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The Motley Fool April 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	Johnson & Johnson's Simponi Sticks to the Wall Johnson & Johnson gets its second-generation TNF-alpha inhibitor past the FDA.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Joint-Venture Acid Reflux Merck ditches its joint venture with Johnson & Johnson.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck to Bride: Leave the Jewelry at Home The new Merck will look a lot like the old Merck at the top, even though about 40% of Schering's senior leaders will be headed to the new company.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck's Bad News Nothing to Sneeze At The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reexamination of Merck's patent on allergy medication, Singulair, is nothing to sneeze at. The $2.8 billion worth of Singulair that Merck sold in the U.S. last year made up 12% of its total pharmaceutical sales.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Johnson & Johnson Inflames Abbott $1.67 billion is one hefty reward.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	Surprise Us in a Good Way, Merck Keeping up productivity during plant closures won't be easy.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Humira or Not, Abbott's on a Roll Investors worry about how Abbott's Humira is such a large fraction of the company's revenue, and then when the company turns in a nice quarter even without strong U.S. sales of Humira, they complain about that.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	It's Hard to Get Excited About 92% Revenue Growth Especially when revenue dropped on a comparable basis.
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The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Recall a Week, That's All We Ask For Johnson & Johnson, apparently that's too much.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	Another Reason to Hate Big Pharma's M&A As we get closer to Pfizer and Merck wrapping up their deals, it looks like a new group is voicing their displeasure: external partners.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	Merck Gets a Pass, for Now Its first quarter looks promising, but not as good as could be hoped.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck and Schering: A Less Ugly Bride and Groom Merck and Schering-Plough are up today on "better than expected" earnings, but the bride and groom don't look all that great heading into the wedding.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Robert Steyer	Drugmakers Diversify -- Again Merck and Pfizer choose businesses they once eschewed.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2010 Brian Orelli	Merck: Poised for Growth and Eager to Go Merck needs its new, stronger, post-acquisition pipeline to pay off.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Brian Orelli	J&J Will Recover -- Someday Consumer health care might be the smallest of Johnson & Johnson's three divisions, but the 15% drop in revenue still hurts. A lot.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	Now That's How to Grow a Company! Dear Pfizer and Merck, you really should take note of how Abbott Labs is growing.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	Johnson & Johnson Nimble ... for Now The health-care giant reports increasing earnings, despite falling revenue.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2011 Brian Orelli	Abbott: 1, Johnson & Johnson: 0 -- For Now Abbott Labs got a ruling overturned yesterday that would have cost the company $1.8 billion, yet investors let shares slip down 1%.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2009 Brian Orelli	Less Inflammation From Abbott's Quarter Humira is headed back in the right direction.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Brian Orelli	An Ode to Schering-Plough Mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry are cataloged in a poem.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2009 Brian Orelli	Abbott Labs Thumbs Nose at Recession On a GAAP basis, Abbott Labs fourth-quarter earnings per share were up a whopping 27%, and even better, the double-digit increases don't look like they're going to stop anytime soon.
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 May 5, 2010 Brian Orelli	Doubled Revenue, but Not High Growth An acquisition and some rearrangements make Merck's revenue line sound better than it is.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Get Ready for Merck's Bumpy Ride Long-term earnings guidance gets thrown out the window.
The Motley Fool November 25, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Schizophrenic Move by Merck? Issue $29 billion in shares, buy back $3 billion. Say what? Merck increased its share count by almost 45% to pay for the acquisition of Schering-Plough. Now it's planning to buy some of that stock back.
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The Motley Fool November 5, 2009 Brian Orelli	Slow Down There, Merck Merck CEO Richard Clark says his company is looking to do more deals than ever, perhaps "even try to double" the current rate of 50 per year.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2010 Brian Orelli	One Day, the J&J Recalls Will End Just not today. Johnson & Johnson's consumer health segment gets more than half of its sales from outside the U.S., so tainting its image outside the U.S. could be costly as well.
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The Motley Fool October 7, 2008 Brian Orelli	Will a Better Drug Sell Better? Positive trial data isn't enough to significantly boost Johnson & Johnson's Remicade.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	This Recall Is Different -- In a Good Way Johnson & Johnson strikes again, but it's not so bad this time.
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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.
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