When screening for health-care dividend stocks, it's tempting to look for the ones with the highest yield.
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July 5 - News
After all of the hype and hoopla over Pfizer Inc.
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July 3 - News
AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) has risen more than 20% since it hit the market earlier this year. In fact, it has managed to beat the S&P 500 by nearly 10%.
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July 1 - News
Moreover, there is a rising demand for good healthcare in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
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June 28 - News
After a series of failures, one is forced to wonder whether the medical fraternity, including the research and development wing of Eli Lilly & Co.
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June 27 - News
Cheap generic versions of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)'s Viagra are coming to Europe, according the generic-drug maker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA).
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June 27 - News
After the failure of its pipeline products for Alzheimer’s and rheumatoid arthritis, the drug giant Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) finally has some good news to report.
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June 27 - News
Stocks that stand the test of time are often ones that have a diversified product portfolio of world class brands.
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June 26 - News
A director at Deloitte Services LP and co-author of The Three Rules: How Exceptional Companies Think, Michael Raynor joins The Fool to share his findings about what makes a company...
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June 25 - News
Viagra changed the way below-the-belt jokes were told, and certainly, it empowered a lot of men in ways they couldn't have imagined. Without a doubt, Pfizer Inc.
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June 25 - News
High dividend pharmaceutical stocks have been extremely popular in recent years.
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June 21 - News
Technological advances have allowed for people to have more longevity. Drug companies research and develop medicines to prevent, control and cure diseases.
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June 19 - News
For lack of a better phrase, those who have type 1 diabetes -- a form of diabetes whereby the person's own autoimmune system attacks or attempts to destroy cells in the pancreas...
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June 18 - News
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, biopharmaceutical company MannKind Corporation...
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June 18 - News
With the SPDR S&P Biotech Index up 29% over the trailing-12-month period, it's evident that investment dollars are willingly flowing into the biotech sector.
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June 17 - News
The latest drug to bite the dust is LY2886721, a beta secretase, or BACE, inhibitor.
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June 17 - News
The biotech giant announced today that its cancer drug trebananib combined with chemotherapy paclitaxel extended median progression-free survival in recurrent ovarian cancer patients...
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June 13 - News
The slowdown in stock market has also adversely affected leading healthcare companies’ stocks.
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June 13 - News
The biggest pharmaceutical companies in the United States are in an enviable position. They sell products that are literally a matter of life and death.
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June 12 - News
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller founded his Duquesne Capital hedge fund in 1981. It now has some $10 billion in assets under management.
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June 10 - Hedge Funds
GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (NYSE:GSK)'s diabetes drug Avandia causes heart issues. Or maybe it doesn't.
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June 10 - News
Billionaire Jim Simons founded Renaissance Technologies ("RenTech"), his private investment firm, in 1982.
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June 7 - Hedge Funds
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) has been doing some interesting things lately.
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June 7 - News
Noted hedge fund Sarissa Capital Management recently disclosed a stake of nearly 2% in promising biotechnology firm VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS) .
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June 6 - Hedge Funds
When we think of big pharma companies, the company we think about constantly is Pfizer Inc.
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June 6 - News
In the past I have found success investing in companies that provide exposure to growing themes.
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June 6 - News
Biotechnology stocks offer investors some of the highest potential for returns of any industry.
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June 4 - News
Editor's Note: The initial article refers to Abraxane's prostate cancer trials. That is incorrect, Abraxane has priority review for pancreatic cancer.
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June 4 - News
The Food and Drug Administration stays busy with approvals, recommendations, and reviews.
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June 3 - News
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) recently announced plans to sell its remaining 80% stake in animal-health company Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS) after about four months on the public market.
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May 31 - News
Owners of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) stock have an animal of a decision to make.
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May 31 - News
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) investors just can't catch a break lately.
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May 28 - News
Drug companies have been revenue generating machines for long.
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May 22 - 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
The study tracked men with ADHD for more than 30 years and found that a whopping 41% of them were obese compared to 22% of patients in a matched control group who didn't have ...
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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
Major drug manufacturers are literally a market sector unto themselves.
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May 21 - News
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn't sustainable.
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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
Alzheimer's is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder affecting approximately 5 million Americans, yet its causes are remarkably enigmatic. Nonetheless, pharma and biotech...
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May 17 - News
Many stocks within the pharmaceutical industry have rallied significantly over the past few years and now sit at multi-year highs.
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May 15 - News
Combining nice dividends with a growing industry that comprises roughly one-fifth of the nation's GDP should make for an attractive stock -- in theory.
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May 15 - News
Confirmation bias – one of the psychological traps investors can be most prone to falling victim to.
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May 15 - News
With the SPDR S&P Biotech Index up 32% over the trailing-12-month period, it's evident that investment dollars are willingly flowing into the biotech sector.
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May 13 - News
Big pharma isn't the first industry many investors envision when dreaming of the big profits to be made from health care stocks.
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May 13 - News
Perennial underdog MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) could be on its countdown to liftoff.
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May 10 - News
The market for prescription and over-the-counter drugs is huge and hugely profitable.
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May 2 - News
As the market continues to climb, investors are beginning to see thinning dividend yields on many of their big pharma shares.
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May 1 - Dividend Stocks, 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