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The Motley Fool
June 15, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Focuses, Investors Should Cheer The culling of the pipeline continues at Pfizer. While that's bad news for partners that signed on with the company or with Wyeth before the merger it's a good move for Pfizer.   |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Roche and Biogen's Blockbuster Making Good Progress Roche and Biogen move their potential blockbuster through the clinical trial maze. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Pfizer's Biggest Shot at Lipitor 2.0 It might need a little help from competitors. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2006
Brian Lawler |
More Good News for Rituxan Genentech and Biogen Idec's drug shows positive results against multiple sclerosis. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Better Late Than Never? Maybe. Can Vertex's rheumatoid arthritis drug, VX-509, succeed this late in the game? |
Fast Company
December 2009
Erica Westly |
The Price of Winning FDA Approval Approval for a new drug or medical treatment requires extensive -- and expensive -- human trials for safety and effectiveness. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Genentech's Unique Drug Genentech and Biogen Idec's Phase II trial demonstrating Rituxan's effectiveness in treating moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis was enshrined in the prestigious pages of the New England Journal of Medicine, adding heft to the study's results. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2005
Charly Travers |
Good Prognosis for Biogen IDEC Blockbuster products help the biotech firm continue its stellar performance. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Brian Lawler |
A Tale of 2 DNA Drugs More trouble for Genentech's No. 2 product, the systemic lupus treatment Rituxan. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Look for Companies That Strike First Head-to-head trials, whether they're run by companies or by third parties, can be scary. But the way to make big money is by selling drugs that offer superior benefits, so investors should welcome the onslaught of upcoming comparative trial data. |
Investment Advisor
December 2005
Greg B. Scott |
Buying The Future Prudent investing in biotechnology can offer great returns for clients. It's also the wave of the future. Armed with a basic understanding of the dynamics of the industry and the valuation inflection points, intelligent investors can make significant returns. |
BusinessWeek
March 14, 2005
Arnst & Barrett |
Another Ailing Miracle Drug Biogen's troubles with Tysabri are a setback for immune-system treatments |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Don't Let Dummy Pills Make You a Dummy Investor Instead of being scared that the sugar pill will perform better than expected, pharma investors should factor it in and require more information before investing in companies with drugs that may be affected by it.. |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Questioning Pfizer's Integrity Pfizer's epilepsy drug Neurontin has had generic competition for a few years, but it's still plaguing the pharmaceutical giant. |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2010
Brian Orelli |
No Sticking Point Here: Pfizer's Potential Blockbuster Works Translating successful phase 2 results into a positive phase 3 trial can require a bit of luck, especially for a disease such as rheumatoid arthritis where the outcomes are somewhat subjective. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Pfizer's Having a Garage Sale Rather than sending its unwanted drugs to the trash bin, the giant drugmaker is striking deals with its comrades to take them off its hands. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2004
Charly Travers |
What's a Drug Worth? The value of small biotech companies is in their investigational drug programs. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2008
Brian Orelli |
When Science, Marketing, and Investing Collide How a pharmaceutical tries to sell more drugs can provide clues about its management. |
AskMen.com
Joshua Levine |
Selling Your Body To Science Have you ever thought about the number of voluntary patients who basically sell their bodies to clinical trials in the name of science? Well, the number is staggering and it can reach well into the thousands. The main reason being the large paycheck that comes with the job. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2009
Robert Steyer |
For Pfizer, a Big Buy Could Be a Big Mistake Pfizer's CEO says the company must make a big, bold buy to reverse course on its skidding stock and to blast it out of its revenue doldrums. Is it the right move? |
Managed Care
February 2006
Thomas Morrow |
New Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Has Potential to Reduce Payer's Costs B-cells and their markers, once overlooked in the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis, may hold the key for a new treatment regimen. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2004
Ben McClure |
Rethinking Big Pharma Risk is knocking Big Pharma stocks down. They won't be getting up anytime soon. Competition, soaring R&D costs, shifting business models, and political meddling combine to make drug stocks a riskier place to invest. |
The Motley Fool
September 4, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Takeover Likely? Management Says No! A hostile bid that management didn't want. Biogen Idec announced today that it's willing to buy Facet Biotech for $14.50 per share. |
AskMen.com
Richard Stevens |
Participating In Clinical Trials Check out what participating in clinical trials involves and how you can join a study. You may even make some cash in the process. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2007
Weiner & Hovde |
Critical Mass for Critical Path? Everyone agrees that it's the road to pharma's future, but no one's rushing to take it. Yet with growing FDA advocacy and new advances in biomarkers and drug-disease modeling, the rewards of collaboration now look greater than the risks. |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2002
Mark D. Uehling |
Clinical Trial Data Management: Tortured by Paper Reams of paper stuffed into boxes and shipped to the FDA by the truckload is hardly the best approach to drug approval. But what's the right way? |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2007
Brian Lawler |
Dueling Fools: Pfizer Bear It's been a blue chip for years, but that doesn't mean it will stay that way forever. It's inconceivable for Pfizer's market capitalization to be valued at $188 billion four years from now, when its revenues could be 40% lower than they are today. |
Wired
August 24, 2009
Steve Silberman |
Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. The fact that taking a faux drug can powerfully improve some people's health -- the so-called placebo effect -- has long been considered an embarrassment to the serious practice of pharmacology. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
The Best Drug Stock for 2007: Pfizer Investors, this is a great company at a great price. |
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
August 9, 2010
Luke Timmerman |
Kaleetan Seeks to Stand on Dendreon's Shoulders Kaleetan Pharmaceuticals tries to improve upon Dendreon's breakthrough cancer drug. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Our Final Offer (Maybe)! That's a FACT! Biogen ups its bid for Facet. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Deja Vu All Over Again There's hardly anything to like about Pfizer's deal to buy Wyeth. This is what got Pfizer into its problem in the first place. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2006
Brian Lawler |
Pfizer Keeps Fighting If Pfizer's management can succeed on its cost-savings initiatives and maintain the high single digits of earnings-per-share growth that it expects in 2007-2008, then Pfizer may make a good investment for those willing to wait for the company's new drugs to bring back higher growth. |
