Update: Myriad Genetics Won FDA Approval For BRACAnalysis CDx
Andy Batts - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 25, 10:53AM CST
MYGN: 36.50 (+0.28), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26)
Myriad Genetics' Ovarian Cancer Test Wins FDA Approval - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Dec 24, 1:10PM CST
Myriad Genetics' (MYGN) BracAnalysis CDx has become the first and only FDA-approved test to be permitted for use with AstraZeneca's latest FDA-cleared ovarian cancer drug ??? LynParza.
CYTK: 5.87 (+0.35), MYGN: 36.50 (+0.28), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), AFFX: 9.80 (+0.05)
The Global Defenders
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 24, 12:25AM CST
BUD: 115.51 (+0.09), EIS: 46.92 (-0.19), UN: 39.92 (+0.05), UL: 41.49 (+0.09), EWN: 24.48 (+0.15), GSK: 42.85 (+0.11), XLU: 47.97 (+0.87), EWL: 32.34 (+0.14), DEO: 116.91 (+0.98), EWK: 16.58 (+0.08), XLV: 68.64 (+0.50), XLP: 49.38 (-0.05), IYZ: 29.52 (-0.18), SPY: 207.77 (+0.02), RDS.A: 68.42 (-0.31), NVO: 43.80 (+1.08), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), ENZL: 39.52 (+0.22), EWU: 18.39 (+0.15), TEVA: 57.09 (+0.33), ACWX: 43.59 (+0.24), EDEN: 48.09 (+0.18), NGG: 72.20 (+1.11), NVS: 93.91 (+0.66)
AstraZeneca's Lynparza Cleared in U.S. for Ovarian Cancer - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Dec 22, 4:45PM CST
The FDA has cleared AstraZeneca's (AZN) Lynparza as a monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of adults suffering from advanced ovarian cancer.
AGN: 210.12 (+0.95), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), AMGN: 160.67 (+3.15), ABBV: 66.21 (+1.86)
Advaxis continues cancer immunotherapy-stoked up move
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 11:58AM CST
ADXS: 7.57 (+0.50), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26)
3 Drugmakers Facing a Pivotal 2015
George Budwell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Dec 22, 10:41AM CST
Source: www.bio.org Pharmaceutical companies have been some of the best performing stocks lately due to the confluence of an aging U.S. population and new regulatory avenues within the Food and Drug Administration that have led to an uptick in drug...
BIIB: 340.89 (+5.13), ISIS: 59.49 (+1.88), GWPH: 68.08 (+1.82), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), IBB: 299.80 (+5.12), PTCT: 51.66 (+0.76), GSK: 42.85 (+0.11)
Pharma Deals Watch: Coverage Initiated on AstraZeneca, Advaxis, Radius Health, Cubist and AbbVie
PR Newswire - Mon Dec 22, 8:00AM CST
Moments ago, Analysts Review released new research updates concerning several important developing situations including AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN), Advaxis (NASDAQ: ADXS), Radius Health (NASDAQ: RDUS), Cubist (NASDAQ: CBST), and AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV). Analysts Review provides a single unified platform for investors' to hear about what matters - proudly employing registered CFA® research staff and rigorous compliance procedures. The full research reports are being made available to the public for informational purposes only.
RDUS: 37.17 (+0.11), ADXS: 7.57 (+0.50), CBST: 100.29 (-0.09), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), ABBV: 66.21 (+1.86)
Buying These 3 Stocks Is Like Making a Bet in a Burning House
George Budwell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Dec 22, 7:54AM CST
Source: Flickr user Mark Esau Bargain hunters are often attracted to beaten-down biotech stocks because they sometimes rebound in astonishing fashion. That said, it can be extremely difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff when mulling over...
OREX: 5.98 (+0.01), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), VVUS: 2.99 (-0.02), AMGN: 160.67 (+3.15), AEGR: 21.59 (-0.27), SNY: 46.35 (+0.50), MNKD: 5.68 (+0.18)
Wall Street Breakfast: China Offers Support For Russia's Currency Crisis
Wall Street Breakfast - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 5:29AM CST
Outstanding Performance Article Rewards We're excited to announce our latest two Outstanding Performance award winners. Each author receives $2,500. Read more about our Outstanding Performance award winners here . Winner #1: Long Top Idea...
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The Most Disappointing Clinical Failures in 2014
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Sun Dec 21, 6:32PM CST
Since roughly 90% of all clinical trials end in a failure, it isn't too shocking that 2014 boasted its fair share of clinical trial disappointments. But while failure is common and expected in the industry, some defeats were more disappointing than...
MDVN: 99.23 (+1.23), JNJ: 104.59 (+0.31), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), PFE: 31.42 (-0.03), AMGN: 160.67 (+3.15), GSK: 42.85 (+0.11), EXEL: 1.29 (-0.01)
Update: In A Surprise Twist, AstraZeneca Wins Accelerated FDA Approval For Lynparza
Trevor Lowenthal - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 21, 3:32PM CST
AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), PFE: 31.42 (-0.03)
Why Is George Soros Buying This Beaten Down Biotech Stock?
George Budwell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Dec 21, 10:04AM CST
Source: Wikimedia Commons/ Niccolò Caranti The controversial billionaire and hedge fund guru George Soros is undoubtedly one of the best investors on the planet today. At age 83, he is estimated to be the seventh-richest American, with a net...
PFE: 31.42 (-0.03), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), SRPT: 13.88 (+0.47), AMGN: 160.67 (+3.15), AEGR: 21.59 (-0.27), SNY: 46.35 (+0.50)
Drug Giants Face $65 Billion in Lost Sales as Insurers Attack Patents
Bruce Japsen, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Dec 21, 8:01AM CST
By 2019, pharmaceutical companies face a major loss of $65 billion in sales due to patent expirations largely from brand name central nervous system drugs that are opening up to competition from cheaper generic copies. A new report from...
ESRX: 85.48 (-0.40), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), LLY: 70.16 (+0.42)
New Pfizer bid unlikely says AstraZeneca CEO
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 21, 6:09AM CST
AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), PFE: 31.42 (-0.03)
A New Study on Diabetes Reveals Potentially Frightening News
Sean Williams, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Dec 20, 10:41AM CST
Based on the latest statistics from the CDC, 29.1 million people in the U.S. now have diabetes, of which more than one in four is unaware they have the chronic disease. This is up from 26 million in the CDC's last update. Further, the number of...
JNJ: 104.59 (+0.31), GWPH: 68.08 (+1.82), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), MNKD: 5.68 (+0.18)
AstraZeneca
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Dec 19, 5:25PM CST
AstraZeneca (AZN) said that the FDA has approved Lynparza, the 1st in a new class of drugs for persistent ovarian cancer associated with certain genetic defects. The company said Thu. that the EU had also approved Lynparza. The FDA also approved a...
MYGN: 36.50 (+0.28), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26)
AstraZeneca's Lynparza Approved in EU for Ovarian Cancer - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Dec 19, 3:48PM CST
AstraZeneca's (AZN) Lynparza was approved as a monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of adults suffering from ovarian cancer.
AGN: 210.12 (+0.95), CLVS: 54.58 (+0.43), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26), ABBV: 66.21 (+1.86)
AstraZeneca cancer drug, companion test approved
By LINDA A. JOHNSON - AP - Fri Dec 19, 1:39PM CST
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday granted accelerated approval to the first in a new class of targeted drugs for ovarian cancer, Lynparza from British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC.
MYGN: 36.50 (+0.28), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26)
FDA clears Myriad's companion diagnostic test for Lynparza
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 11:33AM CST
MYGN: 36.50 (+0.28), AZN: 70.44 (+0.26)