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The Motley Fool February 18, 2005 Charly Travers	A Drug to Get Your Blood Pumping Encysive's Thelin combines low risk with high sales potential.
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The Motley Fool January 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	Can Encysive Catch the Competition? After two years of spectacular mismanagement, will 2008 be the year that Encysive Pharmaceuticals is finally able to capitalize on its very marketable lead drug, Thelin?
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The Motley Fool June 18, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Third Time Isn't the Charm for Encysive The approvable letter for the pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment marks the third time Thelin has failed to get full approval from the FDA. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2010 Brian Orelli	Was This Drug Destined for Failure? Pfizer announces that it's pulling Thelin off the market, and withdrawing the marketing application with the Food and Drug Administration, because a new side effect was discovered.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Brian Lawler	Encysive Hears the Voice of Reason To please the FDA, Encysive Pharmaceuticals announces it is planning an additional phase 3 trial to try and bring its lead drug, Thelin, to market in the United States.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 Brian Lawler	Encysive, Please Stop Its failure to acquiesce to the FDA's request means the competition is going forward as this drugmaker's product stays stagnant. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Brian Lawler	Strike Two for Encysive The FDA still won't quite give Thelin a thumbs-up. For now, Encysive investors can only sit and wait.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Brian Lawler	Another Go for Encysive Drug Trials Sometimes shares of small specialty-pharma stocks rise and fall much more than warranted on every piece of news, and this appears to have happened to Encysive Pharmaceuticals.
The Motley Fool March 7, 2007 Brian Lawler	Encysive's Outback Adventures The pharmaceutical gains marketing approval for its lead compound in Australia. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek October 17, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	Encysive Is Breathing Easy Among biotechs favored by Mark Monane of investment firm Needham is Encysive Pharmaceuticals.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Brian Lawler	Encysive's Date With Destiny Approaches A decision on the specialty drugmaker's lead drug is imminent. Betting against the FDA is generally not a good idea for investors. Here are statements from Encysive's past press releases about Thelin
The Motley Fool December 7, 2006 Brian Lawler	The Best Small Cap for 2007: Encysive Pharmaceuticals This little drug maker has the potential for big profit, in both the U.S. and Europe. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Brian Lawler	Encysive in a No-Win Situation Encysive Pharmaceuticals needs help to get its lead drug onto the U.S. market in time to turn its financials around. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 11, 2006 Brian Lawler	Encysive Evasive About Thelin The pharmaceutical stays tight-lipped about FDA approval of its new drug. Investors should keep an eye on Encysive's cash-burn rate in the coming months.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2007 Brian Lawler	Encysive's Congested Sales Failure Encysive Pharmaceuticals releases quarterly results that reveal a company with problems. Its cost structure is way out of line for a drugmaker of its size and potential.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2007 Brian Lawler	Gilead Closes the Gap The FDA trims Gilead's review period for a top developmental compound. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	For Blockbuster Cancer Drugs, Approvals Are the Easy Part Don't get too excited. As an investor, you can lower your risk by investing in cancer drug companies after a clinical trial success but before an FDA approval, but you'll also reduce your reward.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Heavy Breathing for Myogen Positive data from a phase 3 drug study sends shares of this biotech much higher.
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The Motley Fool June 18, 2007 Brian Lawler	Gilead Gets the Payoff Gilead gets marketing approval for one of its drug candidates. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Brian Lawler	Will Encysive's FDA Challenge Fail? The pharmaceutical gets set for a showdown with the FDA. Investors should think long and hard about whether shares of Encysive are worth holding, considering that the likely result of this dispute resolution process won't be positive.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	Pfizer Gets the Signal to Steal Pfizer's acquisition of Encysive Pharmaceuticals is set for Monday.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2010 Brian Orelli	2010 FDA Approvals and a Look Ahead Recent history can help us handicap FDA decisions.
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The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Brian Orelli	Fewer Drug Approvals? Buy! Stricter standards at the FDA could create a buying opportunity. Drug approvals are down one third this year, creating a lot of value in pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Just choose your medicines carefully.
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The Motley Fool December 17, 2010 Brian Orelli	An Overnight Double: Santa Visits InterMune in Europe The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use issued a positive recommendation for the approval of InterMune's idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment, Esbriet, sending shares up 140%.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 David Henry	Taking Encysive To Heart Buying into a company that bets heavily on a single new drug is dicey. But sometimes it's a risk worth taking.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Brian Lawler	Following the Fallen Biotech Class of 2006 Let's take a look a list of the biggest development stage drugmaker disasters from 2006 and how the tiny drug developers have fared since they announced their clinical trial or regulatory failures.
The Motley Fool October 9, 2006 Brian Lawler	The Commandments of Biotech Investing, Part 2 It's a complex field, but it's not impossible for investors to master. The more in-depth your research of a potential biotech investment, and the more you remember to follow these commandments, the better your potential for success will be when investing in this fascinating field.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pharma Foe Speaks Up for Investors Some good ideas for President Obama's new Food and Drug Administration chief that would benefit investors in drug companies.
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The Motley Fool December 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Anatomy Of An Approved Drug An independent audit by the FDA provides a useful summary of the characteristics of drugs approved by the agency.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2006 Brian Lawler	A Look Inside the Biotech Haunted House Even after being warned of the risks, if you're still brave enough to come inside the biotech haunted house, realize that there are surprises. For example, the FDA will spook investors with calls for more clinical trials on drugs that appear to be a lock for approval.
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