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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 August 2, 2004 Brian Gorman	Will Lipitor's Certification Boost Pfizer? The FDA's ruling may help the company ward off a new threat.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 Brian Lawler	Pfizer Fights a Generic Threat Pfizer attempts to fend off a generic threat in Canada for its top drug. It's a trial worth paying attention to for its shareholders, as Canada does represent one of the larger pharmaceutical markets in the world.
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The Motley Fool November 22, 2010 Brian Orelli	Let's Call It a Partial Victory Merck's Vytorin works better than a placebo. Unfortunately, it may be too little and too late to do anything about the sales cut that Vytorin has taken over the past few years.
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The Motley Fool March 4, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Biggest Shot at Lipitor 2.0 It might need a little help from competitors.
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BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Amy Barrett	Pfizer Has Plenty Of Pain To Kill Many investors and analysts argue that while the drug company should continue to plow money into new-drug development, the company needs to aggressively reduce other costs and return greater amounts of cash to shareholders through a higher dividend.
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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.
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