A Texas jury has ruled against Merck to the tune of $253.4 million for the wrongful death of a Vioxx user. This will be the beginning of a very litigious period for the New Jersey pharmaceutical giant.
Stock Investing Merck Tries New Tactic To Sell Vaccination Drug Force Girls To Take It
Giant Merck, a major growth stock for 50 years has seen that growth slowing down along with Pfizer and the rest of the major drug companies. Merck has latched onto a new strategy to build sales again, but its not just Merck and Pfizer that are suffering. The major pharmaceutical companies around the world are in a slowdown, and panic is starting to set into the executive suite.
Stock Investing Midterm Elections Make Drug Companies A Sale
Stock investing is tough enough when you have to deal with the specifics of a company and an industry. When you throw politics into the equation it becomes a whole new ball game. Now stock investing can be a crap shoot at best. Lets take a look at whats going on currently, and you decide. First lets look at a little history.
Stock Research Pfizer Blows Up Its Own Pipeline With Torcetrapib Withdrawal
Stock research we call it. You want to talk about stock research. Lets talk about how Pfizer the world renowned drug company blew itself up over the weekend. We all know that the classes of drugs, known as the STATINS have meant billions to the bottom line of the major pharmaceutical drug companies. Remember we said billions to the bottom line, not just sales. Nothing is more profitable than a blockbuster drug to the bottom line. Its like printing money at the US Treasury, …
Year End Investment Ideas and Tax Strategies
First thing Monday morning I’m going to march into my boss’s office and demand a pay cut so that I’ll be in a lower tax bracket next year. Profits are the holy grail of investing. Few people will admit just how infrequently they have experienced them or, conversely, just how frequently they have watched them disappear beneath the waves of a correction.