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HHS Secretary Tom Price Heads For Departure Gate After Private Plane Scandal
Friday, September 29, 2017 - 5:09pm | 302President Donald Trump’s ever-contracting cabinet lost another member Friday with a fresh vacancy in health and human services. Tom Price will fly home stripped of his title after fallout over his extravagant spending on taxpayer-funded private plane travel. Trump received Price’s...
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Alkermes Looks To Capitalize On Opioid Epidemic Through Aggressive Lobbying
Monday, June 12, 2017 - 12:00pm | 377The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's quest to address the growing opioid crisis is hurting many pharmaceutical companies, including Endo International plc - Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ: ENDP), presenting an opportunity for companies like Alkermes Plc (NASDAQ: ALKS), which makes treatments for opioid...
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Trump Cabinet Pick Profits Off Biotech Bill He Introduced
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 4:42pm | 460Even before Donald Trump is inaugurated as president, a scandal has come to rock the incoming regime. A CNN report has revealed that Rep. Tom Price, Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary has unethically bought shares in Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (NYSE: ZBH) days ahead of...
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KeyBanc Previews Athenahealth's Investor Summit
Friday, December 9, 2016 - 12:25pm | 350KeyBanc Capital’s Donald Hooker expects the Investor Summit hosted by athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ: ATHN) on December 15 to include discussions on two “promising” verticals, hospitals and population health management. Hooker maintains a Sector Weight rating on the company....
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Analyst Offers 3 Reasons To Ignore Trump's Comments On Drug Prices
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 4:21pm | 374Chris Meekins, an analyst at FBR, was a guest on CNBC's "Halftime Report" segment on Wednesday and offered three reasons why pharmaceutical investors should brush off President-elect Donald Trump's comments that he is "going to bring down drug prices." 3 Reasons First, Meekins argued what is more...