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The Motley Fool April 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	It'll Be a Blockbuster! High Fives All Around, Right? Sanofi-aventis releases top-line data for its phase 3 diabetes drug candidate, lixisenatide. The trial was a success, but don't pencil it in as a blockbuster just yet.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2007 Brian Orelli	Amylin: Waiting on the Future Research and development costs drag down the drug developer's bottom line. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Byetta Beating The FDA gives Amylin and Alkermes a smack down, but neither company is knocked out yet.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2008 Brian Orelli	Amylin Gets Some FDA Love Amylin's once-weekly diabetes drug Byetta gets a green light from the FDA.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	2 Biotechs, 1 Promising Cancer Drug Perifosine on the home stretch.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2007 Brian Orelli	Amylin's Temporarily Worthless Label Expansion Amylin releases label expansion data that won't be useful for a few years. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	Head to Head: Merck vs. Itself Merck's HIV drug doesn't work as well when taken once daily.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Skinny on a Triple-Decker Update Amylin's public relations department might need to go on a diet.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2009 Brian Orelli	Amylin Smacks Down the Competition Amylin's once-weekly blood sugar controlling drug Byetta trounces the competition.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Brian Orelli	There Are No Safe Biotech Investments Amylin Pharmaceuticals and its partners, Eli Lilly and Alkermes, announced yesterday evening that the Food and Drug Administration had asked for more data before approving its once-weekly diabetes drug Bydureon.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2007 Brian Orelli	Good News From Amylin Isn't Good Enough Investors aren't impressed by Amylin's extended-release version of Byetta, worrying that the drug may be reaching market saturation.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	Amylin Timeline Shortened -- Maybe Revenue down 6% year over year. Prescriptions of the company's top-selling drug, Byetta, down 5.9% quarter over quarter. Amylin Pharmaceuticals' fourth quarter wasn't pretty.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	What to Look for From Keryx and Aeterna Zentaris in 2012 The future is uncertain for these pharmaceutical companies.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Skinny on Diabetes Drugs The goal of diabetes drugs is to get the patient's blood glucose levels under control, but one class of drugs, called GLP1 agonists, have a nice side effect: weight loss. Which pharma companies can benefit?
The Motley Fool April 20, 2010 Brian Orelli	Drug Sales Down! Should We Celebrate? Amylin won't have completed results for a trial comparing Bydureon to Victoza until next year. But until that data is in, it might not be as easy to get the patients back as Amylin is making it out to be.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2009 Brian Orelli	Cost-Cutting? Check. Increased Sales? Hmm ... Amylin has half the equation. Now it needs the other half.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	The Next Amgen? Not Yet. Amylin Pharmaceuticals is in much the same situation as Amgen is in: relatively flat sales, and the potential for a nice boost from a Food and Drug Administration approval shortly. But that's where the comparison ends.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Amylin Comes Up Snake Eyes Amylin Pharmaceuticals and partners Eli Lilly and Alkermes announced results of their head-to-head clinical trial comparing Bydureon with Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Clinical Trial Results Fail to Inspire Inspire Pharma gets cut in half after a cystic fibrosis trial failure.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	Know Your Drug Stock ABCs: Part 2 Investing in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries can be difficult. Here are terms investors should know to better understand how the clinical trial process involved with bringing a drug to market works.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Brian Lawler	Pharmaxis Gets Good News From the FDA Fast-track designation gives this pharmaceutical stock a bump.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2011 Brian Orelli	Fewer Needle Pricks for the Europeans Amylin's once-weekly diabetes drug Bydureon gets a positive recommendation in Europe.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Brian Orelli	Amylin's Down and Up on Diabetes Investors may be over-reacting to news both good and bad from Amylin Pharmaceuticals.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2007 Brian Orelli	Weighing In on Amylin's Drug Combination Phase 2 results are good for Amylin Pharmaceuticals trial of a new weight-loss treatment, but it's the subsequent phase 3 trial that actually counts.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2011 Brian Orelli	Data Published; Back to Waiting Phase 2 data for Aeterna Zentaris and Keryx's perifosine was published, but it's the phase 3 that's important.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	Dang! This Drug Is Shining Brighter Vertex illuminates telaprevir's additional benefit in treating hepatitis C patients.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Brian Orelli	What's Merck Doing? With a nice solid pipeline Merck is on its way to its goal of double-digit EPS growth through 2010.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	3 Stock-Moving Binary Events to Watch in 2012 Binary events, FDA decisions, and clinical trial results, are the lifeblood -- and death wish -- of the biotech industry. Here are three to watch in 2012.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Tale of 2 Weeks It's been a busy two weeks at Genzyme as two nasty notes from the FDA follow two approvals.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Brian Orelli	Analyzing Amylin Amylin Pharmaceuticals holds its R&D day to update investors on the marketing strategy of its two diabetes products, as well as the development of its pipeline.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2011 Brian Orelli	Let's Just Hope For No More FDA Surprises Despite the government's worries, Bydureon doesn't cause heart issues.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck Can't Achieve Anything The pharmaceutical cancels a troubled clinical trial.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 Brian Orelli	Alfacell's Awkward Wait Waiting for subjects to die is a somber part of the oncology clinical trial process. Alfacell is doing just that in its final phase three trial with its lead cancer drug candidate. Investors take note.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	No Weight Loss at Amylin Bulging costs related to its diabetes drug Byetta keep the drugmaker from showing a profit this quarter.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Brian Lawler	Northfield Frowns on Focus From "20/20" The maker of artificial blood finds yet another critic. But the impending end of the PolyHeme trial probably won't represent the end of criticism of the artificial blood. Only if good clinical trial results are announced later this year will Northfield's critics be silenced.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Drop on Bad News, but It Was a Long Shot Anyway Bydureon, Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly's once-weekly version of their twice-daily Byetta, has been beating up other diabetes drugs in a series of head-to-head clinical trials but it will have a tough time going after the monotherapy market.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Ignore These Companies at Your Peril You may not want to invest in them, but don't ignore them.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2010 Brian Orelli	FDA Says "No Way!" Market Says "Yeah, Baby!" You can have it both ways. The Food and Drug Administration's response wasn't exactly what investors in Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, and Alkermes were looking for, but they'll take it.
The Motley Fool September 10, 2008 Brian Orelli	1 Drug Beats Another, but Who Will Care? Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly are fighting an uphill battle as they try to convince diabetics that the benefit from the two-needle-prick regimen of Byetta is worth the effort over popping a single pill.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 Brian Orelli	Progenics' Mixed Trial Data Progenics Pharmaceuticals and marketing partner Wyeth release both positive and negative clinical trial data.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2009 Brian Orelli	Great Drugs Not Living Up to Their Potential How well a drug works is not the most important thing to consider when investing. Drugs that work don't always become blockbusters.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Brian Lawler	One-and-a-Half Setbacks for Exelixis Drug development is a long process usually involving many setbacks and failures, even for the most successful drug makers. Investors in this biotech shouldn't worry too much about this one.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	Black Friday Biotech Bargains Drugmakers on sale.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Brian Orelli	Will Patients Reject This Injection? Wyeth and Progenics release good trial data, but will patients want their constipation drug?
The Motley Fool October 16, 2007 Brian Orelli	Not a Blockbuster -- Yet Merck gains marketing approval for its newest HIV drug. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2011 Brian Orelli	Biotech Uncertainty = Big Upside Potential Aastrom's phase 2 and phase 3 trials don't match up.
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 October 17, 2007 Brian Orelli	FDA Warning Might Be a Buying Opportunity The 3%-4% drops in the stock prices of Amylin and Alkermes, Amylin's partner in the development of a sustained-release version of Byetta, could be a good buying opportunity for investors.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Jim Mueller	3 Stocks to Play Biotech Here are three promising ideas for this exciting area.
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.