Innovation is everything when it comes to the pharmaceutical sector.
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September 23 - News
There were definitely some good parts in what Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KERX) had to say at this week's Stifel Nicolaus Weisel Healthcare Conference in Boston.
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September 15 - News
A couple months may not seem like a long time, but when you're diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the prospect of a few months makes a huge difference.
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September 13 - Dividend Stocks, News
In pharmacology, we don't only have to consider the actions of the drug on the body.
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September 12 - News
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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September 11 - News
Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) -- the largest pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM, in America -- is also one of the most important companies in the health care ...
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September 11 - News
You really don't need both. There are enough people with rheumatoid arthritis or high cholesterol, for example, to have multiple blockbuster drugs that treat the diseases.
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September 3 - News
Over the past couple of months we've discussed many of the biggest risk factors associated with some of the leading causes of death in the United States -- heart disease, cancer...
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September 3 - News
The drug more closely mimics how the body secretes insulin after a meal to lower blood sugar, doing its job and leaving the bloodstream quickly.
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September 2 - News
Top beef producer Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) has decided to stop buying cattle that are fed the growth additive Zilmax, produced by Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK).
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August 29 - News
The idea inspired me to issue my own questions about the company, using the questions as a crutch to explain my position.
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August 28 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 28 - News
The existence of ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, has been a hot-button topic since the 1970s.
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August 28 - News
Over the past several years, monoclonal antibodies have revolutionized cancer treatments.
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August 28 - News
Like a pebble rolling downhill and starting an avalanche, the decision by Tyson Foods, Inc.
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August 28 - News
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) recently rose nearly 3% following positive phase 3 results for cancer drug necitumumab.
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August 27 - News
Alkermes Plc (NASDAQ:ALKS) is primarily known for its schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis drug treatments.
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August 26 - News
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM), a developmental stage biotech focusing on oncology treatments, recently announced that its lead drug candidate, bavituximab, was heading...
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August 23 - News
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this post incorrectly stated that Eli Lilly’s experimental drug solanezumab is a BACE inhibitor.
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August 23 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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August 22 - News
One of the hottest stocks on the market Wednesday was Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY), a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of JAK inhibitors.
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August 22 - News
For years, satirical late-night TV host Stephen Colbert has been running a series on his show called "Better Know a District," which highlights one of the 435 U.S.
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August 20 - News
It's no wonder that plenty of companies are developing diabetes drugs. There are more than 370 million people with diabetes worldwide.
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August 20 - News
Nothing is for certain in biotech, but it looks to me like the extended phase 3 program has an extremely high likelihood of coming up positive.
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August 12 - News
In a companion article a few days ago, I predicted that MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD)'s extended phase 3 program for its inhaled insulin, Afrezza, is likely to produce ...
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August 12 - News
The National Headache Foundation (yes, there is such an organization) says that around 30 million Americans suffer from migraines.
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August 6 - News
Zoetis will release its quarterly report on Tuesday, and investors will get their first look at the company as a completely independent business entity.
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August 5 - News
The biotechnology industry is one of the riskiest places to put your money. However, when companies get everything right, the fortunes made there are usually massive.
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August 5 - News
In the hunt for sustainable dividend yields, investors have rushed into the stocks of major pharmaceutical companies.
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August 3 - News
Budding biotech company Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY), which specializes in developing novel JAK inhibitors, released solid second-quarter earnings on Wednesday.
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August 1 - News
When it comes to stock investing, conventional thinking dictates that returns are all about capital appreciation.
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August 1 - News
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) might be one of big pharma's largest companies, but this health care leader has had a tough go recently.
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July 31 - News
The good news was that the big pharmaceutical company beat earnings estimates. Merck & Co., Inc.
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July 31 - News
AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) and Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE:BMY) announced last week that they are making another attempt at U.S.
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July 30 - News
Note: This article has been amended to remove TRADJENTA as Eli Lilly & Co.
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July 29 - News
Three years ago, the company told investors not to worry. It had a plan to replace the $6 billion drug that lost patent protection last year.
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July 28 - News
Earnings can change the outlook for a company, good or bad, and they can also validate an opinion that you already may have.
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July 26 - News
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) will release its quarterly report tomorrow, and recent share-price declines show that investors are somewhat nervous about the company's prospects.
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July 26 - News
For Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY), history is repeating itself once again.
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July 25 - News
Big pharma placed its bets on a new class of diabetes drugs called SGLT2. Last year, buzz surrounded late-stage projects from Johnson and Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Eli Lilly & Co.
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July 22 - News
You may or may not have heard, but it's earnings season again.
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July 22 - News
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) reported its second quarter on Tuesday, and turned in some positive numbers. Revenue grew 8.5%, year-over-year, up to $17.9 billion.
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July 19 - News
Sanofi SA (ADR) (NYSE:SNY) appeared at the American Diabetes Association meeting last month, touting data for the new insulin U300 and a combo therapy involving its approved drugs...
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July 18 - News
The medical community certainly spends a lot of time and money researching treatments for cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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July 15 - News
At the American Diabetes Association meeting last month, Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) presented promising data for the GLP-1 agonist dulaglutide.
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July 12 - News
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS) has found an Italian to help it out.
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July 10 - News
At the American Diabetes Association meeting last month, Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) presented promising data for the GLP-1 agonist dulaglutide.
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July 10 - News
One-fourth of all migraine patients suffer nasty side effects from the market's dominant migraine-fighting treatments.
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July 9 - News
For the last five years, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPPI) CEO Rajesh Shrotriya has always insisted that Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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July 8 - News
Investors who buy stock in the major pharmaceutical companies likely do so because of several factors, including steady growth, modest valuations, and high dividend yields.
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July 5 - News