Several healthcare companies have allowed growth opportunities slide between their fingers...
If Arena is able to create a profitable product, the company is poised to see excellent returns. Investors have been mixed about the last four earnings announcements and it shows in their relative performance...
Vivus has performed poorly over the past year. Is this trend likely to continue?
A combination of earnings strength and relative strength against competitors is a recipe for success...
A combination of earnings strength and relative strength against competitors is a recipe for success...
Here's what analysts had to say about these companies today...
Shares of Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Vivus are all on the move on Friday...
Shares of UnitedHealth, Intuitive Surgical, and Vivus are all on the move on Wednesday...
Qsymia sales only generated $41,000 in the company’s third quarter, representing 656 filled prescriptions. But on Monday, Vivus reported that sales of its main product rose close to 68 percent in the month ended December 21, which was well above analysts' expectations...
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Vivus has been one of the hottest stories on the street over the past two months....
Qsymia sales have been weak in the drug's first months on the market, revealing how dependent the drug's sales are on insurer coverage...
In late September, the company introduced its weight-loss drug Qsymia, ahead of Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Belviq and Orexigen Therapeutics’ Contrave, into a market that has seen no new drugs developed in more than a decade...
While Vivus launched its drug Qysmia at the end of September, ahead of rivals Arena and Orexigen, the race for the most successful treatment has not yet been won...
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