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Breakthrough Gastrointestinal Tumor Therapy Reaches New Milestone

Posted: August 13, 2019 at 10:00 am

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: DCPH) shares nearly doubled on Tuesday after the firm announced top-line results from its late-stage trial treating patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Specifically, this data ...
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Dividend Investors Have Reasons to Look to Big Biotech Over Big Pharma Ahead

Posted: August 12, 2019 at 12:10 pm

Over the past three decades, the unlimited investing potential of biotechnology was all about growth. Companies could grow from nothing to see untold billions of dollars selling cures and treatments ...
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8 Biotechs Being Choked by Short Sellers

Posted: August 12, 2019 at 10:55 am

This has been a hard year for biotech. It seems that both Democrats and Republicans are wanting to target drug prices, and fears of universal health care in the years ...
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Short Sellers Make a Move on Big Biotechs

Posted: August 12, 2019 at 8:50 am

The short interest data are out for the most recent settlement date, July 31. Generally speaking, companies within the biotech industry are considered a riskier group of stocks, with big ...
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Major Pharma Sees Rising Tide in Short Interest

Posted: August 12, 2019 at 8:40 am

Pharmaceutical companies usually are involved in a lengthy process of getting their drug candidates to market through clinical trials. There is a fair amount of risk involved, should a study ...
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Is Amarin’s Cardio Trial in Trouble?

Posted: August 9, 2019 at 10:50 am

Amarin Corp. PLC (NASDAQ: AMRN) shares dropped on Friday after the firm announced that it received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to the notice, the ...
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Revolutionary Peanut Allergy Treatment Is One Step Closer

Posted: August 8, 2019 at 10:10 am

Shares of DBV Technologies S.A. (NASDAQ: DBVT) shot up on Thursday after the company announced the submission of its Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
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What These Late-Stage Obesity Studies Could Mean for the Future of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals

Posted: August 7, 2019 at 11:40 am

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: RYTM) shares jumped on Wednesday after the company announced positive results from two of its late-stage obesity clinical trials. Specifically, the data come from two Phase ...
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Insulin Delivery Growth Driving Insulet Higher and Higher

Posted: August 6, 2019 at 11:50 am

Aren't politicians going after drug prices and just about any costs tied to health care that they can get their hands and minds around? That may be the case during ...
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Good News for Insomnia, Major Depression and Schizophrenia

Posted: August 5, 2019 at 3:45 pm

Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NERV) shares jumped on Monday after the company announced positive topline results from its two mid-stage studies in major depressive disorder (MDD) and insomnia. Specifically, these ...
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Is GlycoMimetics’ Sickle Cell Study Done For?

Posted: August 5, 2019 at 10:45 am

GlycoMimetics Inc. (NASDAQ: GLYC) shares were crushed on Monday after the firm announced late-stage results from its sickle cell disease (SCD) trial in conjunction with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE). SCD ...
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Study: Vitamin A May Lower Skin Cancer Risk

Posted: August 2, 2019 at 9:12 am

Vitamin D is known as “the sunshine vitamin” because sunlight spurs its creation in the body. A new study suggests that one of its counterparts, vitamin A, might be the ...
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Why Amgen Is Up Despite Falling Product Sales

Posted: July 31, 2019 at 10:00 am

When Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) released its second-quarter financial results after the markets closed on Tuesday, the firm said that it had $3.97 in earnings per share (EPS) and $5.9 ...
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Why Keytruda Made All the Difference in Merck’s Q2

Posted: July 30, 2019 at 9:40 am

Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) released its second-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Tuesday. The pharma giant said that it had $1.30 in earnings per share (EPS) ...
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What to Watch When Merck and Pfizer Report Early on Tuesday

Posted: July 29, 2019 at 12:05 pm

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) are each scheduled to release their second-quarter financial results before the markets open on Tuesday. These are just a ...
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