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The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Brian Orelli	No Enhance-ment From Zetia Merck and Schering report bad news, but how much will it affect sales? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Lovey-Dovey Duo Drug companies Schering-Plough and Merck hook up to market a 'hot, hot, hot!' product.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Brian Orelli	Drug Fuels an Idling Rocket Ship AstraZeneca needs another FDA approval to really take advantage of its cholesterol drug's success.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Tale of 2 Drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough typically release earnings on the same day because they share sales of cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia, but the drugmakers are far from the same.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	AIM-HIGH? These Drugmakers Better Duck. A government study on cholesterol drugs hurts Abbott and Merck.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2011 Brian Orelli	A Double Dose of Trouble for Big Pharma? Pfizer's Sutent and Novartis's Afinitor head in front of an FDA advisory panel.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2009 Brian Orelli	Is the News Good or Bad? Who Cares! Sell! A trial comparing Merck's and Schering-Plough's cholesterol drug Zetia to Abbott Labs' Niaspan was ended early, causing a sell-off of Merck stock.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pfile Pfizer Under "Potential" Researchers reported promising finding from a clinical trial of Pfizer's new drug, CP-870,893, in pancreatic cancer patients in the most recent issue of the journal Science.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2009 Brian Orelli	Abbott Puts a Nail in Merck's Coffin There's a clear winner from the American Heart Association conference.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	When Researchers Attack, Investors Lose Drug investors have to watch out for a lot of things that can change their stock's price: earnings reports, clinical trial results, competitor's results, and FDA decisions.
Chemistry World February 19, 2013 Andrew Turley	Merck resolves Vytorin case for $688m Merck & Co has agreed to pay $688 million to settle claims that it failed to report clinical trial data relating to cholesterol brands Zocor (simvastatin) and Vytorin (ezetimibe, simvastatin).
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Great Data Won't Do Much The full data from a clinical trial testing Pfizer's Sutent in pancreatic cancer was truly amazing. Unfortunately, it's not going to do very much for the stock or Pfizer's bottom line.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck Can't Achieve Anything The pharmaceutical cancels a troubled clinical trial.
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The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Brian Orelli	Congress Calls Out Merck and Schering-Plough The House of Representatives wants to know what's taking these pharmaceutical companies so long to release trial data from their ENHANCE clinical trial.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2008 Brian Orelli	FDA Moves Isis' Finish Line The FDA tells drugmaker Isis it must complete cancer tests before submitting its marketing application.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Thanks for Nothing, FDA The Food and Drug Administration says there's still enough evidence that Merck and Schering-Plough's Vytorin works to warrant keeping patients on the drug.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Biggest Shot at Lipitor 2.0 It might need a little help from competitors.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2010 Brian Orelli	Oops, Sorry About That, Pfizer The FDA says there's no problem with Spiriva after all.
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The Motley Fool June 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	FDA Bullies Obesity Drugmakers It's been clear for some time that the Food and Drug Administration isn't particularly fond of obesity drugs. Now it's just being a bully.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2008 Brian Orelli	FDA Sets a Higher Standard for Merck Merck finally comes clean on what the FDA wants before the drug formally known as Cordaptive (MK-0524A) can be approved. From the looks of it, it's going to be a long wait for Merck.
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The Motley Fool October 9, 2008 Brian Orelli	When Science, Marketing, and Investing Collide How a pharmaceutical tries to sell more drugs can provide clues about its management.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2004 Brian Gorman	Will Cholesterol Drug Pack a Punch? Merck's and Schering-Plough's new combination may receive a lukewarm welcome. In the near term, investors will probably cheer both companies, but in the long run, the companies will be better off it they can come up with something totally original.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck's Recovery Flushed Down Merck's best hope at recovery fails approval by the FDA.
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The Motley Fool May 5, 2010 Brian Orelli	Doubled Revenue, but Not High Growth An acquisition and some rearrangements make Merck's revenue line sound better than it is.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pfizer: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em Sutent fails. Again.
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BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Tom Randall	Cocktails Are Next For Cancer-Drug Makers Taking a cue from the cocktails of drugs that have made AIDS survivable, drugmakers are pursuing combination therapies against cancer.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Costly Missed Connection Dimebon's phase 3 failure costs Medivation shareholders 67%.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Robert Steyer	Merck Makes a Mark on Good Cholesterol Can't profit from fighting bad lipoproteins? Start boosting the good ones.
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The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Brian Orelli	Here's That Critical Merck Info You Missed Announcing clinical trial failures in a FAQ? Really?
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