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The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Belly Up to Barr Though not cheap, this is a high-quality generic drug company. However, investors must do their own due diligence and decide for themselves whether today's price offers enough margin of safety for a sound investment.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	Teva's New Drugs Pay Off The generic-drug maker keeps generating big profits.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Raising the Barr This large generics company sees better margins and an optimistic outlook. The company has a top-notch return on assets and a valuation that, while not cheap, isn't ridiculous either.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Twirling the Barr Look closely and you'll see that Barr posted a solid quarter. Investors, if you haven't checked this one out yet, now may be the time for a little due diligence.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	All Growth, All the Time This generic-drug maker is no value play.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2007 Brian Orelli	Acquisition Raises Barr Half a year after acquiring a giant competitor, Barr Pharmaceuticals results appear to be on track to increase year-over-year revenues.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2008 Rich Duprey	Barr Hits a Home Run Barr gets to market Bayer's authorized generic version of contraceptive Yasmin without fear of competition for at least 180 days -- giving them a huge competitive edge over rivals.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2006 Brian Lawler	Barr's Wounded Quarter If your revenues live by the generic sword, they can die by it, too. That seems to be the case today for Barr Pharmaceuticals. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Brian Orelli	Raising the Barr Barr Pharmaceuticals' acquisition of Pliva increases sales, but it doesn't help raise the bottom line. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	Barred by Debt The picture continues to look bleak at Barr Labs, due to debt taken on to acquire Pliva in 2006.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Barr Labs Resets Bar The pharmaceutical is set to release fourth-quarter 2006 financial results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Branded? Generic? They're Both Doing Great! Teva Pharmaceuticals registers strong growth on both fronts.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Brian Orelli	Lowering the Barr Barr Pharmaceuticals disappoints by lowering expectations.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Brian Lawler	The Coming Generic Drug Boom Generic drugmakers are poised to profit from several key factors. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2011 Brian Orelli	Teva's Mixed Bag Diversification sure helps.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2008 Brian Orelli	Barr's Lawyers Earn Their Keep Generic-drug maker Barr Pharmaceutical gets another patent thrown out.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2009 Robert Steyer	Will Teva Be Forced to Take Its Own Medicine? Teva's biggest source of revenue and profit, the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone, is facing a patent challenge.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2008 Brian Orelli	Sanofi Breathing Easier Drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis settles a few patent disputes with generic-drugmaker nemeses.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2004 Charly Travers	Drug Growth Screeching to a Halt Given the threat of generics to not-so-small drug company Cephalon's product line, the acquisition of CIMA labs in August of this year could turn out to be quite important.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2004 Charly Travers	1 Pill for Sleep, Attention Ailments? Cephalon gets some good news about its drug PROVIGIL.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 Brian Orelli	This Is Not Your Generic Cash Production Teva's generating cash and knows how to use it.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2006 Brian Lawler	Teva Is Rolling in Cash Again Investors, the bottom line is that with 13 proprietary drugs in phase 2 trials or later for some very large indications, plus 144 applications to sell generic versions of branded drugs waiting at the FDA, Teva's near-term future is strong.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Lawsuit Loss to Remember Barr Pharmaceuticals and Mylan get the patent overturned on Johnson & Johnson's Alzheimer's drug.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Brian Orelli	Teva's on a Tear The generic-drug maker can't be stopped.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 Brian Lawler	Pliva's Late Christmas Gift to Barr Normally generic drug competitors, Barr Pharmaceuticals and Par Pharmaceutical Companies announced the launch of a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's drug, Zofran. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2007 Brian Orelli	Watson Turns It Around The pharmaceutical's steady revenue growth results in positive income for the quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Turnaround Year, But Not in a Good Way 2009 was a solid year for sanofi-aventis thanks to a boost from sales of swine flu vaccine and some help from the exchange rate. But 2010? Not so solid.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Billy Fisher	Improving Morale at Barr Preliminary OK of Barr Pharmaceutical's generic antidepressant perks up the stock's potential.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Teva's Branded-Drug Binge For a company that's a generic-drug maker, Teva Pharmaceuticals sure does like its branded drugs. Despite the warts the company is ponying up $6.2 billion to buy Cephalon.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2010 Jim Mueller	Today's Buy Opportunity: Teva Pharmaceutical Take advantage of this growing generic-drug maker.
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Mara Der Hovanesian	Barr: A No-Name Star More than $30 billion in patents will elapse by the end of 2007, which spells new potential for generics such as Barr Pharmaceuticals. With Barr's solid pipeline, the stock, at $46, is a bargain.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Brian Orelli	Watson Gets Some Hand-Me-Downs Much like discount stores, generic-drug makers are in a cutthroat low-margin business, where "larger" almost always means "better."
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	Nice Quarter, Teva. What Will You Buy Next? Branded or generic, it's always a tough call.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	Benefiting From 2008's Generic Drugs While drug companies scramble to make up for lost revenue as their products are hit with patent expirations, other companies will benefit from the patent losses. Take a look at some winners and losers of drugs going off patent this year.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Teva: Scourge of the Drug World? The world's largest generics maker continues to post strong growth by bedeviling Big Pharma.
BusinessWeek June 24, 2010 Bliss & Decker	Ending the Silence of Generic Drugmakers The FTC says drugmakers are paying generic rivals not to compete.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Brian Orelli	Teva Gets a Two-For Even for a maker of generic drugs, getting two FDA drug approvals in as many business days is a feat not often seen. Teva Pharmaceuticals managed to do it, though. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2010 Brian Orelli	Teva's Double-Edged Sword Nice quarter, but where will future growth come from?
The Motley Fool June 25, 2008 Brian Orelli	An Even More Complicated Patent Settlement Barr and Bayer settle their dispute about Yasmin. That's as simple as it gets.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2008 Brian Orelli	As the FDA Generics Office Turns The FDA reluctantly gives Teva a 180-day exclusive period to sell generic Risperdal.
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	Undivided Attention For An ADHD Battle Sales of Shire Pharmaceuticals' Adderall XR, the leading ADHD drug, are up.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2008 Brian Orelli	Teva Tears It Up After a stellar 2006 because of exclusive launches of some big-time generics, it seemed like Teva Pharmaceuticals would have a heck of a time keeping the pace up in 2007. Apparently, that fear was unwarranted.
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.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Brian Lawler	Where Momenta Stands Momenta Pharmaceuticals updates investors as to the status of drugs in its pipeline. Until the FDA makes up its mind on its lead drug, an anticoagulant, it's anyone's guess as to what the value of the pipeline is. Investors should take note.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Teva Raises the Barr Generic drugs are likely to be a major solution that governments use to tackle the problem of rising health-care costs, and the new, larger Teva looks well-poised to grab that growth as it happens.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Brian Orelli	Business as Usual for Barr The maker of generic drugs gets sued twice in one week. Investors appear to be getting used to Barr's method of operation; the news of the lawsuits didn't hurt the stock price.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2007 Brian Orelli	Barr Labs' Legal Tables Turned Barr Labs announces that is suing both Watson Pharmaceuticals and Novartis' generic subsidiary Sandoz for patent infringement regarding Barr's SEASONALE extended-cycle birth control pill.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2009 Brian Orelli	Generic Growth, Acquisition Style Sales at Teva Pharmaceuticals were up 22% year over year, but don't bust out the champagne just yet.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	Watson Gets Less Generic Branded sales were up while generics fell for the year, which made Watson Pharmaceutical a more balanced company.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Brian Orelli	When You Need More Than Just a Low-Margin Business Teva Pharmaceuticals, arguably the largest generic-drug maker, can use economies of scale more easily than smaller companies like Watson Pharmaceuticals or Par Pharmaceutical, but it's still pushing further into branded drugs.