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The Motley Fool February 24, 2010 Brian Orelli |
A Profitable One-Drug Wonder! It's kind of impressive that Onyx Pharmaceuticals has made a profit two years in a row: $0.03 per share in 2008, and a much healthier $0.27 per share last year. |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Your Biotech's Cash Burn Just Went Down Tucked inside the hundreds of pages of the health-care reform bill, is a nice little bonus for a select group of drugmakers. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2010 Brian Orelli |
A Drugless Drugmaker IPO! Biotech investors embrace risk ... sort of. The most exciting thing about Ironwood's IPO? The company doesn't have any drugs on the market. |
The Motley Fool September 4, 2009 Brian Orelli |
The Billion-Dollar Lovers' Quarrel Continues Elan had better bring candy and flowers to patch this up. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Tysabri Means Everything to Biogen and Elan ... for Now It's rare to find a drug that affects two companies as much as Tysabri does Biogen Idec and Elan. |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Elan's Alternative to Strategic Alternatives Sometimes doing nothing is the best option. |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Once a Decade Isn't Enough, Elan Elan posts its first operating profit in 10 years. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Bailout Brings a Little Credit for Research As part of the big bill, Congress renews the research and development tax credit. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 Brian Orelli |
FDA Transparency! A Big Win for Investors The Food and Drug Administration has possibly just made things easier for investors. Let's just hope drug companies don't shoot it down. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Brian Orelli |
How to Make a Billion Bucks in Biotech Drug companies and investors alike have to balance the risk and reward. |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Drug Deals Require Cash Pharmaceutical companies have been hoarding cash -- patiently waiting for good prices. And it looks like that time has arrived. Take a look at some players in the pharmaceutical field. |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2010 Brian Orelli |
How to Make Billions of Dollars Without Really Trying Lackluster Alzheimer's drugs have been doing it for years. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2009 Brian Orelli |
What's $115 Million Between Friends? Elan has to fix the mess it had gotten itself into with its multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri. |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2009 Brian Orelli |
The FDA (Still) Hates Antibiotic Makers Johnson & Johnson and Basilea are the agency's latest victims. |
The Motley Fool August 7, 2009 Brian Orelli |
A Billion-Dollar Lovers' Quarrel It looks like the triangle between partners Elan and Biogen Idec and third-wheel Johnson & Johnson over the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri is going to get settled in court. |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2010 Brian Orelli |
So Long, See You in Arbitration After another rejection, Johnson & Johnson and Basilea call it quits. |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Elan and J&J, Sitting in a Tree ... Johnson & Johnson dumps Alkermes for its new best bud in favor of Elan |
The Motley Fool April 29, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Show Us the Money, Drugmakers Drugmakers have cash and they aren't afraid to use it -- on themselves. |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2011 Brian Orelli |
We Hate Your Drug. And That's a Good Thing. This one's a pain for the clinical trial participants. |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2009 Brian Orelli |
The Clock Is Ticking for Elan Elan is getting closer to the Sept. 26 deadline to fix its contract with Johnson & Johnson. If it doesn't, Biogen Idec has the right to take full control of Elan's and Biogen's multiple-sclerosis drug, Tysabri. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Brian Orelli |
The Next Amgen? Not Yet. Amylin Pharmaceuticals is in much the same situation as Amgen is in: relatively flat sales, and the potential for a nice boost from a Food and Drug Administration approval shortly. But that's where the comparison ends. |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2011 Brian Orelli |
In Biotech, Two Platforms Are Better Than One Alkermes has swooped in and agreed to buy Elan Drug Technology for around $960 million. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Drugmakers That Make Rivals Green with Envy A look at some drugmakers with cash to spend: Pfizer...Wyeth... Novartis... Amylin Pharmaceuticals... Elan...Vertex Pharmaceuticals... Exelixis... |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Biogen Looks Good Now, but What About Tomorrow? Biogen Idec saw revenue increase 11% and adjusted earnings per share jump almost 75%, which is all well and good, but the longer-term prospects for the company aren't nearly as impressive. |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Pharma, Cash, and You Pharma's been saving for a rainy day, and there's a thunderstorm outside. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Brian Orelli |
3 Development-Stage Drugmakers Worth Watching A basket of potential drugs in just one company. |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2008 Brian Orelli |
The Lethal Lessons of Eprex The FDA's concerned about J&J's blood-boosting drug. Should investors be, too? |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Duo of Diabetes Drug Deals Make J&J Better Licensing deals add to Johnson & Johnson's diabetes franchise. |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Brian Orelli |
More Questions Than Answers From Elan Things that make you go hmmm. |
The Motley Fool February 11, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Blockbuster in Hand, It's Time to Show a Profit Elan predicts an operating profit for the first time in nine years. |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Brian Orelli |
This Recall Is Different -- In a Good Way Johnson & Johnson strikes again, but it's not so bad this time. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Brian Orelli |
One-Drug Wonders Deserve a Spot in Your Portfolio Looking a little more appetizing these days. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Is the Best of Johnson & Johnson Behind It? Johnson & Johnson announces that its sales fell for the first time in 76 years. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2010 Brian Orelli |
No Guts, No Glory For better or worse, Elan gains full control of Alzheimer's drug ELND005. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Brian Orelli |
A Faster Pathway to Drug Approvals A thinktank called the Pacific Research Institute has proposed letting drugs approved by the European Medicines Authority onto the market in the U.S. before the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drugs. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Which Midsized Biotech Is the Best Buy? Biogen Idec, Amgen, or Gilead? Which of these biotechs has the most potential for growth? |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2010 Brian Orelli |
What Astellas' Purchase of OSI Means for Biotech Investors Stop buying for the potential takeout. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Pharma Goes Back to School But will it produce more drugs? The pharmaceutical industry is headed back to school, with a number of large drugmakers announcing partnerships with universities. |
The Motley Fool November 26, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Black Friday Biotech Bargains Drugmakers on sale. |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2008 Rich Duprey |
There's No Bailout in Store for Retailers Can we spend our way out of this recession? Retailers seem to think so and they've got a bailout plan for their industry that seeks to do just that. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Trouble in Tysabri Land? Patient additions for a drug from Biogen Idec and Elan are slowing down. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Rich Duprey |
A Bailout by Any Other Name ... Despite the Big 3 automakers saying their request for a handout from the federal government isn't a bailout, what else can you call the $50 billion in loans they're requesting? |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2010 Mac Greer |
One Biotech Stock Ready to Rebound? One of our analysts gives you his thoughts on Elan. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Another Reason to Hate Big Pharma's M&A As we get closer to Pfizer and Merck wrapping up their deals, it looks like a new group is voicing their displeasure: external partners. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2010 Brian Orelli |
This Billionaire Likes Biotech. Should You? It depends on how much you trust management. |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Brian Orelli |
High Risk, High Reward. At Least It Was Cheap! Biogen licenses a drug to treat ALS. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Pharma's Newest Acquisition Targets Share buybacks are in at big pharma companies. Does it mean that licensing deals are out? |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Earnings Growth Trumps Revenue Growth, Except Here A solid quarter for Pfizer, but is there more in the tank? |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Buy Now! It Might Get Bought! Clinical trial results and FDA approvals ultimately drive any increase in drugmakers' value. That's what pharmaceutical investors should focus on. The potential for an acquisition should be nothing more than icing on the cake. |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2009 Brian Orelli |
A Secondary Offering? In This Market? For these pharma companies, when the value of their company drops even though they haven't had any bad news, the secondary-offering step becomes very costly for current shareholders. |