Since when is profitability a prerequisite for speculation? Find out why Cramer thinks you should get in on this stock.   Read More

Stacy and Clinton definitely had nothing to do with it, but Sanofi-Pasteur (the vaccines division of Sanofi-Aventis) greets visitors with a "What Not To Wear" brochure.    Read More

GlaxoSmithKline is one of the handful of drug companies on the front lines of the fight against the flu. In fact, it is the only company that has products on both sides. GSK makes a vaccine and an antiviral. In the third quarter, GSK today reported that it sold nearly $300 million worth of the inhalable flu-fighter Relenza. That’s a more than 10-fold increase from a year ago. And CEO Andrew Witty reportedly forecast around $1.6 billion worth of flu shot sales in the fourth quarter.    Read More

If you think your face is destined to sag with age think again. A break though skin filler from Sanofi Aventis may be a game changer.   Read More

Notes from the front lines of the battle against H1N1. So, I've spent part of yesterday and most of today at the University of Kansas Hospital covering the first H1N1 flu shots being administered.    Read More

This Friday the CDC is expected to start giving weekly updates on where and how much H1N1 vaccine has been shipped. I'm curious what the demand will truly turn out to be. Some people are growing concerned about the increasing number of pediatric deaths from H1N1 and may rush to get their kids and themselves vaccinated. Others are afraid of or paranoid about the vaccine.    Read More

Yesterday and today thousands of kids and healthcare workers around the country started getting AstraZeneca's H1N1 FluMist, the vaccine that's sprayed into the nose. The first shots from Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis may be available later this week. GlaxoSmithKline and Baxter are still waiting for the FDA to approve their vaccines.    Read More

The CDC announced today that healthcare workers in Tennessee and Indiana would be amongst the first to get swine flu vaccinations.  The outbreak of the H1N1 swine flu virus has sadly killed over 3,900 peope per a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on September 25th.  At the same time the race to battle the pandemic has propped up the shares of biotech companies that promise solutions.   Read More

Of the many issues facing Corporate America this fall, none seems more pressing than vaccinating workers against swine flu.   Read More

Patrick Swayze is sadly a statistic. He is one of an estimated 35,000 people in the United States who will die from pancreatic cancer this year. Several companies are working on drugs for the disease, but the path is littered with failures.    Read More