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ThinkstockIntuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) has been the darling of momentum investors for years. Yesterday it gave short sellers the…
ThinkstockAfter falling for three straight years, U.S. beer consumption finally leveled off last year. In 2012, the country consumed 28.2…
ThinkstockHistorically, health care spending among developed nations has grown considerably each year. However, beginning in 2010, spending has flattened. Based…
ThinkstockOn Friday after the market closed, biotech giant Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) made an unsolicited $120 per share bid for…
ThinkstockAlthough Amgen Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMGN) $10 billion offer for Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) was unsolicited and not exactly a…
ThinkstockThe world of biotech investing is always a difficult one. Often a binary event, such as a Food and Drug…
ThinkstockCancer-drug developer Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) issued a terse press release yesterday, saying it had “received and rejected” a…
Wikimedia CommonsIn a sign that Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has more cash on hand than the sense to use it…
ThinkstockA significant portion of employers that currently offer health insurance to their employees are likely to drop that benefit in…
courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaSmoking may be bad for physical health, bad enough to cause dreaded diseases and death.…
ThinkstockPharmaceutical giant Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) saw its stock climb to an all-time high of more than $116 a share…
ThinkstockIt is just as bad being a child living in Mississippi as it is being an adult. The same holds…
ThinkstockTenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) this morning announced that it has agreed to acquire Vanguard Health Systems Inc. (NYSE: VHS)…
ThinkstockConsultancy PwC expects medical costs to rise at only 6.5% in 2014, which would be down sharply from increases in…
ThinkstockThe analysts at Lazard Capital continue to believe that underlying fundamentals for the top companies in the drug channel (distributors,…
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