In today’s marketplace, there are a multitude of methods shareholders can use to watch stocks.
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August 27 - News
While that's certainly not what Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ONXX) investors were hoping for -- at one point, after Amgen, Inc.
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August 26 - News
The obesity segment of the health care industry is turning into a battleground. VIVUS, Inc.
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August 23 - News
Investors in Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) saw new options become available this week, for the April 2014 expiration. ...VIVUS, Inc.
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August 22 - News
Now, according to many market players, hedge funds are viewed as delayed, outdated financial tools of an era lost to time.
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August 22 - News
If you were to ask many market players, hedge funds are seen as useless, outdated financial tools of a period lost to current times.
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August 22 - News
The ratings of four Pharmaceutical stocks are down this week, according to the Portfolio Grader database.
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August 19 - News
After my article on MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) earlier this week, a reader wasn't too happy about my view that the company was overvalued given the most recent phase ...
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August 19 - News
Last week, the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released their annual report (link opens a PDF to a 116-page report) on obesity trends in the ...
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August 19 - News
We are a nation that is completely and utterly devoted to the convenience of fast food.
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August 15 - News
Earlier today RFD IP Business Services ("RFD") released a new report analyzing the likely inequitable conduct challenges to VIVUS, Inc.
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August 13 - News
Quite a few research papers published recently have shown that mutations in genes can control your appetite and your ability to burn calories.
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August 11 - News
We are a nation that is completely and utterly devoted to the convenience of fast food.
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August 11 - News
Today, let's look at Analytic Investors, founded in 1970 and based far from Wall Street, in Los Angeles.
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August 7 - News
In the financial world, there are tons of indicators investors can use to watch their holdings. Some of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.
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August 6 - News
Is Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNY) the right investment to pursue these days? Hedge funds are taking a bullish view.
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August 6 - News
Regardless of whether you're entirely for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, vehemently against it, or fall somewhere in between, it's set to become the law of the...
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August 6 - News
The sales come from less than a month on the market -- the drug launched on June 11 and the quarter closed on June 30 -- and can't tell you anything about the long-term potential...
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August 2 - News
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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July 31 - News
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS), which sells the obesity drug Qsymia, has appointed Anthony Zook to serve as its CEO.
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July 30 - News
The two weight-loss drug approvals in 2012 were the first in more than a decade. The excitement surrounding Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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July 28 - News
"As a founding CEO, over the past 22 years, Leland has secured four drug approvals, an unheard-of achievement for a small pharmaceutical company. He has taken VIVUS, Inc.
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July 19 - News
For a long time, VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS) was operating as the only player in the anti-obesity market. However, the entry by Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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July 16 - News
With all of the factors we have to worry about in our everyday lives, it is somewhat a wonder that we're not only able to survive, but thrive, as a society.
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July 15 - 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
After more than a year, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA)’ weight-loss drug Belviq has finally launched.
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July 9 - News
You know Belviq and Qsymia and Contrave and Empatic, but do you recall the still most widely used weight-loss drug of all? It seems almost like ancient history now, but back in...
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July 3 - News
After gaining Food and Drug Administration approval nearly a year ago, patients can finally walk into a pharmacy and get their prescription for VIVUS, Inc.
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July 3 - News
The news flow from biotech companies might slow down during the summer, but it won't stop.
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July 1 - News
If that word is "disease," it could be billions of dollars. The American Medical Association, or AMA, recently decided to categorize obesity as a disease.
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July 1 - News
Biotech companies sometimes get lucky, launching a drug into a new indication where there's no competition, but more often than not the biotech companies have to battle it out...
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June 27 - News
After almost a decade, the FDA has once again started approving obesity drugs. VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS)’s Qysmia and Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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June 27 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS), Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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June 27 - News
Proxy fights are like the demolition derby of the investment world.
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June 27 - News
Investing in biotech companies isn't without its challenges, but it doesn't have to be a shot in the dark, either.
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June 27 - News
There are investment opportunities in every sector, but biotechs launching new drugs offer a unique investment opportunity to take advantage of hyper-growth as sales increase ...
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June 27 - News
First investors were reminded of the struggle between VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS), Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) and Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.
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June 27 - News
A historic view of recurring themes in major wartime conflicts, our puzzling tendency to continuously overeat, and the pie-in-the-sky popularity of Charles Duhigg's The Power ...
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June 27 - News
Nowadays, there are a multitude of indicators for Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) traders to pay attention to, but it's smart to take note of a stock's shorts.
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June 25 - News
After years of anticipation by doctors, patients, and investors, Belviq was finally launched last week for treatment of obesity, type 2 diabetes and overweight patients with a...
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June 20 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA), VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS), Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.
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June 20 - News
The decision wasn't without debate, though. In fact, the AMA's Council on Science and Public Health actually recommended against calling obesity a disease.
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June 19 - News
An FDA approval is the Holy Grail for biotechnology companies and their investors – but a successful launch is the most momentous in producing long-term gains.
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June 19 - News
The U.S. weight loss market is estimated at $61 billion, with the global weight management market expected to be $650 billion by 2015.
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June 18 - News
In the "Global Burden of Disease" report from the World Health Organization, which was compiled over a 20-year period from 1990 through 2010 using data from 500 researchers from...
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June 17 - News
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June 10 - News
With the SPDR S&P Biotech Index up 38% over the trailing-12-month period, it's evident that investment dollars are willingly flowing into the biotech sector.
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June 10 - News