If you want a roller coaster ride full of ups, downs, twists, and turns, move a portion of your portfolio to the pharmaceutical or biotech sector. Every day, including weekends, news wires are full of press releases from these companies outlining the results of clinical trials conducted on new and experimental drugs and compounds.
Celgene (NASDAQ:
Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:
Pfizer (NYSE:
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What is a Clinical Trial?
What are Clinical Trial Phases?
Investigational New Drug Application (IND)
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Clinical Trial Protocols
Phase
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Phase 2
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Phase 3
New Drug Application
Possible Approval
Phase 4
Why are Biotech and Pharmaceutical Stocks so Volatile?
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