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BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Michelle Cortez	Karo Bio's Prescription: Cheaper Drug Approval A Swedish company seeks a lower-cost review for its cholesterol drug.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Tom Randall	Merck May Have a Cholesterol Winner Merck told doctors at the American Heart Assn. annual meeting that new data showed its drug anacetrapib had reduced bad cholesterol by 40 percent while raising good cholesterol by an unprecedented 138 percent.
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 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 December 30, 2003 Arash Mostaghimi	Turning Cholesterol Into Cash With 62 million Americans suffering from heart disease, it's a huge target for major drug makers.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2003 Arash Mostaghimi	The Cholesterol Wars Who will win the fight to save your arteries? Fortunately for our corpulent country, pharmaceutical companies want to unclog our arteries -- and lighten our wallets. But which pharma stock will add to most girth to a portfolio?
BusinessWeek December 19, 2005 Amy Barrett	Big Pharma's Favorite Gadfly Steven Nissen's pharmaceutical industry ties don't stop him from questioning drugs like Celebrex.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2005 Brian Gorman	Pfizer's Controversial Pairing The pharmaceutical's strategy of combining an experimental medicine with Lipitor will likely come under increasing fire. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Michael Leibert	Whither Pfizer? Bad news follows the upbeat message delivered at Pfizer's R&D briefing. But with strong cash flows, a healthy dividend yield, unparalleled scale, and a discounted share price, Pfizer's risk/reward profile might look attractive to investors.
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Barrett & Carey	Wondering About A Wonder Drug While the benefits of statins, sold under names such as Lipitor and Zocor, are well established, some doctors argue that their side effects have not received adequate scrutiny.
Chemistry World January 2007 Derek Lowe	Opinion: In the Pipeline Here is a look at the recent failure of Pfizer's cholesterol drug, torcetrapib, and what it could mean for the future of pharmaceutical research.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2005 Charly Travers	A Drug to Make Hearts Happy? Atherogenics has a potential blockbuster in a drug that could reverse the clogging of arteries. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2011 Brian Orelli	Good Data, Big Drug Market, but Still Risky Eli Lilly's evacetrapib is behind Roche and Merck.
Chemistry World August 23, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	How Good Cholesterol Turns Bad Chemists have peered into the depths of HDL, which protects against heart disease, to explain why it can become harmful. The research may also suggest an explanation for the near-billion-dollar failure of Pfizer's blockbuster heart drug, torcetrapib, in recent clinical trials.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2004 Ben McClure	Rethinking Big Pharma Risk is knocking Big Pharma stocks down. They won't be getting up anytime soon. Competition, soaring R&D costs, shifting business models, and political meddling combine to make drug stocks a riskier place to invest.
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.
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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 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 August 24, 2011 Brian Orelli	Can Roche and Merck Succeed Where Pfizer Failed? CETP inhibitors are lucrative but risky.
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 March 14, 2006 Brian Gorman	AstraZeneca's Heartening News A new study shows cholesterol drug Crestor's further potential. Will it help sales?
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2010 Walter Armstrong	Hyperlipidemia: The Anti-CETPs Redux The crowded cholesterol-control category is the biggest US drug market, with 2010 global sales close to $35 billion, according to IMS Health.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2007 Brian Lawler	Dueling Fools: Pfizer Bear It's been a blue chip for years, but that doesn't mean it will stay that way forever. It's inconceivable for Pfizer's market capitalization to be valued at $188 billion four years from now, when its revenues could be 40% lower than they are today.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Brian Orelli	Merck's Next Blockbuster? Merck's cholesterol drug comes back from phase 2 testing with no side effects. Investors, take note.
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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?
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BusinessWeek March 6, 2006 Amy Barrett	Merck: Out Of The Ivory Tower Merck's pragmatic strategy includes tweaking the vitamin niacin to make it a blockbuster.
Scientific American April 2005 Diane Martindale	Reactive Reasoning Is an inflammation protein the next cholesterol?
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2006 Rob Scott	Thoughtleader: Life After Lipitor A conversation with a former Pfizer executive who "launched the world's best-selling drug."
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2009 Walter Armstrong	Brand of the Year: Crestor For aiming to be a game-changer in cardiovascular disease, we recognize comeback kid Crestor as the year's No. 1. Plus three fine finalists.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2003 Jeff Hwang	Pfizer Stuffs Its Pipeline Pfizer extends its reach in cardiovascular disease with Esperion Therapeutics.
BusinessWeek December 29, 2003 Gene G. Marcial	Faster Pulse At Esperion Esperion Therapeutics shares may zip up, says Mark Monane of investment firm Needham. Pfizer, Genentech, or Aventis could strike a deal for any of Esperion's four cardiovascular drugs now in trials, he says.
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.
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BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Amy Barrett	Pfizer Has Plenty Of Pain To Kill Many investors and analysts argue that while the drug company should continue to plow money into new-drug development, the company needs to aggressively reduce other costs and return greater amounts of cash to shareholders through a higher dividend.
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BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Amy Barrett	Pfizer's Funk Pfizer CEO Hank McKinnell helped pioneer the age of blockbuster drugs. The company now spends twice as much on sales and administrative expenses as it does on R&D. But a dearth of new products and fears over drug safety are hurting the entire industry. Is there a fix?
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