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BusinessWeek December 29, 2003 Gene G. Marcial	Faster Pulse At Esperion Esperion Therapeutics shares may zip up, says Mark Monane of investment firm Needham. Pfizer, Genentech, or Aventis could strike a deal for any of Esperion's four cardiovascular drugs now in trials, he says.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 David Nierengarten	Pfizer's Next Target? Esperion, swallowed by Pfizer last year, shares many similarities with Atherogenics. Investors in the latter, however, should not count on being acquired any time soon by a big pharmaceutical company.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2003 Arash Mostaghimi	Turning Cholesterol Into Cash With 62 million Americans suffering from heart disease, it's a huge target for major drug makers.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2005 Charly Travers	A Drug to Make Hearts Happy? Atherogenics has a potential blockbuster in a drug that could reverse the clogging of arteries. Investors, take note.
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 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 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 March 14, 2006 Brian Gorman	AstraZeneca's Heartening News A new study shows cholesterol drug Crestor's further potential. Will it help sales?
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	AtheroGenics May Be A Buyout AtheroGenics is one of the more attractive acquisition candidates of Merck or Pfizer.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2011 Brian Orelli	Good Data, Big Drug Market, but Still Risky Eli Lilly's evacetrapib is behind Roche and Merck.
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 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 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.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Tom Randall	Merck May Have a Cholesterol Winner Merck told doctors at the American Heart Assn. annual meeting that new data showed its drug anacetrapib had reduced bad cholesterol by 40 percent while raising good cholesterol by an unprecedented 138 percent.
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 March 4, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Biggest Shot at Lipitor 2.0 It might need a little help from competitors.
Chemistry World January 2007 Derek Lowe	Opinion: In the Pipeline Here is a look at the recent failure of Pfizer's cholesterol drug, torcetrapib, and what it could mean for the future of pharmaceutical research.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2011 John Grgurich	Pfizer Losing Lipitor Patent: What Investors Need to Know The patent ends today.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Costs of Being Pfizer With Pfizer having announced its intention to buy Wyeth this quarter, investors may have worried that the negotiating and pre-acquisition planning caused management to be distracted, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
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 June 11, 2008 Brian Orelli	Dueling Fools: Pfizer Bull The bullish opinion on Pfizer is that this may be the best time to buy this stock.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2008 Brian Lawler	Worst Stock for 2008: Pfizer This analyst thinks that Pfizer is a good company, but a bad stock for 2008.
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 September 11, 2007 Brian Lawler	Looking Forward at Pfizer With generic competition on the way for Pfizer's top drug, Lipitor, the company stepped up to the podium at the Bear Stearns Healthcare Conference this week to let investors know its plans.
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 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 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 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.
Chemistry World January 27, 2009 Matt Wilkinson	Pfizer's Wyeth injection Pfizer has agreed to pay $68 billion ( 48.3 billion) for rival US biopharmaceutical firm Wyeth, gaining access to its rich product portfolio and promising pipeline of experimental drugs.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2006 Rob Scott	Thoughtleader: Life After Lipitor A conversation with a former Pfizer executive who "launched the world's best-selling drug."
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Pfizer's Fight First-quarter earnings give mixed messages on the drug maker's meds.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2009	The Shakeout When it comes to licensing in this market, there are winners and losers. Learn the new rules of the game.
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.
BusinessWeek August 14, 2006	Statins Could Cause Legal Headaches Pfizer insists that Lipitor's safety record "is very well established."
The Motley Fool December 18, 2008 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Needs Bigger Deals Buy something significant already!
The Motley Fool May 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Free Drugs! Pfizer's giving over 70 drugs away -- to people who have lost their jobs and health insurance recently and can show financial hardship.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Long-Shot Lipitor Gamble Don't count on OTC Lipitor anytime soon.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Brian Orelli	Can Roche and Merck Succeed Where Pfizer Failed? CETP inhibitors are lucrative but risky.
Bio-IT World August 2005 John Russell	Pfizer's Model of Success Pfizer Global Research & Development began using sophisticated modeling technology and collaboration software to speed its race to a go-no-go decision on a cholesterol-lowering drug project. Killing the project sooner saved up to $2.8 million in costs and six months in delay.
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 December 4, 2008 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Blows Statin Smoke Pfizer presents some mildly persuasive numbers to try to win back customers for Lipitor.
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 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 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 June 14, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Dueling Fools: GlaxoSmithKline Bear Rebuttal There are better opportunities to use short-term pain and establish positions in pharmaceuticals with better long-term potential.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Amy Barrett	Pfizer Is "At a Fork in the Road" CEO Henry McKinnell discusses the drugmaker's outlook, from new products and advertising to the challenges facing health care.
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 2, 2011 Brian Orelli	Lipitor Loss Looming, Pfizer Shines Good thing it's already priced in.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Brian Lawler	Pfizer Protects Profitable Patent The courts uphold a key patent on Pfizer's top drug.
Chemistry World February 2, 2011 Andy Extance	Pfizer to close historic UK site Most of the 2400 people employed at the Pfizer site in Sandwich, UK, will be made redundant over the next 18-24 months as the US pharma giant restructures its research operations.