Healthcare stocks have rallied over the past couple years, and for good reason.
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June 28 - News
Just as we examine companies each week that may be rising past their fair value, we can also find companies potentially trading at bargain prices.
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June 27 - News
These two ratios provide an indication of how successful a company is at generating profits using shareholders' funds and debt, and they have a strong influence on dividend payments...
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June 27 - News
High dividend pharmaceutical stocks have been extremely popular in recent years.
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June 21 - News
Indeed, the shares currently yield an impressive 4.4% despite rising by more than 30% in the last three years alone.
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June 20 - News
London-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) recently announced that it had agreed to purchase U.S.-based lung-drug manufacturer Pearl Therapeutics for at...
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June 18 - News
About a third of American adults have high LDL cholesterol -- that's the bad kind -- but less than half of adults with high LDL seek treatment, according to the Centers for Disease...
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June 18 - News
The latest drug to bite the dust is LY2886721, a beta secretase, or BACE, inhibitor.
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June 17 - News
Recently, AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) announced that it has agreed to acquire Pearl Therapeutics, the respiratory drug manufacturer, in a transaction worth around $1.15 billion...
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June 17 - News
With the global economy beginning to stabilize, the stock market is looking more attractive than ever.
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June 14 - News
In this series, I'm subjecting companies to scrutiny under five headings: prospects, performance, management, safety, and valuation.
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June 14 - News
Investing in biotech stocks is relatively risky amid the volatility of the market. There are many factors that can greatly affect share trends and price performance.
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June 13 - News
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) recently completed the spin-off of its animal health unit, Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS).
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June 13 - News
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAD)’ 1,100% gain makes it one of the best performing stocks in the market.
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June 12 - News
Everyone has had a friend at school who was asthmatic. Life is not easy for the chronic asthmatic.
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June 12 - News
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Inc.
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June 11 - News
Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:AMRN) has recently launched its primary product candidate Vascepa into the market.
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June 10 - News
AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) announced the acquisition of Omthera Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:OMTH), a company that went public just last month (April 11).
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June 10 - News
GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (NYSE:GSK)'s diabetes drug Avandia causes heart issues. Or maybe it doesn't.
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June 10 - News
Many stocks encountered turbulence this week, but few were blown about like several biotech stocks.
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June 10 - News
Big pharmaceutical players, known as Big Pharma, depend on patents to fend of generic threats to their blockbuster drugs.
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June 6 - News
LONDON -- A popular way to dig out reasonably priced stocks with robust growth potential is through the "Growth at a Reasonable Price," or GARP, strategy.
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June 5 - News
Through his Invesco Perpetual Income and High Income funds, Woodford looks after more than 20 billion pounds of client money.
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June 5 - News
The U.S. government has been consistently cutting rates for the last few years. The aim of this exercise is to jump start the sluggish U.S. economy.
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June 5 - News
Mergers and acquisitions appear to be continuously reshaping the pharmaceuticals industry.
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June 3 - News
The biotechnology sector is rapidly evolving, and what was a near-guarantee of success of getting a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration 10 years ago is no longer...
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June 3 - News
Unless you have a crystal ball, you can't time the market. So don't try it; just stay in the market as a whole.
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June 3 - News
The field of synthetic biology is still in its infancy, with many of the most promising companies residing outside of public markets, but make no mistake: The bioeconomy is on...
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May 31 - News
As recently as a decade ago, the biggest hurdle for biotech companies wasn't competition from their peers or even the sale price of their drugs.
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May 29 - News
We've been speculating for almost a year that Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:AMRN) would be purchased by AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN).
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May 29 - News
Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:AMRN) has been struggling a lot lately as retail channel prescription data for its EPA capsule Vascepa imply that the drug is starting to ...
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May 28 - News
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May 28 - News
Any investor looking for the highest-paying dividend stocks would do well to start in Big Pharma, where many of the top picks offer yields in excess of 3% or 4%.
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May 22 - News
Let's face it; we all dislike stress, but it's something we all live with to some degree.
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May 21 - News
Investing in the stock market can sometimes be a gut wrenching experience. However, for investors in Santarus, Inc.
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May 21 - News
LONDON -- Ace City investor Neil Woodford has thrashed the FTSE 100 over the last five, 10, and 15 years.
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May 21 - News
Major drug manufacturers are literally a market sector unto themselves.
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May 21 - News
Overweight and have high cholesterol? You may have to pick one to work on at a time, according to data from the lab of John Thyfault, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise...
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May 20 - News
Whether or not you've been keeping tabs, the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting is less than two weeks away.
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May 20 - News
MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) took one giant leap over the past few days.
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May 19 - News
AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN)'s in a tight spot.
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May 15 - News
LONDON -- Dividend income accounts for around two-thirds of total returns, the actual rate of return taking into account both capital and income appreciation.
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May 14 - News
As I noted 10 weeks ago, cancer statistics are both staggering and disappointing.
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May 12 - News
I follow quite a lot of companies, so the usefulness of a watchlist to me cannot be overstated.
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May 8 - News
Leading health-care stocks have had a good start to the year, but all's not healthy in the world of medicine.
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May 4 - News
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) gained Food and Drug Administration approval for its powerful new cholesterol drug Liptruzet, a combination of two already-approved drugs, Pfizer...
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May 4 - News
Investing in biotech companies can be intimidating, especially for investors without a science background. But there's hope.
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May 1 - News
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) stock could move up or down this week after the pharmaceutical company reports earnings on Wednesday.
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April 30 - News
The biotechnology industry had a good time last year and the market expects the trend to continue in 2013 as well.
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April 30 - News
AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) is the 12th biggest company in the FTSE 100. It is a true blue chip.
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April 30 - News