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Diabetes drug maker Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) has hired bankers and lawyers to help the company find a buyer.…
The total number of cosmetic procedures performed in the United States by plastic surgeons has nearly doubled since 2000. Surgeries…
Health care benefits manager SXC Health Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: SXCI) has agreed to acquire competitor Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Biotech is a sector which is often mixed with a hodge-podge of winners and losers based on news flow from…
VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) was trying to recover this morning and briefly spent some time in positive territory after an…
ViroPharma Incorporated (NASDAQ: VPHM) is getting crushed on news that the Food & Drug Administration has denied the petition filed…
VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) is getting a bit of a haircut this morning on the heels of some news from…
Who is right about what health care costs will be in the U.S. over the next decade? No one. The…
Biotech firm Galena Biopharma Inc. (NASDAQ: GALE) this morning priced a secondary offering of 8.5 million shares at $1.50/share, a…
Spectrum Phamaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: SPPI) has agreed to acquire rival drug firm Allos Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTH) for $1.82 in…
A new study from research firm IMS shows that new and better treatments for disease and a dip in physician visits steadied health care…
Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ: THOR) took it on the chin today after news came out about the Food & Drug Administration recalling the…
News from Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) on its positive Phase II study results from two different interferon-free hepatitis C treatment…
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) has just filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up…
Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTX) is the NASDAQ pre-market leader this morning on news that its subcutaneous SGI-110 interim phase…
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