Is This Company the Big Winner in Obama's Push for Precision Medicine?
Todd Campbell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 18 mins ago
Source: Illumina Inc. President Obama has released more details about his plans to fund a precision medicine initiative that the administration hopes will mean that doctors can deliver the right medicine to the right patient at the right dose ...
JNJ: 99.62 (+1.18), BMRN: 100.76 (+1.98), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), ILMN: 198.54 (+1.81), BMY: 60.04 (+0.56), SNY: 49.42 (+0.82)
Game-Changing News: Researchers May Have Discovered the Cause of Intestinal Cancer
Sean Williams, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 14, 8:12AM CST
Source: Flickr user Erik Soderstrom. Cancer is currently the second-leading cause of death in the United States, and if the World Health Organization is correct, it may wind up eclipsing heart disease for the dubious top spot sometime in the near...
AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), EXAS: 25.56 (-0.54), BMY: 60.04 (+0.56)
1 Sentence That Tells You Everything You Need to Know About Each of These 10 Big Pharma Earnings Rep
Sean Williams, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 13, 7:02AM CST
Source: AstraZeneca. Earnings season is more than halfway over, and it hasn't been easy to keep pace with hundreds upon hundreds of earnings reports, sometimes all hitting within the same day. Much of the healthcare sector, especially big...
BIIB: 391.66 (-0.45), JNJ: 99.62 (+1.18), GILD: 101.90 (+1.10), MRK: 58.81 (-0.07), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), PFE: 34.64 (-0.23), AMGN: 153.48 (+0.30), BMY: 60.04 (+0.56), GSK: 47.94 (+1.99), CELG: 115.88 (+0.16)
Why Regeneron's Risk-Reward Looks Good Again
DoctoRx - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:43PM CST
PFE: 34.64 (-0.23), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), AMGN: 153.48 (+0.30), LLY: 70.56 (+0.03), SNY: 49.42 (+0.82), REGN: 402.40 (+0.66)
AstraZeneca
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Feb 11, 6:00PM CST
AstraZeneca (AZN) will pay the DOJ $7.9 mil in a kickback settlement over allegations that the pharmaceutical firm paid Medco Health Solutions to ramp up heartburn medication sales. Shares rose 0.3%.
AZN: 69.96 (+0.20)
3 Hold-Rated Dividend Stocks: HSC, AZN, RPT
at The Street - Thu Feb 12, 9:30AM CST
These 3 dividend stocks are rated a Hold by TheStreet
HSC: 17.38 (+0.38), RPT: 19.37 (unch), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20)
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Could Be The Most Sought After Company Of 2015
Investing Healthcare - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 8:40AM CST
ACAD: 34.21 (+0.37), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), PDP: 42.52 (+0.28), ABBV: 58.05 (+1.00)
The Top ADRs To Buy This Week
Todd Campbell - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 6:40AM CST
RUK: 71.70 (-1.02), BUD: 121.72 (-0.80), ANW: 14.92 (+0.25), DEG: 21.85 (-0.05), ENL: 50.46 (-0.66), FBR: 13.05 (-0.23), SNE: 27.30 (+0.19), TM: 132.49 (+0.67), RDY: 54.15 (-0.01), LUX: 58.79 (-1.11), OMAB: 38.76 (-0.66), TTM: 48.34 (+0.42), SNN: 35.82 (-0.28), RYAAY: 61.46 (-2.33), EDAP: 3.55 (+0.13), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), TRIB: 17.30 (-0.12), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), WX: 41.53 (+0.45), TEVA: 56.77 (-0.58)
Why Pfizer Might Not Split Anytime Soon
Emerging Equities - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 3:42PM CST
PFE: 34.64 (-0.23), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), HSP: 87.35 (unch)
Actavis to Divest U.S. Rights of Doryx to Mayne Pharma - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Feb 10, 2:41PM CST
Actavis (ACT) to divest U.S. rights of Doryx brand to Mayne Pharma, to boost focus on core areas.
IPXL: 39.51 (+0.69), AGN: 229.49 (+1.87), ACT: 285.37 (+3.71), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20)
Glaxo Tries To Turn A Triple Play
EP Vantage - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 12:47PM CST
There are several ways in which the treatment paradigm for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could develop, and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) has made a firm bet on one of them, yesterday starting a second pivotal trial combining a LAMA with a...
BIIB: 391.66 (-0.45), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), GSK: 47.94 (+1.99), NVS: 102.20 (-0.17)
Berkshire Hathaway Leads Best Value Long-Term Bond Trades
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 11:40AM CST
6 Big Pharmaceutical Companies You Don't Want In Your Portfolio
at The Street - Tue Feb 10, 7:17AM CST
Which big pharmaceutical stocks should investors stay away from in 2015?
MNK: 115.01 (+2.51), ENDP: 84.01 (+1.12), JAZZ: 169.69 (+6.89), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), SLXP: 152.35 (+3.17), GSK: 47.94 (+1.99)
Tetraphase Fights Drug-Resistant Bugs As M&A Heats Up
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Feb 09, 3:53PM CST
One lesson to draw from recent M&A in the pharma space: Superbug drugs are hot. Last year, Actavis (ACT) plunked down $675 million for Durata Therapeutics, whose drug Dalvance fights some of the nastiest specimens of the class known as gram-positive...
TTPH: 35.18 (-0.73), ACT: 285.37 (+3.71), MDCO: 29.79 (+0.91), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), MRK: 58.81 (-0.07)
AstraZeneca Might Need More Than Buzzwords To Bridge The Gap
EP Vantage - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 1:57PM CST
It is widely appreciated that life is going to get tougher for AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN ) over the next couple of years as huge patent expiries bite chunks out of its top line. As the company would have it, however, profits will remain far more...
ACT: 285.37 (+3.71), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), BMY: 60.04 (+0.56), NVS: 102.20 (-0.17)
Theravance Biopharma: GSK Accelerates Study Of High-Potential COPD Therapy
Early Retiree - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 1:43PM CST
AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), TBPH: 18.51 (+0.28), THRX: 14.85 (+1.00), GSK: 47.94 (+1.99)
High Triglyceridemia Therapeutics Pipeline Market H1 2015 Review Report Available at RnRMarketResearch.com
PRWeb - Mon Feb 09, 7:32AM CST
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ISIS: 63.86 (-0.43), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), NVS: 102.20 (-0.17)
AstraZeneca plc Beefs Up Precision Medicine Arsenal
Maxx Chatsko, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 09, 6:02AM CST
Novartis : "Hey, everyone, look over here. I just entered into a collaboration that will give me access to a pretty intriguing genome editing tool. Going to combine it with my top pipeline candidate . It's pretty cool." AstraZeneca : "I see your...
ALNY: 95.54 (+1.67), TMO: 127.61 (+0.78), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), SGMO: 15.40 (+0.14), NVS: 102.20 (-0.17)
Which Biotech Stock Should Pfizer, Inc. Buy?
Motley Fool Staff, Brian Orelli, Leo Sun, and George Budwell - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 08, 7:02AM CST
Source: Pfizer. Pfizer is struggling to offset slowing sales tied to expiring patents, and that has some observers thinking that Pfizer remains on the hunt to buy another drugmaker that can spark its growth. Earlier this week, Pfizer announced...
BIIB: 391.66 (-0.45), PFE: 34.64 (-0.23), AMGN: 153.48 (+0.30), CLDN: 16.45 (-0.05), BMY: 60.04 (+0.56), GSK: 47.94 (+1.99), CELG: 115.88 (+0.16), SGEN: 31.57 (+0.36), GILD: 101.90 (+1.10), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), MRK: 58.81 (-0.07)
3 Blockbuster Drugs That May Be Obsolete in 5 Years
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 07, 12:28PM CST
Blockbuster status is the Holy Grail for drug developers, but patent expirations mean these billion-dollar drugs have a limited shelf life. These three drugs, for example, have been among the planet's best-sellers, but over the course of the next...
JNJ: 99.62 (+1.18), BIIB: 391.66 (-0.45), ESRX: 84.90 (+0.40), PTLA: 34.96 (+3.13), PFE: 34.64 (-0.23), AZN: 69.96 (+0.20), TEVA: 56.77 (-0.58), GSK: 47.94 (+1.99), BMY: 60.04 (+0.56), MNTA: 11.70 (-0.06), NVS: 102.20 (-0.17)