By (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) --SAN FRANCISCO - January 24, 2014 - Merriman Capital, Inc. ("Merriman"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MERR), announced that it has initiated equity research coverage of Biomerica, Inc. (OTCQB: BMRA) with a Buy rating and a $2.85 price target.
Since its founding in 1971, Biomerica, Inc. has been focused on developing, manufacturing, acquiring and licensing various early detections and monitoring diagnostic tests and kits for chronic diseases and medical conditions. Today the company is hyper niche focused on establishing a market share within diabetes, gastrointestinal and food related diseases, but has also developed several ancillary tests for the detection of numerous other medical conditions and diseases.
BMRA operates its sales, R&D and corporate infrastructure through its headquarters in Irvine, California and manufactures the majority of its products either at its headquarters or through its facility in Mexicali, Mexico. Since its inception, BMRA has established a global distribution presence that encompasses nearly 450 customers across the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Historically, BMRA has primarily focused its efforts on growing sales by developing, acquiring and distributing its proprietary products whose chemical compositions or manufacturing processes are guarded as trade secrets. As such, BMRA has invested minimal resources in securing patents around its various products which have resulted in the company only having one active patent to date. However, with the company's recent focus on developing new products in-house, we expect a demonstrable shift in near term IP focus and anticipate them to concomitantly file for patents as newly developed test kits come to market or as the company begins the various regulatory approvals for new products currently in R&D.
BMRA's products are currently sold through internal sales efforts as well as strategic partnerships to clinical laboratories and to point-of-care outlets which include physician's offices and OTC storefronts such as Walgreens. The company generates revenue through the direct sale of its various test kits through internal sales efforts and through third party distributors.
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At Merriman:
Adriana Piltz
Director of Research
Merriman Capital, Inc.
(646) 292-1424
Andrew D'Silva
Analyst
Equity Research
(415) 568-3927
Howard Bernstein
Chief Compliance Officer
Merriman Capital, Inc.
(415) 262-1377
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