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The Motley Fool September 2, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Takes an Orphan Into the Fold Pfizer is likely pursuing FoldRx's pipeline and expertise in rare diseases.  |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Brian Orelli |
High Risk, High Reward. At Least It Was Cheap! Biogen licenses a drug to treat ALS.  |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer's Biggest Shot at Lipitor 2.0 It might need a little help from competitors.  |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2010 Brian Orelli |
No Sticking Point Here: Pfizer's Potential Blockbuster Works Translating successful phase 2 results into a positive phase 3 trial can require a bit of luck, especially for a disease such as rheumatoid arthritis where the outcomes are somewhat subjective.  |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Brian Orelli |
And You Thought Biotech Was High-Risk, High-Reward Large clinical trials make cardiovascular drugs risky, but the rewards are there, too.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool March 3, 2010 Brian Orelli |
A Costly Missed Connection Dimebon's phase 3 failure costs Medivation shareholders 67%.  |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Takes In an Orphan on the Cheap Steal is a pretty accurate term for the price Pfizer paid for Protalix BioTherapeutics' taliglucerase alfa.  |
The Motley Fool September 3, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Why You Just Got Hammered Celldex's decline is due to potential reasons Pfizer would send back a drug it's been working on with Celldex for over two years  |
The Motley Fool September 24, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Good Deal? Bad Deal? Hard to Tell. Investors are in the dark on Abbott Labs' license of Reata Pharmaceuticals' kidney failure drug bardoxolone for $450 million up front.  |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer's Having a Garage Sale Rather than sending its unwanted drugs to the trash bin, the giant drugmaker is striking deals with its comrades to take them off its hands.  |
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 February 22, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Dueling Fools: Pfizer Bull Rebuttal The patent expirations are an issue, but the cash is what's really important. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Benlysta: Not Perfect, but Good Enough Human Genome should get past the FDA advisory panel next week.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Focuses, Investors Should Cheer The culling of the pipeline continues at Pfizer. While that's bad news for partners that signed on with the company or with Wyeth before the merger it's a good move for Pfizer.  |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2010 Brian Orelli |
JPMorgan Challenge: On the Cusp of Greatness Development-stage drugmaker Medivation has a partner and is ready for phase 3 data to roll in.  |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer's Rash (of Bad News) Is Over Data from Pfizer's phase 2 trial testing tasocitinib against psoriasis, a painful autoimmune skin disease, looks promising even given its small size.  |
The Motley Fool September 2, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Fatter Wallet. Up 22%. Still Risky. After VIVUS' Qnexa was shot down at its FDA advisory panel, it's clear that Arena and Orexigen have an uphill battle in front of them.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Tests the Breakup Waters The company announced today that it found a buyer for its Capsugel unit, which will bring in a cool $2.4 billion.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Teva Gets Less Generic The generic-drug maker makes a major push into branded-drug development.  |
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 December 4, 2006 Michael Leibert |
Whither Pfizer? Bad news follows the upbeat message delivered at Pfizer's R&D briefing. But with strong cash flows, a healthy dividend yield, unparalleled scale, and a discounted share price, Pfizer's risk/reward profile might look attractive to investors.  |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Tysabri Means Everything to Biogen and Elan ... for Now It's rare to find a drug that affects two companies as much as Tysabri does Biogen Idec and Elan.  |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer's Hedge Pays Off FDA wants more data from Pfizer's partner, Protalix on their treatment for Gaucher disease.  |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2010 Jim Mueller |
Is Medivation a Buy? What is the thinking with regards to Medivation today? It already got a big haircut last week. Is it worth investing in at these lower prices?  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Which Midsized Biotech Is the Best Buy? Biogen Idec, Amgen, or Gilead? Which of these biotechs has the most potential for growth?  |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Where Good Drugs Go to Die Human Genome Sciences has the potential to pop if Benlysta's phase 3 trials are a success, but tread lightly, history is not on their side.  |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Doesn't Like Reruns The company drops two drugs that had made it as far as phase 3 trials.  |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Rare Diseases, Big Opportunity "Orphan" drugs to keep your eye on.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats Knowing them all makes it easier to judge an investment.  |
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 22, 2011 Brian Orelli |
In-Licensing to the Rescue Abbott's latest deal could help shore things up.  |
The Motley Fool July 31, 2009 Brian Orelli |
The Little Orphan That Could After a rough start to the year, Rule Breakers pick BioMarin Pharmaceutical is back on track.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Some Incyte Into Why These Drugs Rock Eli Lilly jumps on the oral-drug-for-rheumatoid-arthritis bandwagon.  |
BusinessWeek March 11, 2010 Ellen Gibson |
The Quest to Boost Good Cholesterol Cleveland Clinic's Steven Nissen is again pursuing a drug that will attack plaque by raising HDL.  |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2007 Brian Lawler |
Dueling Fools: Pfizer Bear It's been a blue chip for years, but that doesn't mean it will stay that way forever. It's inconceivable for Pfizer's market capitalization to be valued at $188 billion four years from now, when its revenues could be 40% lower than they are today.  |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Ugly Side Effects Won't Derail This Drug Side effects don't matter much when there are no other treatment options, as in Cushing's disease.  |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2010 Brian Orelli |
42% Drop? Really? Tell Us Something We Didn't Know. Arena Pharmaceuticals gets knocked down for no good reason.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2010 Brian Orelli |
2010 FDA Approvals and a Look Ahead Recent history can help us handicap FDA decisions.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2011 Brian Orelli |
3 More Stock-Moving Binary Events to Watch in 2012 There are a lot of drugs that will face binary events in 2012 -- here are three to watch.  |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Best Stock for 2009: Pfizer Pfizer's languishing stock price has made the company so much more attractive; it could see a breakout in 2009.  |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Don't Believe the Obesity Hype Meta-analysis data isn't going to help Arena Pharmaceuticals' obesity drug.  |
The Motley Fool March 29, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Look for Companies That Strike First Head-to-head trials, whether they're run by companies or by third parties, can be scary. But the way to make big money is by selling drugs that offer superior benefits, so investors should welcome the onslaught of upcoming comparative trial data.  |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Auxilium Pharmaceuticals shares are 15% higher today after the company released preliminary fourth-quarter results.  |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Beautiful Efficacy, Wrong Pill Lexicon Pharmaceuticals presented beautiful data showing a pill it gave rheumatoid arthritis patients decreased symptoms in 49% of patients. Unfortunately, the pill was a dummy pill with no active ingredient.  |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Don't Get Stuck! Invest in Needle-Free Drugs Here's how to make some money off society's general disdain for needles through next-generation drugs.  |
The Motley Fool January 27, 2011 Rich Smith |
What's Behind the Run-Up at Rexahn? The pharmaceutical's hot streak could soon burn up all its cash.  |
The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Flexes Its Generic Muscles The pharma giant moves farther into generic drugs.  |
The Motley Fool October 29, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Small and Volatile, but Not for Long BioMarin is growing.  |