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The Motley Fool December 28, 2007 Brian Lawler	Investors Wary on Noven Approval Noven Pharmaceuticals announces that the FDA has issued a tentative approval for one of its drugs, yet shares are trading lower since the news. Is the "tentative" status making investors jittery?
The Motley Fool October 9, 2007 Brian Lawler	Shire Slims Down, Slightly The U.K.-based pharmaceutical sells off some of its marketed drugs in order to focus more on its key ADHD franchises.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 Brian Lawler	Noven Might Be in a Purple Patch Investors in Noven shares might as well pay most of their attention to Shire, because as long as Daytrana does well, so too will Noven.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Brian Lawler	Noven's Acquisition Blues A recently acquired drug fails a late-stage clinical trial. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 Brian Lawler	Shire's Busy Week Shire Pharmaceuticals announces year-end results, new regulatory approval, and another acquisition.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2007 Brian Lawler	Not Your Typical Product Recall Shire and Noven will fix an annoying foible of their ADHD patch, Daytrana, making the back adhesive easier to unpeel.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Brian Lawler	Building a Future Shire ADHD drugs are big for Shire now, but the long term isn't as clear. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	Pay Attention to Noven The drug developer announced results from another quarter of strong growth. Revenue doubled versus the year-ago period as sales of its attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder patch, Daytrana, began to pick up.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2008 Brian Lawler	DURECT's Intriguing Little Orphan An exciting pain drug inches onward in development.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Cashing In on Noven's Drug Patch An FDA advisory panel recommends approval of Noven's patch for attention deficit hyperactivity. For now, investors might be put off by the company's lofty valuation of 55 times trailing earnings.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2010 Brian Orelli	2010 FDA Approvals and a Look Ahead Recent history can help us handicap FDA decisions.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2011 Brian Orelli	FDA Applications and a Look Ahead It isn't pretty.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Brian Lawler	The Yin and Yang of Endo Endo Pharmaceuticals' fiscal 2007 report offered positive year-end financial results and a little bit of balance-sheet sourness.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	The Biggest-Little Biotechs in the World If you do decide to invest in these biotechs before they've secured phase 3 results make sure you know what you're getting yourself into and aren't blindly following the crowd.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 Brian Orelli	Generic Heartburn at Wyeth Revenue from its heartburn drug Protonix dropped 59% year over year after Teva Pharmaceuticals and Sun Pharmaceuticals launched their generic versions of the drug.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Brian Orelli	Drugmakers That Make Rivals Green with Envy A look at some drugmakers with cash to spend: Pfizer...Wyeth... Novartis... Amylin Pharmaceuticals... Elan...Vertex Pharmaceuticals... Exelixis...
The Motley Fool November 6, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Two Sides of Endo It has been a mixed third quarter for Endo Pharmaceuticals. On the financial side of things the company performed well; on the research and development side, things are not as good.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Brian Orelli	When You Need More Than Just a Low-Margin Business Teva Pharmaceuticals, arguably the largest generic-drug maker, can use economies of scale more easily than smaller companies like Watson Pharmaceuticals or Par Pharmaceutical, but it's still pushing further into branded drugs.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	Black Friday Biotech Bargains Drugmakers on sale.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	The Pipeline to Biotech Success Looking at drug R&D is the best way to begin assessing biotech companies as possible investment opportunities.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Faster Pathway to Drug Approvals A thinktank called the Pacific Research Institute has proposed letting drugs approved by the European Medicines Authority onto the market in the U.S. before the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drugs.
The Motley Fool October 1, 2008 Brian Orelli	3 Drugmakers With Multiple Shots on Goal Well-stocked pipelines could kick these drugmakers into super-high gear.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Mini-Teva in the Making Generic growth by Endo Pharmaceuticals.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Brian Lawler	Are These Perfect Pharma Acquisitions? Weighing recent drug-industry deals' odds of success: AstraZeneca and MedImmune... Shire and New River Pharmaceuticals... Gilead and Myogen...
The Motley Fool December 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Anatomy Of An Approved Drug An independent audit by the FDA provides a useful summary of the characteristics of drugs approved by the agency.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2007 Brian Lawler	Glaxo Goes Holiday Shopping The pharmaceutical giant snaps up another acquisition, privately held Reliant Pharmaceuticals, for $1.65 billion in cash, one of the largest pharma deals of the year.
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	Undivided Attention For An ADHD Battle Sales of Shire Pharmaceuticals' Adderall XR, the leading ADHD drug, are up.
Managed Care September 2006	Payers, Consumers Benefit as Patents Expire The generic drug market seems ready to explode, according to reports from IMS Health and the Generic Pharmaceuticals Association.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2011 David Williamson	Pay Attention to Shire The British ADHD medicine maker is busy making big moves.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Brian Orelli	Health-Care Reform Lives: Here's Where to Invest State of the Union turned investment thesis regarding health insurance companies.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Brian Lawler	Patent Bill Is No Panacea A new bill that was meant to strengthen the patent and other intellectual-property rights of drugmakers doesn't do enough to encourage pharma innovation.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Brian Orelli	New FDA Regulations for Drugmakers To deal with a growing backlog of pending applications, the FDA plans to stop its first-come, first-served system.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2008 Brian Orelli	Brits May Bludgeon Drug Companies The U.K.'s National Health Service delivers a shock to drugmakers; it is considering a 10% drop in the rate that it pays for drugs, to help it reach its goal of a 3% reduction in the nation's overall health-care bill.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2011 Travis Hoium	Inspire Pharmaceuticals Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know The new trading year came in with a loud thud for Inspire Pharmaceuticals when its stock fell 58% this morning.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2008 Brian Lawler	Wrong-Way Regulators in Europe European Union regulators raided operations of multiple large pharmaceutical companies looking for antitrust and anticompetitive actions in both the branded and generic sectors. They're looking in the wrong places.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	Drug Prices Up, but Don't Read Too Much Into It AARP is out with its annual report on the cost of medications, and it's more of the same: bad news if you're a consumer, but good news if you're invested in drugmakers.
Chemistry World May 26, 2015 Phillip Broadwith	Endo to buy Par as generics consolidation continues Irish-headquartered firm Endo Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy private US firm Par Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth around $8 billion in a combination of cash, shares and assumed debt.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2008 Brian Orelli	The Next Pharma Acquisition The rate of mergers and acquisitions among drugmakers has reached a feverish pace lately, and doesn't show any signs of slowing down anytime soon. Take a look at some likely candidates.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2007 Brian Orelli	Big Pharma's Takeover Wish List Which companies may be the next big pharma buyout candidates? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Witty Response to Pharma's R&D Dilemma According to GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty, the pharmaceutical industry is a mess. That's the basic gist of his opinion piece in The Economist.
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The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 Brian Lawler	Endo Brings in the Dough Why buy this pharmaceutical? Investors, let me count the ways.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2010 Travers & Jayson	Will Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Burn You? Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings is cash flow-positive, and has been for quite some time. That's investment nirvana for biotech shareholders.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Reworking the Broken R&D Model When it comes to drug development, it's becoming increasingly clear that competition isn't always the best thing for the industry. Collaborations will help bring drugs to the market more cheaply.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2010 Brian Orelli	Drug Companies: Recession-Resistant, but Government-Proof? Greece decided to take action and forced drugmakers to reduce drug costs by an average of 21.5%. Investors need to think twice before making the seemingly sure bet on pharmaceutical companies.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 Brian Lawler	It's All Good for Drugmakers With the whole drug industry growing so strongly, those looking for a safe place to park their investing dollars would be smart to take a look at some of the largest generic drugmakers.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2005 Rich Smith	JDS Uniphase Buys Something Will Acterna help the telecom play grow, or sink it? It's a pricey acquisition, even at a cost that's just over half the price-to-sales ratio JDS shares currently fetch.
The Motley Fool August 6, 2007 Brian Orelli	Cheap Drugs on the Farm The House approves a prescription-drug import provision. Investors should keep an eye on the status of the bill, because laws that hurt the drugmakers' bottom lines will hurt their stock prices as well.
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