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The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Brian Orelli	Doubling Up on Triple Lipid Drugs The Food and Drug Administration gave Abbott Lab's TriLipix the thumbs-up, approving it for use by itself or with statins.
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The Motley Fool March 15, 2010 Brian Orelli	Clinical Outcomes? Who Needs 'Em. Abbott's TriCor looks good on lab tests, but that's about all.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2007 Brian Orelli	Panel Kills Merck's Hope of OTC Status An FDA advisory panel isn't convinced that Merck's cholesterol-lowering drug MEVACOR deserves OTC status.
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 April 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck's Recovery Flushed Down Merck's best hope at recovery fails approval by the FDA.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Brian Orelli	Drug Fuels an Idling Rocket Ship AstraZeneca needs another FDA approval to really take advantage of its cholesterol drug's success.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	This FDA Panel Isn't Brilliant Why does AstraZeneca's blood thinner Brilinta work better outside the U.S. than here at home? The Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel didn't seem to have a good explanation, but they didn't appear to care much, either.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Little Distracted, Are You, Merck? The FDA rejects its latest application.
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Amy Barrett	A Bare-Knuckle Battle over Cholesterol Drugs If AstraZeneca's Crestor is approved, rivals' stepped-up pitches will focus on safety
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Brian Orelli	Abbott Makes All the Right Moves Hot off its cholesterol win over Merck, Abbott Labs is playing it safe with another cholesterol drug, TriCor.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Michael P. Cecil	Pfizer's Cholesterol-Drug Hopes Crumble In surprising and disappointing news, the pharma's promising new drug fails clinical trials. With Pfizer shares declining because of the bad news, is now a good time to buy?
The Motley Fool November 16, 2009 Brian Orelli	Abbott Puts a Nail in Merck's Coffin There's a clear winner from the American Heart Association conference.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Brian Orelli	Merck Says No to This Protein An FDA advisory panel recommends unanimous approval of a new HIV drug from Merck. The new class of HIV medications fight the virus by blocking one key protein from entering cells.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	AIM-HIGH? These Drugmakers Better Duck. A government study on cholesterol drugs hurts Abbott and Merck.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2008 Brian Lawler	Bad Timing for AstraZeneca's Good Data AstraZeneca quietly reports a successful clinical study for its cholesterol-lowering lead drug.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 Brian Lawler	Is Dendreon Doomed? A pivotal FDA regulatory meeting approaches for the development-stage pharma. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	To the Moon, Crestor? A few months ago, AstraZeneca released initial data showing how its cholesterol-lowering drug, Crestor, reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and other heart-related issues by 44% in patients. Now it's back with more.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	Really? A 59% Share Price Jump for That? Justified or not, InterMune skyrockets ahead of an FDA panel meeting.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Brian Orelli	Merck Tries to Stop the Flushing The FDA will review the pharma's new cholesterol drug. The biggest worry with getting CORDAPTIVE approved is probably not with its effectiveness, but with safety. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	Cancer Isn't Merck's Biggest Problem There's still hope for Merck's Vytorin, but investors will have to wait.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Brian Gorman	AstraZeneca's Heartening News A new study shows cholesterol drug Crestor's further potential. Will it help sales?
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The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Brian Orelli	What's Merck Doing? With a nice solid pipeline Merck is on its way to its goal of double-digit EPS growth through 2010.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	Amplifying the Risk-Reward Ratio Amplify, Medtronic's latest, gets a mixed reaction at FDA advisory panel meeting.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2011 Brian Orelli	Up 95%! No Anchor Holding Amarin Down The second phase 3 trial of AMR101 deemed a success.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Diabetic Compromise Bristol-Myers and AstraZeneca will have to test their drug after it goes on the market.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	When the Status Quo Is a Big Win The lack of an FDA rejection will do just fine. Amgen and Johnson & Johnson seemed to get through the FDA advisory panel process without much problem yesterday.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Brian Orelli	Congress Calls Out Merck and Schering-Plough The House of Representatives wants to know what's taking these pharmaceutical companies so long to release trial data from their ENHANCE clinical trial.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Brian Orelli	Not If, but When, for Lilly At least Lilly now knows that it's just a matter of time until the anti-clotting agent wins FDA approval.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	The Final Obstacle to Your Drug Company Multibagger The dreaded FDA advisory committee meeting.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck Can't Achieve Anything The pharmaceutical cancels a troubled clinical trial.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Robert Steyer	Merck Makes a Mark on Good Cholesterol Can't profit from fighting bad lipoproteins? Start boosting the good ones.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Thanks for Nothing, FDA The Food and Drug Administration says there's still enough evidence that Merck and Schering-Plough's Vytorin works to warrant keeping patients on the drug.
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.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Brian Orelli	No Enhance-ment From Zetia Merck and Schering report bad news, but how much will it affect sales? Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool March 27, 2008 Brian Orelli	I Heart the ACC What can investors expect from this weekend's blood-pumping American College of Cardiology scientific meeting?
BusinessWeek November 27, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	ISIS Takes Heart From A Promising Drug ISIS Pharmaceuticals is a name to watch in the lucrative arena of cholesterol reduction.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2004 Brian Gorman	Will Cholesterol Drug Pack a Punch? Merck's and Schering-Plough's new combination may receive a lukewarm welcome. In the near term, investors will probably cheer both companies, but in the long run, the companies will be better off it they can come up with something totally original.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Amy Barrett	Hooked On The Cash From Cholesterol Cholesterol-lowering drugs are massive moneyspinners. But can big pharmaceutical companies sidestep expiring patents?
BusinessWeek January 17, 2008 John Carey	In the Real World, a Slew of Side Effects from Statins In clinical trials of statins, side effects were relatively rare. But many doctors believe they are more common in the real world.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2003 Arash Mostaghimi	The Cholesterol Wars Who will win the fight to save your arteries? Fortunately for our corpulent country, pharmaceutical companies want to unclog our arteries -- and lighten our wallets. But which pharma stock will add to most girth to a portfolio?
The Motley Fool May 12, 2011 Brian Orelli	A Takeout Target Swims Along Amarin continues to develop AMR101. AMR101 recently passed two clinical trials: the first in patients with extremely high triglyceride levels, and a second in patients with moderate triglyceride levels.
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 April 2, 2008 Michael P. Cecil	Irrational Exuberance for Vytorin and Zetia? Drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough certainly hoped data from the Enhance study would enhance the value and status of their blockbuster cholesterol-fighting drugs Zetia and Vytorin -- but its results did quite the opposite.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2004 Ben McClure	Rethinking Big Pharma Risk is knocking Big Pharma stocks down. They won't be getting up anytime soon. Competition, soaring R&D costs, shifting business models, and political meddling combine to make drug stocks a riskier place to invest.
Managed Care November 2004 Martin Sipkoff	OTC Status for Low-Dose Lovastatin Would Have Widespread Implications The FDA stands poised to approve OTC low-dose statins, following a similar change in United Kingdom.