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The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Billy Fisher	Vital Signs at Medtronic The FDA raises question about Medtronic's Endeavor stent. Investors, remember that the company also has a well-diversified product portfolio to protect itself against any unforeseen pitfalls ahead.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Brian Lawler	Noven's Acquisition Blues A recently acquired drug fails a late-stage clinical trial. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Billy Fisher	McKesson Expands Its Empire A new acquisition strengthens the company's presence in the cancer drug market. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Billy Fisher	A Menace to Big Pharma Abraxis gets tentative approval for a generic version of Pfizer's Camptosar. Many of the large-cap pharmaceutical companies are diversified to such a degree that they, like Abraxis, present interesting plays on the threat posed by generics.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Charly Travers	Scanning 4 Biotechs There are major events set for the following biotech companies during this quarter. Investors, take note: BioMarin Pharmaceutical... Exelixis... Neurocrine Biosciences... Pain Therapeutics...
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Brian Orelli	Pozen Submits Safety Data Will Pozen's response to its second approvable letter be enough? Investors may want to take this with a grain of salt.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Billy Fisher	Wheeling and Dealing at Wyeth A busy day at Wyeth. The company plans to submit a New Drug Application to the FDA, and acquires biopharmaceutical firm Haptogen.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Brian Orelli	New FDA Regulations for Drugmakers To deal with a growing backlog of pending applications, the FDA plans to stop its first-come, first-served system.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 Glen Whitman	Bad Medicine For Health Care Politicians have tried to solve America's health-care woes by enacting an individual mandate - a law requiring every adult to purchase health insurance. Despite its bipartisan support, the individual mandate is bad policy, a vain attempt to command a better result while doing nothing to achieve it.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Brian Lawler	OxyContin in the Crosshairs Again The state of Kentucky sues Purdue Frederick over the monetary burden that abusers of the drug OxyContin place on counties within the state.
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