AstraZeneca

Three leading biotech companies will step into the earnings spotlight this week. Consensus forecasts from Wall Street analysts call for earnings growth from just two of them. And only one of them has topped estimates by double-digits in recent quarters. While the biotechnology industry has had a...

Shares of AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE: AZN) were trading lower by more than 1.5 percent early Friday after the company confirmed it received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration relating to its New Drug Application (NDA) for sodium zirconium cyclosilicate,...

The three largest biotechs are set to share their latest quarterly results this week. Wall Street analysts are looking for solid to strong growth from all three. However, expectations are lower for many other biotech and pharmaceutical companies reporting this week. The three largest public...

Shares of AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE: AZN) were trading lower by more than 5 percent early Thursday morning after the company reported its fourth quarter results. AstraZeneca earned $0.94 per share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $6.39 billion. Wall Street analysts were expecting the...

Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE: VRX) were trading higher by more than 6 percent on Monday after the company announced the Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review the Biologics License Application (BLA) the company submitted as part of a partnership with AstraZeneca...

Shares of Relypsa Inc (NASDAQ: RLYP) were trading higher by more than 2 percent at $28.60 early Thursday morning after the Daily Mail reported the company may be a potential acquisition target. The Daily Mail reported that "rumors from across the Pond" suggest that AstraZeneca plc (...

ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS) presented at Goldman Sachs' annual Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday. VP of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations D. Wade Walke discussed the drug maker's advanced technology, business model, and current pipeline. Antisense...

Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) shares lost about 2.8 percent Tuesday on fallout from the termination of a three-year-old development pact with AstraZeneca plc (NYSE: AZN). Amgen closed at $159.02, off $4.57; AstraZeneca declined 2.5 percent to $67.68. Amgen said late Friday that it would end a co...

Due to British takeover rules and regulations, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) is not permitted to present a fresh offer to acquire AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE: AZN) until November 26. Reuters reported on Friday that after several unsuccessful attempts to take over British based AstraZeneca, Pfizer is...

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after government data showed the U.S. economy grew 3.5 percent in the third quarter, better than the 3.0 percent expected. Investors brushed off a poor reading on the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits, which rose last week in favor of GDP data; this...