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Pfizer shares were down more than 1% Monday afternoon despite the pharmaceutical giant's report Sunday of successful late-stage trial results for an experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug. The study showed tasocitinib reduced pain and inflammation and improved physical function in patients with moderately to severely active RA.

Roche's top-selling cancer-fighting drug Avastin has hit another roadblock in testing. In a Phase III study, Avastin failed to improve disease-free survival in early-stage colon cancer patients, the pharmaceutical giant reported.

Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb said on Thursday that they've decided to halt a clinical trial several months early because data so far suggested the experimental drug apixaban was more effective than aspirin in preventing strokes among patients.

Back in early July, Human Genome Sciences Inc. (HGSI) shares jumped over 230 percent in one day after the pharmaceutical company said its experimental lupus drug had succeeded in a late-stage clinical trial, silencing many of its skeptics. If you decided then that a 230 percent move was all that...