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The Motley Fool November 13, 2007 Brian Orelli	Another Punch in the Nose for Pfizer The FDA clears ZYRTEC-D for over-the-counter sales; marketing of the medication will now switch hands from Pfizer to Johnson & Johnson. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2009 Brian Orelli	This Acquisition Is Icy Hot Expensive price, but Chattem may still be a good buy for sanofi-aventis.
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 September 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Joint-Venture Acid Reflux Merck ditches its joint venture with Johnson & Johnson.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Brian Orelli	A Combination to Clear Your Head Merck and Schering-Plough get together again. But who can blame them? Their partnerships have been making both companies lots of money. Investors, take note.
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.
Managed Care November 2004 Martin Sipkoff	OTC Status for Low-Dose Lovastatin Would Have Widespread Implications The FDA stands poised to approve OTC low-dose statins, following a similar change in United Kingdom.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Brian Orelli	Fighting the Generics Next Door Pfizer tries to stop patients from switching from it's patented Lipitor to generic Zocor by doing an observational study of patients on both medications.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	The World Is Saving Pfizer The pharma company experienced a double-digit decrease in U.S. sales in the third quarter. Ouch.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Your Heart or Your Stomach? It must be disappointing to know that a label change on another drug -- one that isn't even your competition -- is going to hurt sales, but that's the position that Procter & Gamble and AstraZeneca find themselves in.
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 January 2, 2008 Brian Orelli	Congestion in the OTC Market J&J already has generic competition for its new drug Zyrtec.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2011 John Grgurich	Pfizer Losing Lipitor Patent: What Investors Need to Know The patent ends today.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2004 Brian Gorman	Will Lipitor's Certification Boost Pfizer? The FDA's ruling may help the company ward off a new threat.
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Amy Barrett	A Bare-Knuckle Battle over Cholesterol Drugs If AstraZeneca's Crestor is approved, rivals' stepped-up pitches will focus on safety
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 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 March 25, 2011 Brian Orelli	Teva:P&G :: Peanut Butter:Chocolate The generic-drug maker and consumer-products company are forming a joint venture to sell over-the-counter medication, with both companies bringing their strengths to the table.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Michael P. Cecil	Pfizer's Cholesterol-Drug Hopes Crumble In surprising and disappointing news, the pharma's promising new drug fails clinical trials. With Pfizer shares declining because of the bad news, is now a good time to buy?
The Motley Fool May 6, 2008 Brian Orelli	Free Drugs Free over-the-counter drugs are a win-win for health insurers and their members.
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 November 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	Viagra Stays Behind the Counter All puns about soft sales and wishing something would go up in this market have been removed from this article.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Free Drugs! Pfizer's giving over 70 drugs away -- to people who have lost their jobs and health insurance recently and can show financial hardship.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2011 Brian Orelli	3 Things More Important to Pfizer Than Losing Lipitor It's not like we didn't see it coming.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Huge Business Wrapped Up in Tiny Packages Drug investors shouldn't forget about over-the-counter products.
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 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 May 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	No Barrier to Deals Like This In the latest example of overlap between the pharmaceutical and consumer-health care industries, Barrier Therapeutics announces that it will package one of its lead prescription drugs with a shampoo sold by Procter & Gamble.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2008 Brian Orelli	Lipitor Is Back on the Tube Direct-to-consumer ads have to walk a line.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Brian Orelli	Dueling Fools: Pfizer Bull The bullish opinion on Pfizer is that this may be the best time to buy this stock.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Robert Steyer	Drugmakers Diversify -- Again Merck and Pfizer choose businesses they once eschewed.
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.
Reason September 2005 Kerry Howley	Locking Up Life-Saving Drugs U.S. prescription laws make us sicker and poorer because the system that puts drugs over the counter is driven by profits and patents.
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.
BusinessWeek August 14, 2006	Statins Could Cause Legal Headaches Pfizer insists that Lipitor's safety record "is very well established."
The Motley Fool October 15, 2007 Brian Lawler	Save Your Cash, Pfizer A multibillion-dollar stake in Sanofi wouldn't fix Pfizer's problems. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	Schering Buys Great Growth Acquiring Organon Biosciences saves the company from a rough quarter.
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.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2011 Brian Orelli	Keeping Those Little Blue Pill Sales Up Pfizer wins a patent lawsuit for Viagra.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Costs of Being Pfizer With Pfizer having announced its intention to buy Wyeth this quarter, investors may have worried that the negotiating and pre-acquisition planning caused management to be distracted, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Little Distracted, Are You, Merck? The FDA rejects its latest application.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2008 Brian Lawler	Pfizer's Small Lipitor Win Pfizer and the most prolific challenger of its Lipitor patents, Indian generic-drug manufacturer Ranbaxy, settle the vast majority of their litigation.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Brian Lawler	Pfizer Puts Safety First Increased FDA scrutiny may motivate the pharmaceutical's new drug-safety site.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	An Untouched Market Waiting to Be Captured Unfilled prescriptions are a potential boon to drug companies.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Brian Lawler	Pfizer Protects Profitable Patent The courts uphold a key patent on Pfizer's top drug.
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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