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Jon C. Ogg | Nov 23, 2011 at 9:09 AM EST

Sequenom Files To Raise Capital (SQNM)

Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) has just filed to raise up to $150 million in a mixed securities shelf offering. The…

Paul Ausick | Nov 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM EST

Probing for Value in Big Pharmaceutical Stocks (JNJ, PFE, AZN, BMY, MRK)

It now costs about $1 billion to get a new drug to market, or, if a company is unlucky, $1…

Jon C. Ogg | Nov 21, 2011 at 8:38 AM EST

Another Bump Up for Dendreon and PROVENGE (DNDN)

Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) is surging on news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will now cover the…

Jon C. Ogg | Nov 21, 2011 at 7:51 AM EST

Gilead Paying Up (too much) for Pharmasset (GILD, VRUS)

Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) is trading lower on news that it is spending some $11 billion to buy Pharmasset,…

David J. Phillips | Nov 17, 2011 at 1:45 PM EST

Dendreon Buyout, How Imminent?

Though near-term growth visibility for its cancer vaccine Provenge remains cloudy, Seattle-based Dendreon (DNDN) could be an attractive takeover candidate…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 16, 2011 at 6:24 AM EST

America’s Psychiatric Drug Addition

“Sell crazy someplace else; we’re all stocked up here,” says Jack Nicholson in 1997’s As Good as It Gets. There…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 10, 2011 at 6:28 AM EST

Walmart Denies Plans for Health Care Network, Even as Clinics Thrive

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) said that the press was mistaken when several media reported the world’s largest retailer would create a national…

Jon C. Ogg | Nov 7, 2011 at 10:04 AM EST

Vertex RA Study: When Good Is Not Good Enough (VRTX)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) might have sounded as though shares would be up Monday morning if you were just…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM EDT

The Eight Drug Shortages Putting Americans at Risk

President Obama this week signed an executive order directing federal regulators to address shortages of vital prescription drugs. According to…

Jon C. Ogg | Nov 3, 2011 at 10:59 AM EDT

Medivation, A Pain in the Rear for Dendreon (MDVN, DNDN)

Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) is today’s darling in biotech and emerging pharmaceuticals. It and partner Astellas in Japan showed very…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 2, 2011 at 6:19 AM EDT

Economics of Painkiller Abuse

The regions of the U.S. in which painkiller use is extremely high also tend to be the poorest sections of…

Jon C. Ogg | Oct 25, 2011 at 8:55 AM EDT

Healthways: The Implosion of the Day (HWAY, CI)

Healthways Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) could be named “The Implosion Stock of the Day.” Revenues rose 3.3% from a year earlier to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 25, 2011 at 6:24 AM EDT

Novartis Cuts 2,000 as Pharma Industry Continues to Falter

Novartis (NYSE: NVS) said it would cut 2,000 workers and outsource some functions to companies that will do the work…

Jon C. Ogg | Oct 24, 2011 at 10:24 AM EDT

Endless Mergers… More to Come! (CBST, ADLR, HS, CI, CVH, MAT, RNOW, ORCL, SLE, SJM, ANDS, NYX)

Monday is called “Merger Monday” for a reason and this morning is a classic example of its namesake. We have…

Paul Ausick | Oct 20, 2011 at 10:58 AM EDT

Lilly’s Drugs Closer to Edge of Patent Cliff (LLY, PFE, JNJ, BMY, SNY, MRK)

Drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) reported third-quarter earnings this morning, and the company did a little better…

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Sequenom Files To Raise Capital (SQNM)

Probing for Value in Big Pharmaceutical Stocks (JNJ, PFE, AZN, BMY, MRK)

Another Bump Up for Dendreon and PROVENGE (DNDN)

Gilead Paying Up (too much) for Pharmasset (GILD, VRUS)

Dendreon Buyout, How Imminent?

America’s Psychiatric Drug Addition

Walmart Denies Plans for Health Care Network, Even as Clinics Thrive

Vertex RA Study: When Good Is Not Good Enough (VRTX)

The Eight Drug Shortages Putting Americans at Risk

Medivation, A Pain in the Rear for Dendreon (MDVN, DNDN)

Economics of Painkiller Abuse

Healthways: The Implosion of the Day (HWAY, CI)

Novartis Cuts 2,000 as Pharma Industry Continues to Falter

Endless Mergers… More to Come! (CBST, ADLR, HS, CI, CVH, MAT, RNOW, ORCL, SLE, SJM, ANDS, NYX)

Lilly’s Drugs Closer to Edge of Patent Cliff (LLY, PFE, JNJ, BMY, SNY, MRK)

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Sequenom Files To Raise Capital (SQNM)

Probing for Value in Big Pharmaceutical Stocks (JNJ, PFE, AZN, BMY, MRK)

Another Bump Up for Dendreon and PROVENGE (DNDN)

Gilead Paying Up (too much) for Pharmasset (GILD, VRUS)

Dendreon Buyout, How Imminent?

America’s Psychiatric Drug Addition

Walmart Denies Plans for Health Care Network, Even as Clinics Thrive

Vertex RA Study: When Good Is Not Good Enough (VRTX)

The Eight Drug Shortages Putting Americans at Risk

Medivation, A Pain in the Rear for Dendreon (MDVN, DNDN)

Economics of Painkiller Abuse

Healthways: The Implosion of the Day (HWAY, CI)

Novartis Cuts 2,000 as Pharma Industry Continues to Falter

Endless Mergers… More to Come! (CBST, ADLR, HS, CI, CVH, MAT, RNOW, ORCL, SLE, SJM, ANDS, NYX)

Lilly’s Drugs Closer to Edge of Patent Cliff (LLY, PFE, JNJ, BMY, SNY, MRK)

Here’s How You Can Retire to the Beaches of Florida’s Gulf Coast at 59

What a $2.2 Million Portfolio Actually Pays After Taxes in Florida vs. New York

His Employer Closed the Facility and Offered a Transfer. The Moving Check Can Shrink His Social Security While Severance May Not.

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