4 Top-Rated Drugmakers Beat Q2 Earnings Estimates

By | August 5, 2014

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Four highly rated drugmakers beat analysts’ second-quarter estimates Tuesday, but they generally followed this season’s trend of guiding conservatively. Specialty/generics giant Actavis’ (ACT) earnings rose 70% vs. a year earlier to $3.42 a share, beating forecasts by 5 cents. Sales rose 34% to $2.67 billion, more than $100 million above estimates. The company offered its first guidance since it bought Forest Laboratories, which Scalper1 News

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