Stockwatch: Awkward Developments Pricking J.P. Morgan Bubble
Executive Summary
The warm fuzzy feeling in life sciences in the week before the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference was rudely threatened by clinical trial results from Halozyme and Heron, and negative financial preannouncements from Heron and Teva.
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