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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.
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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 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 January 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	Mylan on the Generic Attack Two new drug approvals for the generic drugmaker come in the midst of a changing regulatory environment. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2010 Brian Orelli	No Patent! No Generics? Take Advantage of the Situation Enjoy it while it lasts, pharma.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2011 Brian Orelli	Obama Hates Your Drugmaker The president's proposal in favor of earlier generics would mean lower profits for some companies.
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.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2010 Jim Mueller	Today's Buy Opportunity: Teva Pharmaceutical Take advantage of this growing generic-drug maker.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2011 Brian Orelli	Spectrum Pharma Jumps in With the Big Dogs Spectrum is developing biosimilars.
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 January 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	You're Only Hurting Yourself, Thailand Thailand's decision to allow generics could do more harm than good. Investors, take note.
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 July 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	Buy, Sell, or Hold: Biotech Generics Generic biotech drugs are coming. Hop on.
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.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	Benefiting From 2008's Generic Drugs While drug companies scramble to make up for lost revenue as their products are hit with patent expirations, other companies will benefit from the patent losses. Take a look at some winners and losers of drugs going off patent this year.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Brian Lawler	The Coming Generic Drug Boom Generic drugmakers are poised to profit from several key factors. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	An Untouched Market Waiting to Be Captured Unfilled prescriptions are a potential boon to drug companies.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2011 Brian Orelli	Congress Sets Bad Precedent With AVANIR What happened to free markets?
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.
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 March 20, 2007 Brian Lawler	Smart Move by Abbott? Abbott takes a drastic measure to make a point about its patents. Thailand's actions offer a good warning of what can happen when governments try to intervene too much in existing markets.
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 January 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pay-for-Delay Is Under the Spotlight It helps each side, but governments aren't thrilled with the idea.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2007 Brian Lawler	Brazil's Boneheaded Drug Move Brazil already receives a steep discount on the price that Merck charges it for its HIV compounds. Nevertheless, it wants still lower prices to help reduce the government's costs associated with supplying drugs to those living with HIV/AIDS.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Some Brand-Name Patents: Going, Going, Gone in 2010 Generic drug competition is coming for Lipitor, Plavix, and others.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Flexes Its Generic Muscles The pharma giant moves farther into generic drugs.
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 December 2, 2009 Brian Orelli	Tired of Waiting, Teva Advances Teva Pharmaceutical decides it's not worth waiting for the U.S. government to establish a pathway for approval of generic versions of biologic drugs. Instead, it's asking for approval for its copycat of Amgen's Neupogen under the normal branded-drug process.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	Can $634 Billion Save the U.S. Health Care System? The good news is that Obama's budget includes a $634 billion down payment on getting insurance for the 48 million uninsured. The bad news is that the president has to pay for that by cutting costs in other areas.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Diane Brady	Biotech: Teva's Next Triumph? The Israeli maker of generics wants a piece of the fast-growing bio-drug market.
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The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	Fighting Hard to Keep a Blockbuster Sanofi is suing the FDA to take back approval of a competing generic drug. Did you expect something different?
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.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Branded? Generic? They're Both Doing Great! Teva Pharmaceuticals registers strong growth on both fronts.
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 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Life-and-Death Situation That Isn't Branded-drug makers aren't playing fair because they refuse to sell samples to generic drug makers.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 Brian Lawler	Pliva's Late Christmas Gift to Barr Normally generic drug competitors, Barr Pharmaceuticals and Par Pharmaceutical Companies announced the launch of a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's drug, Zofran. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Brian Orelli	And You Thought Biotech Was High-Risk, High-Reward Large clinical trials make cardiovascular drugs risky, but the rewards are there, too.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2007 Charly Travers	John Edwards, Frozen Caveman Lawyer Presidential hopeful John Edwards' health-care plans could destroy drug research and development in this country by removing the patent protection on breakthrough drugs.
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The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 Brian Lawler	Barr Issues a Challenge Barr challenges the patents on one of Sanofi's top drugs.
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The Motley Fool December 20, 2011 Brian Orelli	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: Amgen Goes Generic Biosimilars are coming -- might as well get a piece of the action.
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