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A former Bristol-Myers Squibb Co finance executive on Monday pleaded guilty to an insider trading charge, admitting to buying stock options in a biotechnology company that the drugmaker was preparing to buy.Robert Ramnarine, 46, admitted to one count of securities fraud for trading in Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc options before Bristol-Myers agreed to buy that company last June for $5.3 billion, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman in New Jersey said.Federal prosecutors had last August charged Ramnarine with three counts of securities fraud.They said he made $311,361 of illegal profit from August 2010 to July 2012 from options trading in Amylin and two other companies that Bristol-Myers sought to buy - Pharmasset Inc and ZymoGenetics Inc.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a parallel civil fraud case against Ramnarine.Investigators said Ramnarine learned about the takeovers while working as a director and later as an executive director in Bristol-Myers' pension and savings investment...
Drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) reported a 7% increase in third-quarter profit, as a one-time payment from a former partner helped offset an 11% sales decline drive...
Drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) reported a 7% increase in third-quarter profit, as a one-time payment from a former partner helped offset an 11% sales decline drive...
Eli Lilly & Co.'s (LLY) third-quarter earnings rose 7.3% on a gain tied to a payment from a former partner as margins shrank amid lower-than-expected revenue.Results...
TAKING THE PULSE: Most major U.S. drug makers in the third quarter continued with efforts to cope with the recent losses of market exclusivity for former blockbuster...
Carl Icahn reported in a regulatory filing late Tuesday a higher stake in video-game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO) and reduced holdings in steel ma...
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) revised its full-year guidance to reflect a $1.26 billion payment by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMLN), following the completion of Amylin's a...
Eli Lilly and Co on Thursday raised its net profit forecast for 2012 to reflect income from the early payment of financial obligations from former partner Amylin Pha...
AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.LN) and Bristol-Myers Squibb said Thursday that following the successful completion of the acquisition of Amylin Pharmaceuticals by Bristol-Myer...
Shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) fell more than 7% Thursday after the drug maker halted a hepatitis C trial and U.S. officials arrested executive Robert Ram...
Boutique advisory firm Evercore Partners Inc. (EVR) posted a 19% rise in second-quarter earnings as the company benefited from a string of deal closings despite a to...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s (BMY) second-quarter profit declined 28%, as sales were eroded by recent patent expirations for top-selling drugs including the anticlotti...
Carl Icahn has fired back at Forest Laboratories Inc.'s (FRX) board, writing another harshly worded letter despairing the company's prospects, the latest move in a l...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) reported a nearly 45% decline in first-quarter profit, as the loss of patent protection for formerly big-selling heart drugs continued...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) reported a nearly 45% decline in first-quarter profit, as the loss of patent protection for formerly big-selling heart drugs continued...
Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) reaffirmed its in-line fiscal 2012 guidance on Friday and unveiled an upbeat outlook for the following year.The company also said it continues t...
Due to increased FDA approvals and takeover speculation, biotechnology ETFs have already been among the best-performing sector funds this year, but more upside could...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) swung to a third-quarter loss on the costly failure of an experimental hepatitis C drug, while a steeper-than-expected drop in sales o...
Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) reported a sharp decline in third-quarter sales and a weaker-than-expected adjusted profit on Wednesday as it continued to grapple wi...
Hurt by rising generic competition for its schizophrenia drug Zyprexa, Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) reported a sharp decline in sales and adjusted earnings on Wednesday, tho...
