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Not Bad For Scraps

Everyone forgets that Pfizer (PFE) tried to buy AstraZeneca (AZN) for scraps back in 2014. The UK Parliament threw a fit, the deal died, and Wall Street moved on. Fast forward, AstraZeneca is worth double what Pfizer is. The press still treats it like a mid-tier pharma shop. Meanwhile, it’s running the table in oncology. […]

The Laziness Premium

I spent last Tuesday afternoon on a call with a fund manager who runs $3 billion and couldn’t explain to me why his team was avoiding GSK (GSK). Something about HIV competition and patent cliffs and the usual hand-waving you get from analysts who haven’t actually dug into the numbers. I let him finish his […]

Even A Pig Could Make Money Here

I was camped out in Kyiv the other month when news of Organon’s (OGN) earnings hit my phone. While Russian drones buzzed overhead, I was studying pharmaceutical balance sheets—talk about surreal. Did I mention I’ve led a strange life? In mid-February, Organon pleasantly surprised me with Q4 2024 results. Hadlima, their biosimilar to Humira, rocketed […]