4 Big Drug Stocks That May Continue to Outperform in 2025

The drug and biotech sector saw a strong first half of 2024, driven by an increase in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), robust earnings, and pipeline and regulatory successes. The Zacks Large Cap Pharmaceuticals industry rose 19.3% in the first half of 2024. However, there was a major downturn in the second half due to overall disappointing third-quarter sales and profits, guidance cuts, pipeline setbacks and the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, as the head of Health and Human Services ...