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ThinkstockMerck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) is seeing one more drug drive off the patent cliff. News was released on Monday by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) that it and Perrigo Co....
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ThinkstockThe war against Alzheimer’s disease is getting another round of stem cell research thrown at it. While this involves a public company, the reality is that Alzheimer’s is truly a holy...
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courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaThe news around tobacco and smoking cigarettes has been dominated by the trends around the e-cigarette market in 2013, but perhaps something else is afoot here....
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ThinkstockThe world of biotech investing is always a difficult one. Often a binary event, such as a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or a life-saving capital raise, is the difference...
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ThinkstockA new communication has been issued by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for medical device manufacturers. This may sound like it is out of a science fiction movie, but the...
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Jon OggChelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHTP) is rallying on Wednesday after a report in Seeking Alpha called its Northera, a treatment for symptomatic neurogenic hypotension in...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last night rejected an application from Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and Germany’s Bayer A.G. to extend the use of the two companies’...
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ThinkstockArena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) is posing yet one more threat to ambitious biotechs and drug-makers who are targeting the obesity market. Its stock is getting slapped by almost...
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ThinkstockAfter a strong year of relative performance for pharmaceutical stocks in 2012, the analysts at Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) predict that 2013 could show more of the same. However they...
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ThinkstockBack in December, we took an in-depth look at what has become a crowded race in the obesity drug market. As we pointed out then, the race has become a battle of not only who has the drug...
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ThinkstockAccording to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than one-third (35.7%) of all adults in the United States are obese. Obesity-related medical conditions include heart attack,...
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Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) was halted today for news that the company’s weight-loss drug called BELVIQ has been approved. The news is good for all obesity drug makers today. ...
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This last week marked another solid week for investors and many stocks were on the move. We have compiled a list of stocks we are looking for event-driven trading moves in the coming week that are...
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Taxpayers are more on guard about what the federal government spends than they have been in years, or perhaps longer, as threats of a high deficit and national debt highlight concerns about a drop in...
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The food industry has decided to set up its own nutrition labeling system. The President’s wife and FDA wanted the federal government do this. The Grocery Manufacturers Association, which...
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