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The Five Best-Performing Biotech Stocks of 2011 -- So Far

Pharmaceuticals are facing big patent cliff problems this year, but several biotechnology stocks have been doing quite well: Their biologic drugs command high prices, tend become blockbusters, and they are in far less danger from generic competition. Here are the big winners so far this year.

Feds Scrutinize Deals Delaying Generic Drugs

The Feds -- and consumers -- may finally have had it with 'pay-for-delay.' In these deals, generic drug companies that challenge a patent held by a name-brand pharmaceuticals agree to settle by delaying their entry into the market in return for a payment. But regulators are now calling for laws to end the practice.

A drug for jet lag? Feds put Cephalon's Nuvigil on the fast-track for approval