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The Motley Fool February 28, 2007 Brian Lawler	Mylan Denied ... for Now The generic-drug maker loses its court battle to overturn the patents on Pfizer's No. 2 drug. This is a minor negative for Mylan, but for Pfizer, those extra six months of marketing exclusivity mean billions of dollars.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Brian Orelli	Mega Mylan Is on Track Comparing year-over-year results for Mylan will continue to be complicated for the next year and a half or so. It's one merger down, one to go for the generic drug company. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	Mylan on the Generic Attack Two new drug approvals for the generic drugmaker come in the midst of a changing regulatory environment. Investors, take note.
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.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Generic Cracks Open for Pfizer Pfizer loses a patent case over its top compound. The larger takeaway from the Lipitor legal saga is that investors always need to be aware of the strength of a drug company's patents throughout the world.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Brian Lawler	Pfizer Protects Profitable Patent The courts uphold a key patent on Pfizer's top drug.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2008 Brian Orelli	2009's Generic Drugs: Who's at Risk The patent cliff is coming early for some drugmakers.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Some Brand-Name Patents: Going, Going, Gone in 2010 Generic drug competition is coming for Lipitor, Plavix, and others.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2007 Brian Lawler	Victory for Sanofi and Bristol-Myers The pharmaceutical gains a crucial legal victory for its top compound. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2007 Brian Lawler	One Final Look at the Old Mylan With the Merck acquisition not expected to be accretive to earnings for at least two years, the question is if Mylan leveraged its financial health too far in its quest to get bigger and keep up in this buyout race.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Brian Lawler	Teva and Pfizer Make Up The companies decide to play nice over generic versions of two of Pfizer's drugs.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2008 Brian Lawler	Pfizer's Small Lipitor Win Pfizer and the most prolific challenger of its Lipitor patents, Indian generic-drug manufacturer Ranbaxy, settle the vast majority of their litigation.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2007 Brian Lawler	Mylan Adjusts to the Matrix The drugmaker got a bump from a new generic and settles in with its Matrix acquisition. Investors, take note.
Chemistry World June 4, 2014 Phillip Broadwith	Generics giants jostle over pain drug The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first batch of generic competitors to Pfizer's non-steroidal anti-inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib).
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 Brian Lawler	Pfizer Is Still Floundering Generic competition keeps pounding away at its sales and profits.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	Judge's Ruling Has Brand and Generic Drugmakers Smiling A ruling on the patents on Merck's blood pressure medications Cozaar and Hyzaar benefited both Merck and the plaintiff in the suit, generic-drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals. The defendant in the suit wasn't actually Merck but the Food and Drug Administration.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Frank Vinluan	Inspire's Pink Eye Drug AzaSite Draws Generic Challenge This sought-after drug could soon be facing generic competition.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Brian Lawler	Mylan Goes on a Drug Binge The generic drugmaker makes a hefty acquisition, but it's hard to say at this point how good of a deal this is for shareholders.
Chemistry World April 25, 2014 Phillip Broadwith	Generics triumph in anti-inflammatory patent battle Pfizer has settled a long-running patent dispute with generics heavyweights Teva and Actavis, which will allow them to produce generic versions of Pfizers non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex (celecoxib) in the US.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Brian Orelli	Mylan Takes Generic Aim at Teva Mylan licenses a generic version of Teva's MS drug, Copaxone. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 19, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Generic Growth, With a Side of Sashimi A move into Japan isn't a bad idea, but it isn't going to save the company either.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2006 Brian Lawler	Bristol-Myers and Sanofi Get Apotex to Stop A temporary injunction against generic drug manufacturer Apotex over patents involving Plavix means big news for all the companies involved.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Brian Orelli	Last Look at Mini-Mylan An impending merger with Merck's KGaA's generic drug business should more than double revenue at Mylan.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Discerning Pfizer's Pfuture The company is undergoing a transformation, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth a look from investors.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	Mylan Ruins It for Everyone If customers begin to mistrust generic drugs from Mylan or whoever -- fearing that the companies are putting profits above safety -- all generic-drug companies will be hurt.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2011 Sean Williams	Pharma's Most Perilous Pipelines Patent expirations expose weaknesses for these Wall Street darlings.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 Phil Wohl	Mylan's Big Break? The maker of generic pimple cream wants to lead the pack. Can it?
The Motley Fool December 1, 2011 John Grgurich	Pfizer Losing Lipitor Patent: What Investors Need to Know The patent ends today.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2007 Brian Lawler	Save Your Cash, Pfizer A multibillion-dollar stake in Sanofi wouldn't fix Pfizer's problems. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Mylan: Generic Drugs, Premium Price Mylan Labs is a fine company with a rich pipeline -- and an expensive stock.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Pfizer Prepares for L-Day Will Pfizer be able to offset the looming loss of Lipitor? Investors, take note.
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.
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Brian Orelli	Teva Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine Momenta Pharmaceuticals and Novartis are challenging the patents on Teva Pharmaceutical's blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone.
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 January 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Gets Serious About Generics Serious, as in a potential $4-billion-purchase serious.
The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 Brian Lawler	Barr Issues a Challenge Barr challenges the patents on one of Sanofi's top drugs.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Strides Farther Into Generics Pfizer's new look might be just what the doctor ordered.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2011 Brian Orelli	Keeping Those Little Blue Pill Sales Up Pfizer wins a patent lawsuit for Viagra.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Flexes Its Generic Muscles The pharma giant moves farther into generic drugs.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	Generic Synergies, Stellar Earnings Growth Mylan is working through its growing pains. The company doubled in size when it bought Merck KGaA's generic drug business, after it had already purchased Indian generic drugmaker Matrix Laboratories. In an instant, it became a global player.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2005 Rich Duprey	Patent? What Patent? Japanese drug firm Eisai sues Teva over a patented Alzheimer's treatment. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Merck Goes on the Attack Predator becomes prey in this latest twist in the generics game. Given how much the markets hate uncertainty, that could mean that big generic drug companies might go on sale for patient long-term investors.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2008 Stephen Albainy-Jenei	Pfizer's Celebrex Aches and Pains The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upholds a lower court's ruling that found Teva Pharmaceutical had infringed two of Pfizer's patents for Celebrex.
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 September 24, 2010 Brian Orelli	Prepare for This $12 Billion Whoosh Pfizer's Lipitor is the top-selling cholesterol drug -- in fact, it's the top selling drug period -- but it'll start to see generic competition in a little over a year.
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 February 22, 2007 Brian Lawler	Dueling Fools: Pfizer Bear Rebuttal Generic competition for Lipitor is just the beginning. Faith is nice in terms of religion, but when it comes to investments, investors need to be able to make some reasonable assumptions about future growth plans.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2006 Brian Lawler	Mylan: Anything but Generic Revenues and earnings soar in the generic drug-maker's second quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2011 Brian Orelli	Teva's Mixed Bag Diversification sure helps.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Brian Orelli	High-Margin Generic Drugmakers -- An Oxymoron? The big profits come when a generic-drug maker doesn't have any competition.