Retrophin, Gilead, and Our Healthcare Values
Posted: Sep 12th, 2014In: Opinions & FeaturesHave you ever wondered how our society values innovation, how it rewards breakthrough discoveries? Most people say that it’s the price we place on new drugs that show how much we value the breakthrough.[...]
Read More about Retrophin, Gilead, and Our Healthcare ValuesAnalyst Interview with Steve Brozak: Big-Picture Biotech Stocks Rule the Future
Posted: Sep 8th, 2014In: Opinions & FeaturesSteve Brozak, president and managing director at WBB Securities, wants to see how new technology platforms and novel ideas fit into tomorrow's healthcare system, which he believes will be unsustainable without therapies that work more[...]
Read More about Analyst Interview with Steve Brozak: Big-Picture Biotech Stocks Rule the FutureRoche And InterMune Beckon Pharma’s Summer of Discontent
Posted: Aug 25th, 2014In: Opinions & Features“Now is the winter of our discontent” was how Shakespeare characterized the despair of King Richard III of England. If Shakespeare was writing about the desperation of big pharma today, he would probably just[...]
Read More about Roche And InterMune Beckon Pharma’s Summer of DiscontentEbola Has Landed
Posted: Aug 5th, 2014In: Opinions & FeaturesThe amount of real time media coverage two American Ebola patients have received has been extraordinary.
Read More about Ebola Has LandedYellen Fire In The Biotech Theater
Posted: Jul 17th, 2014In: Opinions & FeaturesAfter two days of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's sometimes heated testimony before Congress, we can be sure of two things.
Read More about Yellen Fire In The Biotech TheaterHow Flu Tried To Steal The World Cup’s Thunder
Posted: Jul 8th, 2014In: Opinions & FeaturesAt 4PM ET, the German soccer team will face Brazil in The World Cup semi-finals.
Read More about How Flu Tried To Steal The World Cup’s ThunderMedtronic, Covidien, And The Health Of The U.S. Tax Code
Posted: Jun 17th, 2014In: Opinions & FeaturesOn June 15, Medtronic, Inc. announced its proposed acquisition of Covidien plc for $42.9 billion in cash and stock.
Read More about Medtronic, Covidien, And The Health Of The U.S. Tax CodeNo Longer King Of The North, Pfizer Looks To Recapture Crown
Posted: Apr 30th, 2014In: Opinions & FeaturesBusiness is war and nothing is more illustrative of that point than a healthy cycle of M&A activity.
Read More about No Longer King Of The North, Pfizer Looks To Recapture CrownWith Big Pharma In Retreat, Ackman And Novartis Try A New Blueprint For Drug Companies
Posted: Apr 22nd, 2014In: Opinions & FeaturesYesterday in a move that returned attention to healthcare takeovers, Bill Ackman, CEO of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, announced a bold and unusual move by partnering with pharmaceutical company, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.[...]
Read More about With Big Pharma In Retreat, Ackman And Novartis Try A New Blueprint For Drug CompaniesWill Pharma’s Future Be Based On The Carl Icahn Business Model?
Posted: Mar 4th, 2014In: Opinions & FeaturesFor today, the buzz surrounding Carl Icahn derives from his initiative to separate PayPal from eBay. More frequently, people tend to equate Icahn with his investment strategy; including his activism in Apple and significant[...]
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