Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) announced results of a study demonstrating that TYSABRI® (natalizumab) promoted regeneration and stabilization of damage done to the myelin sheath, as measured by advanced MRI technology. Damage to the myelin sheath causes the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS). pharmaceutical wholesaler
Critics who label relationships between university researchers and medical companies “as a morality play in which noble academics struggle to resist the dark, corrupting influence of industry” fail to realize that the “goal of medical research is not to publish papers, but to develop new treatments for people suffering from disease,” management consultant David Shaywitz and Harvard University professor and pharmaceutical wholesaler
David Dreman , the legendary contrarian investor, had a forgetable year in 2008. He thinks that we are in a depression. But he thinks that if stocks drop another 15% to 20%, they are likely to at least double from their current levels over the next five years. Trying to catch the market bottom is a loser’s game. He is heavy in financials (still), oil and health care. These are his buys and sells .David Dreman Buys Microsoft Corp., Inverness Medical Innovations Inc., Legg Mason Inc. . (Guru Focus)
TORONTO—-Biovail Corporation today announced its financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009.Biovail Reports First-Quarter 2009 Financial Results (Business Wire Finance)
