Pfizer Inc. engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of prescription medicines for humans and animals in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia, and Latin America. Its Pharmaceutical segment offers products for numerous conditions and diseases, from the cholesterol lowering drugs to anti-depressants to cancer treatments and antibiotics. Pfizer also has an Animal Health division which offers parasiticides, anti-inflammatories, vaccines, and antibiotics. The company was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
January 29, 2008
Conventional wisdom suggests that investors would do well during an economic slow down by owning shares of drug companies. The idea being that consumer spending on medicine will be strong no matter what happens elsewhere in the economy. Huge cash...
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Biotech Blitz
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CitiGroup Conference -- Healthcare Losers
May 22, 2008 09:23 AM
Please accept my regrets about being "dark" for a time, there was a death in the family and I had to clear up a backlog at work. But here I am, so let's start with my current work. I'm attending...
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Biotech Blitz
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Avant Immunotherapeutics (AVAN) -- What Gives?
April 22, 2008 11:35 AM
Things in the biotech world continue to get more and more curious. How about a company cutting a major development deal and getting cash twice its market cap -- and the stock doesn't move! The professional money managers I speak...
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jaudio shorts
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Taking Jubak Behind the Woodshed
April 1, 2008 08:47 PM
I couldn't believe what I read this morning when I checked in on the MSN money page and read Jubak's article entitled, "Where's the bailout for Main Street?" I feel like I am being a malcontent here, since I...
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PFE, BUY TIME THIS WEEK
February 9, 2008 05:20 PM
Pfizer, A large robust pharmaceutical corporation, with a large R & D, world wide sales and productuion. Over 40 years of consectutive dividend growth. Increasing book value. Sales of 48.6 Billion, 5 year growth of 8.5%. Net profit of 17.41%...
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Jumping In
February 8, 2008 11:32 AM
Today I am jumping into the Strategy Lab Open fray with purchase orders for Proctor & Gamble(PG), and Pfizer(PFE). I am primarily a value investor "cruising" for good quality stocks at bargain prices. While neither of these companies are at...
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