The shares of big pharmaceutical companies would benefit from renewed focus on core businesses..Abbott, Medtronic and Others Should Spin Off Units - Barrons.com More BigCharts Virtual Stock Exchange WSJ Asia WSJ Europe WSJ Americas WSJ Chinese SEARCH Login: Password: Remember Me Forgot your user name or password? Subscribe Welcome, My Account/Billing Messages Logout Home Magazine This Week's Edition Past Editions Subscribe Daily Analysis All Coverage Barron's Take Weekday Trader Inside Scoop Hot Research Investors' Soapbox Blogs Columns Stocks To Watch Today Tech Trader Daily Focus On Funds Alan Abelson Gene Epstein Randall Forsyth Michael Kahn Tiernan Ray Michael Santoli Steve Sears Kopin Tan Investing Ideas Barron's Picks Pans Mutual Funds / ETFs Bonds Center Options Center Barron's Take Weekday Trader Rankings Reports Top Financial Advisors Barron's PENTA Most Respected Companies Barron's Roundtable Market Data Market Data Center Market Lab Economic Calendar Portfolio StockGrader Stock Fund Listings Daily Stock Alert About Subscribe Latest Issues Manage Subscription Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commerical use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool on any article or visit www.djreprints.com See a sample reprint in PDF format Order a reprint of this article now Feature |SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2011 Rx: Bust Up Big Pharma By ANDREW BARY|MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR With drug stocks ailing, companies like Abbott and Medtronic should start shedding non-core businesses. For investors, it would be just the right medicine. Article Comments text size print email single page reprints get rss Subscribe Now With these readers: Or copy the rss link: It may be time for Big Pharma to think smaller. With the industry's stocks lagging well behind the overall market, some drug makers could do investors a big favor by shedding noncore businesses. Abbott Laboratories (ticker: ABT), Medtronic (MDT) and Pfizer (PFE) could b...
