Drugs Sector

Hot Stocks in This Sector

Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline plc, Nektar Therapeutics, Walgreen Company, Pfizer, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Merck & Co. Inc., USANA Health Sciences

Related Sectors

Healthcare, Medical Facilities

Hot Sectors

Investing, Banking, Healthcare, Services, Energy

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Industries in The Drugs Sector

Drug Delivery
Drugs - Generic
Drug Manufacturers - Major
Drug Related Products

Drug Stores
Drugs Wholesale
Drug Manufacturers - Other

Drugs Upgrades

Date

Ticker

Analyst

Old Rating

New Rating

01/25/2011

NVO

Goldman Sachs

Neutral

Buy

01/21/2011

WAG

Suntrust Robinson Humphrey

Neutral

Buy

01/19/2011

FRX

JPMorgan

Underweight

Neutral

01/18/2011

ALXN

Gleacher & Co.

Neutral

Buy

Drugs Downgrades

Date

Ticker

Analyst

Old Rating

New Rating

01/26/2011

JNJ

Noble Financial

Buy

Hold

01/24/2011

PRGO

An analyst at BofA/Merrill Lynch

Outperform

Neutral earlier

01/21/2011

PRGO

BofA/Merrill Lynch

Neutral

Underperform

01/13/2011

ELN

UBS

Buy

Neutral

Drugs New Coverages

Date

Ticker

Analyst

Rating

11/09/2012

CBST

Mizuho Securities

Neutral

11/09/2012

ALXN

Guggenheim

Buy

11/09/2012

LCI

Canaccord Genuity

Buy

11/09/2012

FRX

Mizuho Securities

Buy

Drugs Earnings

Date

Company

Actual

Expected

Prev Yr Qtr

02/07/2013

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (PBH)

0.21

0.41

0.32

02/01/2013

Perrigo Company (PRGO)

1.36

1.31

1.20

02/01/2013

Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)

0.83

0.81

0.97

01/15/2013

Forest Laboratories (FRX)

-0.58

-0.14

1.04

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On This Date

February 8, 2000:
Pfizer confirms it will pay $93.4 billion to buy Warner-Lambert, thereby creating the world's No. 2 drug firm with $28 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in annual R&D spending.