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The Motley Fool December 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	Cancer Isn't Merck's Biggest Problem There's still hope for Merck's Vytorin, but investors will have to wait.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Don't Worry About Vytorin's Cancer Risk While it doesn't seem that the investigations are likely to turn up anything, investors should at least keep up with the amount of news surrounding the Vytorin probe.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2010 Brian Orelli	Let's Call It a Partial Victory Merck's Vytorin works better than a placebo. Unfortunately, it may be too little and too late to do anything about the sales cut that Vytorin has taken over the past few years.
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 July 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Drug Duo SEAS Disappointment -- Again After numerous disappointments this year, Merck and Schering-Plough continue their string of bad luck.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 Brian Orelli	No Blood-Pumping Love for Merck and Schering From the reports coming out of the American College of Cardiology meeting, it looks like the drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough took a beating.
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 April 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck's Recovery Flushed Down Merck's best hope at recovery fails approval by the FDA.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck Can't Achieve Anything The pharmaceutical cancels a troubled clinical trial.
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 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 October 23, 2007 Brian Orelli	Old Merck on New Drugs It looks like the old Merck is back, with new drugs driving double-digit sales growth in the third-quarter.
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 March 27, 2008 Brian Orelli	I Heart the ACC What can investors expect from this weekend's blood-pumping American College of Cardiology scientific meeting?
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 April 2, 2008 Michael P. Cecil	Irrational Exuberance for Vytorin and Zetia? Drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough certainly hoped data from the Enhance study would enhance the value and status of their blockbuster cholesterol-fighting drugs Zetia and Vytorin -- but its results did quite the opposite.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2010 Brian Orelli	Clinical Outcomes? Who Needs 'Em. Abbott's TriCor looks good on lab tests, but that's about all.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	To the Moon, Crestor? A few months ago, AstraZeneca released initial data showing how its cholesterol-lowering drug, Crestor, reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and other heart-related issues by 44% in patients. Now it's back with more.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Brian Orelli	Here's That Critical Merck Info You Missed Announcing clinical trial failures in a FAQ? Really?
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 May 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	AIM-HIGH? These Drugmakers Better Duck. A government study on cholesterol drugs hurts Abbott and Merck.
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 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 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 January 14, 2011 Brian Orelli	Don't Have a Stroke Over Merck's Heart Drug Welcome to pharma investing.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	Forget Respect -- Dendreon Needs Sales! Dendreon's Provenge was approved months ago, but the data from the clinical trial supporting the FDA's decision was finally published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week.
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.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Brian Orelli	Merck Tries to Stop the Flushing The FDA will review the pharma's new cholesterol drug. The biggest worry with getting CORDAPTIVE approved is probably not with its effectiveness, but with safety. Investors, take note.
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 September 24, 2010 Brian Orelli	Prepare for This $12 Billion Whoosh Pfizer's Lipitor is the top-selling cholesterol drug -- in fact, it's the top selling drug period -- but it'll start to see generic competition in a little over a year.
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 February 14, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Lovey-Dovey Duo Drug companies Schering-Plough and Merck hook up to market a 'hot, hot, hot!' product.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Amy Barrett	Hooked On The Cash From Cholesterol Cholesterol-lowering drugs are massive moneyspinners. But can big pharmaceutical companies sidestep expiring patents?
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 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 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 May 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	5 Biotechs With Upcoming Clinical Trial Results Investors willing to stay in these stocks a little while could see substantial gains well ahead of FDA approvals.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2009 Brian Orelli	Questioning Pfizer's Integrity Pfizer's epilepsy drug Neurontin has had generic competition for a few years, but it's still plaguing the pharmaceutical giant.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck-Schering Trumps Pfizer-Wyeth The new Merck deal looks a lot better than a combined Pfizer plus Wyeth.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Drug to End Merck's Headache? Merck presents promising data for its phase 3 migraine drug.
The Motley Fool May 6, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Sign of the Pharma Times Merck is the latest big pharma cutting jobs to improve its bottom line.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2008 Michael P. Cecil	2 Sources of Trouble for Vytorin You know that a drug study has gone very, very bad when you can't find out its results without a congressional inquiry.
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 March 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	Look for Companies That Strike First Head-to-head trials, whether they're run by companies or by third parties, can be scary. But the way to make big money is by selling drugs that offer superior benefits, so investors should welcome the onslaught of upcoming comparative trial data.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2011 Brian Orelli	Abbott's Potential Billion-Dollar Problem Abbott's Humira forms antibodies in nearly a quarter of patients.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2008 Brian Orelli	Schering-Plough Has No Love for the Media Apart from the press bashing regarding the company's cholesterol-lowering drug Enhance, Schering reported a pretty nice quarter.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2008 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Blows Statin Smoke Pfizer presents some mildly persuasive numbers to try to win back customers for Lipitor.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	Abbott Labs Loves Merck More Than Gilead Its HIV trial seems to suggest so.