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The Motley Fool December 28, 2007 Brian Lawler	Endo and Alexza Team Up Endo Pharmaceuticals and Alexza Pharmaceuticals announce a collaboration deal for an early-stage Alexza drug.
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The Motley Fool June 8, 2007 Brian Lawler	A Conversation With Alexza An interview with Alexza Pharmaceuticals' president and CEO on the company's technology and drug pipeline.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	Know Your Drug Stock ABCs: Part 2 Investing in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries can be difficult. Here are terms investors should know to better understand how the clinical trial process involved with bringing a drug to market works.
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The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	The Pipeline to Biotech Success Looking at drug R&D is the best way to begin assessing biotech companies as possible investment opportunities.
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The Motley Fool November 22, 2006 Brian Lawler	How to Market a Drug Too Well Cephalon's promotion of its pain drug Actiq might have crossed the line.
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Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2006 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: People Problems A recent clinical trials disaster is causing UK regulators to consider revising its guidelines for Phase I human studies for biologics. However, in many cases, potential solutions present additional problems.
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The Motley Fool November 4, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A $99 Biotech Portfolio Can this biotech six-pack pay off for aggressive investors? Acadia Pharmaceuticals... Alexion Pharmaceuticals... Arena Pharmaceuticals... Crucell NV... DOV Pharmaceutical... Millennium Pharmaceuticals...
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The Motley Fool September 26, 2006 Brian Lawler	A Savior for Cephalon? The FDA's approval of Fentora comes just in time for the drug company. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool January 12, 2005 Charly Travers	Forget Earnings; Think R&D Look at the big picture to find biotech companies with the most promise.
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Managed Care April 2004 John Carroll	$50M for Drug Comparisons Could Produce Valuable Results The Medicare amendment adopted late last year contains a provision that could help P&T committees, not to mention consumers, evaluate competing drugs.
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The Motley Fool June 27, 2006 Brian Lawler	Cephalon Stays Busy The announcement of Gabitril's phase 3 failure was definitely not good news for Cephalon. However, if the market panics and drives the stock down, investors could find themselves with a great buying opportunity.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Can Obesity Fatten Your Wallet? Obesity is an increasingly serious problem, but could it also be a major opportunity for health-care companies? Investors should spend a little due diligence on the pharmaceutical side.
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The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Eli Lilly Bares All The pharmaceutical publishes clinical trial results online. This is a step toward generating trust -- after all, shareholders, physicians, and consumers alike are likely looking askew at Big Pharma these days.
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