(NEW YORK)Alkermes Inc. shares rose Friday after an analyst predicted stronger sales of its schizophrenia drug Risperdal Consta and good clinical data for a diabetes drug candidate.READ MORE
(INDIANAPOLIS)Eli Lilly & Co. said giving advanced lung cancer patients its Alimta drug after chemotherapy increased patients' survival without tumor recurrence or progression.READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Pfizer Inc. late Wednesday said that it named Garry A. Nicholson to head the drug maker's new oncology business unit. Nicholson's responsibilities within the franchise include clin...READ MORE
(WASHINGTON)Legislation that would require prescription drug makers to disclose payments to doctors got a boost Tuesday when Eli Lilly and Co., broke ranks with the industry and endorsed the b...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Shares of OSI Pharmaceuticals rose Wednesday, a day after the biotechnology company beat Wall Street expectations on higher sales of its cancer drug Tarceva.READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Positive earnings reports from Schering-Plough Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC lifted big pharma stocks Wednesday after several days of mixed results from their peers.READ MORE
(NEW YORK)The pharmaceutical sector slipped lower Tuesday, as drugmaker Wyeth said its first-quarter profit declined and generic competition slashed sales of blockbuster heartburn drug Proto...READ MORE