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The Motley Fool July 5, 2005 Bill Mann	This Merger Deserves Revisiting Transkaryotic agreed to $37 per share from Shire Pharmaceuticals -- but that was before the good news rolled in. These shares are worth 30% more today. The market knows it.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 John Bluis	Genzyme Feels the Heat Drug company faces first true competition to its enzyme replacement therapy for Gaucher disease.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2005 Charly Travers	Thanks for the Ride, Transkaryotic Selling was the right move, but it's hard to let go of stocks you like. Transkaryotic has certainly done very well for its shareholders.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	High Risk, High Reward. At Least It Was Cheap! Biogen licenses a drug to treat ALS.
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The Motley Fool May 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	The Biggest-Little Biotechs in the World If you do decide to invest in these biotechs before they've secured phase 3 results make sure you know what you're getting yourself into and aren't blindly following the crowd.
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The Motley Fool January 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	How to Make Billions of Dollars Without Really Trying Lackluster Alzheimer's drugs have been doing it for years.
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The Motley Fool March 4, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Painless Drug Deal Bristol-Myers licenses pain drug from Allergan.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Gardner & Mann	For Shame, Warburg Pincus What transpired as a result of misplaced priorities among these board members who are partners at private equity firm Warburg Pincus is a deal that is substantially underpriced based on Transkaryotic's fundamentals.
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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.
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The Motley Fool July 18, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Rare Diseases Mean Solid Growth for Genzyme Genzyme doesn't target well-known diseases, but then neither does the competition. Valuing these shares is a bit tricky.
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