investing when the biotech firm had a mere $150 million valuation and watching it grow to over $1 billion in value as it helps solve a key medical problem, the investor now has his sights on krill oil.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.