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The Motley Fool June 25, 2009 Brian Orelli	Loss of a Settlement Option Earlier this month the Federal Trade Commission came out with a report arguing for limited patent protection for drugs made by biotech companies. Now it's ratcheting up its complaints about pharmaceutical and generic-drug companies as well.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2009 Brian Orelli	Bristol-Myers Squibb: On the Patent Cliff's Edge Bristol-Myers Squibb changed its huge patent cliff into two smaller falls with a larger ledge in the middle.
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 December 3, 2008 Brian Orelli	High-Margin Generic Drugmakers -- An Oxymoron? The big profits come when a generic-drug maker doesn't have any competition.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	A Sluggish Bristol-Myers Squibb Generic erosion is going to chew away revenue and profits. Investors, at today's prices, there are just too many other better ideas to go after.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Parachutes, Cliffs, and Softer Landings Bristol-Myers Squibb faces a major patent cliff in a few years, and it's doing everything it can to make the fall as painless as possible. Early indications from yesterday's first-quarter earnings report look promising.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2010 Brian Orelli	Changing Pay-For-Delay Will Hurt Everyone Whether you're an investor in brand-name drugs or in companies that make generics, FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz is not your friend.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	More Plavix Headaches for Bristol-Myers Problems with a Plavix settlement put a large chunk of earnings at risk. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Brian Lawler	Sales Slow Down for Bristol-Myers Plavix isn't the only drug facing a challenging future. Losing patent protection and facing generic competition can be disastrous to sales and earnings if a pharmaceutical company doesn't have a way to drive revenue growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2006 Brian Lawler	Bristol-Myers and Sanofi Get Apotex to Stop A temporary injunction against generic drug manufacturer Apotex over patents involving Plavix means big news for all the companies involved.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	Bristol-Myers Stops Spinning in Place Bristol-Myers releases first-quarter financial results. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	Patent Cliff? Bring It On Sanofi-aventis isn't interested in doing a large deal.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2007 Brian Lawler	Victory for Sanofi and Bristol-Myers The pharmaceutical gains a crucial legal victory for its top compound. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	Bristol-Myers' Comeback Continues The pharmaceutical's first quarter brings more robust results.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2009 Dave Mock	A Big Upgrade for Teva Pharmaceutical This bullish call comes from more than just one analyst.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 Brian Lawler	Bristol-Myers Blames the Generic Again The fourth quarter's financial results are dominated by generic competition.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Sanofi-Aventis Waits It Out This is the hurry up-and-wait part of the French pharma's story, with product approvals on the way soon, investors hope.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2006 Brian Gorman	Pharma Plays With Fire Drugmakers' short-term gain could lead to long-term pain.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2009 Brian Orelli	Teva: An Equal-Opportunity Bully Making money by picking on the little guy, too.
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The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	Ranbaxy Spoils It for Everyone The Food and Drug Administration claims that generic-drug maker Ranbaxy falsified data that it submitted to the agency. Other innocent drug companies may suffer from guilt by association.
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The Motley Fool January 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	All Grown Up, With Cash to Burn Bristol-Myers is all drugs, all the time.
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 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Gets Serious About Generics Serious, as in a potential $4-billion-purchase serious.
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The Motley Fool February 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Turnaround Year, But Not in a Good Way 2009 was a solid year for sanofi-aventis thanks to a boost from sales of swine flu vaccine and some help from the exchange rate. But 2010? Not so solid.
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 April 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Cheer and a Boo for Eli Lilly Cost-cutting is nice, but it doesn't slow down the drive toward the patent cliff. Lilly needs to be on the lookout for other partnerships to fill in the upcoming revenue holes.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	Watson Gets Less Generic Branded sales were up while generics fell for the year, which made Watson Pharmaceutical a more balanced company.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2008 Brian Orelli	Wanted: FDA Approval -- Pronto Teva and Amphastar have the courts on their side, but the FDA still stands in the way of a generic-drug launch.
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The Motley Fool September 13, 2006 Brian Lawler	What to Make of Bristol-Myers Take a good look at the industry to try to sort out the meaning of all the news and the rumors. Investing in a company based on a possible buyout is never a good idea when the possibility is based solely on rumors and analyst speculation.
Chemistry World January 20, 2010 Phil Taylor	Screw tightens on pay-for-delay drug deals Scrutiny of the tactics used by pharmaceutical companies to delay the entry of generics onto the market is rising on both sides of the Atlantic amid claims that the practice is costing consumers billions every year.
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The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Brian Orelli	Abbott Makes All the Right Moves Hot off its cholesterol win over Merck, Abbott Labs is playing it safe with another cholesterol drug, TriCor.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Flexes Its Generic Muscles The pharma giant moves farther into generic drugs.
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The Motley Fool January 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Generics Bout Gets Bloody Bristol-Myers Squibb struggles to keep growing amid patent expirations.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	Get a Life, Congress! A Congressional investigation into whether the FDA was right to pull a doctor off of the advisory panel for Eli Lilly's blood thinner prasugrel illustrates why Congress needs to keep its nose out of scientific discussions.
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The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Brian Orelli	Teva Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine Momenta Pharmaceuticals and Novartis are challenging the patents on Teva Pharmaceutical's blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Pfizer Wins, a Sector Rejoices The pharmaceutical dodges a bullet and investors find renewed enthusiasm for big-cap pharma.