The S&P 500 soared more than 32% in 2013, and several big pharma companies, namely Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY -1.96%), AbbVie (ABBV -0.78%), Roche (RHHBY -2.12%), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ 0.92%), and AstraZeneca (AZN -2.77%) also performed extraordinarily well. The following slideshow reveals why these companies beat out their big pharma peers and what drove their strong performances in 2013.
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The 5 Best-Performing Big Pharma Stocks of 2013: BMY, ABBV, RHHBY, JNJ, AZN
By Max Macaluso
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Jan 6, 2014 at 6:30PM
The pharmaceutical sector had a stellar 2013, but which stocks were the best?
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