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J&J… When Beating Earnings Hits A Headwind (JNJ)

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 8:38 am

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) managed to marginally beat earnings expectations this Tuesday morning.  This is the first of the consumer products and medical products companies to report, so this ...
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The $1,000 Genome Finally Arrives (LIFE)

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 11:47 am

Personalized medicine is coming... if you can afford it.  The quest for the $1,000 genomic map has been a race and it appears to be closer and closer.  News is out ...
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It Takes a Recession to Slow U.S. Health Care Cost Increases

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 6:53 am

It takes a recession to slow what has normally been runaway U.S. health care costs. The trend may be part of a road map to keep costs down. These costs have risen ...
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Top Biotech Stock Picks For 2012 (ARIA, DNDN, GILD, HGSI, ILMN, INCY, JAZZ, LIFE, THRX, IBB, XBI)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 7:01 am

The biotech sector has seen its share of ups and downs in 2011 and prior years.  It is almost always the case that some of the top performing stocks each ...
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Top Med-Tech Stock Picks for 2012 (BSX, ISRG, STJ)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 5:06 pm

Many research firms have been coming up with their best ideas lists for 2012.  Today brought a list of top picks in the medical technology and medical devices sector from ...
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Get Ready for a Pfizer Dividend Hike… A Holiday Gift From Big Pharma (PFE, MRK, WPI, TEVA)

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 11:14 am

We recently gave a full review of the DJIA components we expect to raise their dividend payouts in the weeks and months ahead.  Among those we expect to raise the ...
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Dendreon Raising $125 Million Via I.P. Sale (DNDN, MRK)

Posted: December 6, 2011 at 12:45 pm

Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) is supposed to be the king of prostate cancer with its PROVENGE treatment.  Unfortunately, PROVENGE sales ran slower than expected after the FDA took forever to ...
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Sequenom Files To Raise Capital (SQNM)

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 9:09 am

Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) has just filed to raise up to $150 million in a mixed securities shelf offering.  The diagnostics company could sell any combination of Common Stock, Preferred ...
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Probing for Value in Big Pharmaceutical Stocks (JNJ, PFE, AZN, BMY, MRK)

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 1:47 pm

It now costs about $1 billion to get a new drug to market, or, if a company is unlucky, $1 billion to fail to get the drug to market. Like ...
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The Abbott Break-Up Seems To Make Sense (ABT, BIIB, BMY)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 10:18 am

Drug and medical stocks are not generally thought of as stocks hitting 52-week highs by the investing public.  So what about when a company decides to unlock shareholder value by ...
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Boston Scientific Gets New Boss, Eventually (BSX, JNJ, ABT)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 8:01 am

Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) has named a new president who will take over on October 17th and who will then be elevated to CEO on November ...
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Census Data: Poverty Rates, Median Income Drops Get Worse & Worse

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 2:24 pm

The Census Bureau is out with the 2010 figures on income, poverty, and health insurance.  About all you can hope for is that 2011 is magically better than 2010 ...
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The Eleven Most Implanted Medical Devices In America

Posted: July 18, 2011 at 8:02 pm

Implanted medical devices are one of the most profitable businesses of the U.S. healthcare industry. While many devices help extend and improve quality of life, a great many others may ...
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The States That Spend The Most (And Least) On Healthcare For The Poor

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 4:06 am

The federal and state governments spend approximately $5,296 a year on medical treatment for each poor and disabled person on Medicaid. Over 58 million Americans are enrolled in Medicaid. These ...
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Where Americans Live the Longest, and Why

Posted: June 27, 2011 at 6:20 am

Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the United States ranks 37th in life expectancy, according to the World Health Organization’s most recent longevity report. While the ...
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