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The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 Brian Lawler	Cardiome's Yin and Yang Cardiome reports positive mid-stage data for its irregular heartbeat drug.
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The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 Brian Lawler	Cardiome at a Glance Cardiome Pharma gives investors an overview of where its lead Cardiac drug stands; a New Drug Application has been submitted to the FDA.
The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Cash: The Cure for Smaller Drugmakers For $60 million and a credit line of an additional $100 million, Merck licenses the rights to the oral formulation of vernakalant, Cardiome's atrial fibrillation treatment.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Andrew R. Vaino	Cardiome's Hearty Outlook If the FDA renders a favorable decision on an anti-fibrillation drug, Cardiome's heart may well skip a beat. As with any investment based on FDA approval, of course, there is substantial risk involved.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2008 Brian Lawler	A Drugmaker's Candid Thoughts on the FDA Cardiome updates investors on its top two drugs.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Brian Lawler	No Shock for Cardiome An FDA advisory panel gives the nod to Cardiome's heart drug. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Brian Lawler	Busy Times Ahead for Cardiome Keep an eye on Canadian drug developer Cardiome Pharma over the next three months; its entire pipeline of drugs will be receiving regulatory scrutiny during this time.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2008 Brian Lawler	You're Kidding Me, Cardiome! Canadian pharmaceutical company Cardiome is still awaiting an FDA decision on its lead drug.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Little Distracted, Are You, Merck? The FDA rejects its latest application.
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 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	Cardiome Plays Dealmaker Cardiome signs a deal to develop one of Eli Lilly's drug candidates. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 Brian Lawler	Will the FDA Clear Cardiome? The agency prepares to debate Cardiome's lead drug candidate, Vernakalant, a treatment for abnormal heart rhythms. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	There's Still Only One Merck KGaA's oral MS drug delay is Novartis' gain.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	3 Cheers for an FDA Rejection German drugmaker Merck said that the Food and Drug Administration had turned down its multiple sclerosis drug cladribine. The pill would have competed with Novartis' Gilenya, which gained FDA approval last year.
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 August 12, 2008 Brian Lawler	The FDA Stands Up Cardiome What does the approvable letter mean for Cardiome and other drug developers?
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 September 7, 2011 Brian Orelli	J&J and Bayer Head in Front of the Firing Squad An expanded indication for Xarelto seems unlikely.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2007 Brian Orelli	Panel Kills Merck's Hope of OTC Status An FDA advisory panel isn't convinced that Merck's cholesterol-lowering drug MEVACOR deserves OTC status.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	Well, That Just Stinks Glaxo's Lovaza doesn't fix heart rhythm problems.
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 June 26, 2008 Brian Orelli	The FDA's Latest Victim Merck fails to get its Gardasil vaccine approved to treat older women.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 Brian Orelli	Mark Your Calendar, Drug Investors Vertex announces that the Food and Drug Administration has accepted its New Drug Application to market telaprevir.
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 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	OK, Last Vioxx Settlement, Honest! What's another $58 million when Merck's already forking over $4.85 billion?
The Motley Fool April 15, 2011 Brian Orelli	Dark Clouds Lift Over Pharma Dispute The case of who bought whom in the Merck -Schering-Plough deal has ended in a draw.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2006 Brian Lawler	Dueling Fools: Merck Bull Rebuttal Plenty of cash. Big pipeline. Not to worry. The future can't be predicted, but Merck's history shows its ability to weather even the toughest pharmaceutical-development environments.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck Can't Achieve Anything The pharmaceutical cancels a troubled clinical trial.
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.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Brian Lawler	Merck Gets the Combo Merck gets marketing approval for a diabetes combination drug. Investors, take note.
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.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Brian Orelli	Merck Says No to This Protein An FDA advisory panel recommends unanimous approval of a new HIV drug from Merck. The new class of HIV medications fight the virus by blocking one key protein from entering cells.
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 May 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Not So Fast, Schering ... er, Merck ... er, Whoever You Are Merck got cute with its acquisition of Schering-Plough by setting up the merger so that Schering is technically merging with Merck and then changing its name to Merck. That seemingly schizophrenic move had a purpose.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 Brian Orelli	Second Chance for Merck's MEVACOR Merck licenses the rights to an over-the-counter version of its cholesterol-lowering drug MEVACOR to GlaxoSmithKline, but the deal is far from done. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2010 Brian Orelli	Oops, Sorry About That, Pfizer The FDA says there's no problem with Spiriva after all.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Dueling Fools: Merck Bear Looking at other big pharma peers, Merck is dead last when it comes to expected three- to five-year EPS growth. Why buy a troubled pharma when better options exist?
The Motley Fool February 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Take Two on COX-2 FDA panel recommendations breathe new life into Merck and Pfizer's COX-2 pain medications. Looking ahead, investors should give a good, long look to the drug sector.
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 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 23, 2005 Rich Smith	Dueling Fools: Merck Bull It's hard to argue with a price this cheap. With a price-to-free cash flow ratio of less than 11, Merck's a steal.
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 May 6, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Sign of the Pharma Times Merck is the latest big pharma cutting jobs to improve its bottom line.
Chemistry World June 12, 2012 Nina Notman	More testing needed for ridaforolimus US pharma company Merck & Co has confirmed that marketing approval for its anti-cancer drug ridaforolimus has been held up by the US Food and Drug Administration.
The Motley Fool November 25, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Merck Become the Perfect Stock? Like most other pharma companies, Merck is dealing with the imminent loss of patent protection on one of its blockbuster drugs.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Congress Full of Headaches And no drug to fix it. Merck's migraine drugs that block the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor had such potential to treat what ails me and our government servants. That is, until side effects started popping up.
The Motley Fool March 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	2 Suitors Are Better Than 1 Recent drug company acquisitions prove that competition benefits shareholders.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Easy Way to Develop Drugs Merck buys a pipeline of follow-on biologics and a building to produce them.
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