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The Motley Fool March 23, 2010 Brian Orelli	No Patent! No Generics? Take Advantage of the Situation Enjoy it while it lasts, pharma.
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The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	Novartis Leads the Pack Biosimilars come to Japan; will the U.S. be next? In the U.S., the main hang-up is how much guaranteed patent protection branded biologics will be given.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	Stop Worrying About Follow-On Biologics They're inevitable, but they won't hurt biotech as much as you might think.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Easy Way to Develop Drugs Merck buys a pipeline of follow-on biologics and a building to produce them.
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The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Brian Orelli	A Billion-Dollar Market to Open "Very Soon" Biosimilar drugs are finally coming to the U.S.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Brian Orelli	Look Across the Pond for Biosimilars Teva, ratiopharm, and CT Arzneimittel all get positive recommendations for their new biosimilars, as approvals for generic equivalents to biotech drugs are heating up in Europe.
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The Motley Fool September 23, 2008 Brian Lawler	Will Generic Biologics Get Special Treatment? While the rest of the market was lost in the financial meltdown, a little-noticed report discussing some of the biopharmaceutical bills going through Congress was released.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck: Same Plan, With a Twist With increasing generic competition and languishing sales of cholesterol-lowering drugs Vytorin and Zetia, Merck is doing its best to replace sales by pushing new drugs through its pipeline.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	Buy, Sell, or Hold: Biotech Generics Generic biotech drugs are coming. Hop on.
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The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Brian Orelli	Reddy for a Rollercoaster Ride In their quarterly results Dr. Reddy's Laboratories sees a dip in revenue from the loss of authorized generics.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Brian Orelli	Teva Gets a Two-For Even for a maker of generic drugs, getting two FDA drug approvals in as many business days is a feat not often seen. Teva Pharmaceuticals managed to do it, though. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Brian Lawler	Is the FDA Still Approving New Drugs? Lately the FDA seems more reluctant to approve new drugs than it once was. Let's take a look at the actual numbers from the past eight years.
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The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Brian Orelli	Pushing Pills Spending on drug lobbying increases. What do companies have to show for it? The key for investors is to find drug companies that are spending their money wisely.
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The Motley Fool December 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	Does Leadership Count at the FDA? Let's take a look at how drug approval rates have fared under different FDA commissioners.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 30, 2007 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Exclusivity vs. Patents To encourage innovation while supporting access to less costly therapies, Congress proposes an extensive data-exclusivity period that would delay Food and Drug Administration approval of a follow-on biologic application for 12 years.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2008 Brian Orelli	8 Generic-Drug Makers for 2008 Generic-drug makers can predict the growth of their industry, because it's written right in the patent-expirations column of the FDA's orange book. Here's a brief look at eight generic-drug makers worth closer scrutiny.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	For Blockbuster Cancer Drugs, Approvals Are the Easy Part Don't get too excited. As an investor, you can lower your risk by investing in cancer drug companies after a clinical trial success but before an FDA approval, but you'll also reduce your reward.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2006 Brian Gorman	Novartis Presses on Biogenerics The company wins a court case that could accelerate U.S. regulations for biogenerics. Recent developments suggest Novartis' strategy may be close to paying off. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Brian Gorman	Hospira's Bold Move The drug delivery outfit's stab at biosimilars is worth some attention, but investors shouldn't assume a major payoff.
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The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 Brian Lawler	The FDA Says It Needs a Pep Pill Drugmakers offering new treatments might be discouraged by the FDA's latest report, in which the agency makes its case for additional funding from Congress.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Lawsuit Loss to Remember Barr Pharmaceuticals and Mylan get the patent overturned on Johnson & Johnson's Alzheimer's drug.
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The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 Brian Orelli	2007: The Year Pharma Fell in Love With Biologics The reason for pharma's newfound infatuation for biotech is quite clear. Many pharmaceutical companies are facing a patent cliff in the coming years, and they need to replace their blockbusters with something.
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