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...Novartis has launched nine groundbreaking drugs since 2000--three times as many as its nearest competitor--and plans to launch 12 more by 2006. The company's relatively low debt and ample cash reserves have earned it a credit rating of AAA from Moody's. Morningstar analyst Todd Lebor praises the company's "excellent financial disclosure and conservative accounting" and notes that it has no unconsolidated debt. Pfizer's announcement last week that it will merge with Pharmacia sent several drugmakers looking for partners. But while Vasella doesn't rule out an acquisition, his firm is considered...
...this environment, Vasella had something to prove. His family ties to Moret had provoked dark mutterings of nepotism, especially in light of his rapid rise. But that was unfair, says SG Cowen analyst Peter Laing. "To anyone who followed the company at the time, Dan was the live wire. He had the most international outlook, and there really wasn't anyone at Ciba to challenge...
...Medical Ltd., a $150 million medical-device maker in Yokneam, Israel, known for its patented "elos" technology, which combines bipolar radio frequency and light sources to combat the signs of aging. "P&G clearly views the consumer segment of aesthetics as a big market," says Jose Haresco, a senior analyst for Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. in San Francisco. "It's not taking a small bet here." Expect to be able to buy some of these gizmos by the end of next year at the earliest, at prices ranging from...
...television, you have to bear down and try to translate these complicated decisions without condescending or pandering,” said Wiehl, who is a legal analyst at Fox News...
...former Crimson sports writer and editorialist, Toobin credits the O.J. Simpson trial in 1994 with launching his career as a legal analyst...