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The Motley Fool April 17, 2007 Rich Duprey	Eisai Says Sayonara The Japanese company withdraws its application for approval of its Alzheimer's drug for severe cases of the disease in Europe. What will it mean to investors?
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The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Rich Duprey	U.K. High Court Forgets to Be NICE A court challenge to place limits on treatment for Alzheimer's disease is upheld. Eisai has said it will appeal the High Court's ruling. It's a bit of a high-stakes gamble. The United Kingdom accounts for just a small portion of Eisai's profits from Aricept.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2006 Rich Duprey	Eisai Eyes Alzheimer's Market Japan's Eisai Pharmaceuticals launches another challenge to Forest Labs' Alzheimer's drug. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2006 Rich Duprey	NICE Is Just Dumb The British health agency prohibits the use of certain Alzheimer's treatments because of cost.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 Rich Duprey	Japan Is Serious About Alzheimer's While Britain limits access, Japan expands coverage of the top-selling treatment for Alzheimer's. Japan's regulators made the decision following a six-month study comparing Aricept with a placebo.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2006 Rich Duprey	Eisai Profits From Demand The Japanese pharmaceutical reports strong profits on increased demand for Alzheimer's treatment. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2006 Rich Duprey	NICE Not Playing Nice With Alzheimer's The British health authority proposes limiting availability of Alzheimer's treatments because of cost. What will this mean to drug-makers and their shareholders?
The Motley Fool September 2, 2005 Rich Duprey	An Opportunity Not to Forget Japanese pharmaceutical Eisai targets another segment of the growing Alzheimer's market. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2006 Rich Duprey	Eisai's Dementia Problems Clinical trials for expanded use of the Japanese pharma's top-selling drug reveal higher incidences of death. Aricept is already approved for vascular dementia in several countries, but it would seem that FDA approval for use here won't be coming any time soon. Investors, take note.
Chemistry World October 8, 2010 Sarah Houlton	U-turn on Alzheimer's drugs in the UK The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence proposes that those with mild disease will be able to receive them from early next year, on the basis of growing clinical evidence of their effectiveness.
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 January 24, 2005 Rich Duprey	No Taking Chances With Reminyl Johnson & Johnson's daffodil-extract Alzheimer's treatment yanked from market. Shares are off only 1% or so.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2006 Rich Duprey	Eisai Has a Yen for Profits With new formulations for its current drugs planned for release, expansion of its blockbuster drug Aricept possible, and with a few new drugs in the pipeline, the Japanese pharmaceutical is poised to continue churning out record revenues and earnings that investors won't soon forget.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Costly Missed Connection Dimebon's phase 3 failure costs Medivation shareholders 67%.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2008 Brian Lawler	Why Pfizer Made an Interesting Blockbuster Bet The pharma giant inked a deal worth potentially more than $725 million with development stage drugmaker Medivation to market Medivation's Alzheimer's disease drug Dimebon.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 Rich Duprey	Teva's Tough Pill to Swallow Eisai wins a preliminary injunction against Teva's generic Alzheimer's treatment.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2010 Brian Orelli	Forget About This Drug Saving the Company Lilly's Alzheimer's drug fails hard.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Forest Labs' High Hopes Alzheimer's treatment drug Namenda seems to be Forest's strong suit.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2011 Brian Orelli	Clinical Trial Fail? Forget About It. A failure of Medivation and Pfizer's dimebon was expected.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	Innovators Will Rule the Economic Crisis Roche's CEO says two areas of health care can prosper. I agree.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 Rich Duprey	Eisai's Good Medicine The Japanese pharmaceutical reports record sales and earnings on the strength of its Alzheimer's treatment. Sales and profit growth have caused Eisai's share price to surge by about 33% since the beginning of the year.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Greener Forest Labs The pharmaceutical firm stands tall against competition. When the company releases its third-quarter 2007 financials, investors shouldn't have to reach for their medicine chest.
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 March 18, 2011 Brian Orelli	Forget Getting Approved, for Now The FDA wants more information on Eli Lilly's Amyvid.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2004 Brian Gorman	Forest Labs Faces Skeptics Its star drug Namenda, a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease, is taking heat from doctors.
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 November 9, 2010 Brian Orelli	Forget R&D; Buy Your Way Into Diagnostics Eli Lilly is expanding its diagnostics business by picking up privately held Avid Radiopharmaceuticals.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2004 W.D. Crotty	A Pall Falls Over Forest One of Forest Labs' Alzheimer's drugs fails in phase 3 trials. For investors willing to take the political risk, today's drug news has taken a battered stock, with a great balance sheet, to very reasonable price levels.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 Rich Duprey	Acquisitions Mark Pharmaceutical Industry Japan's Eisai's newest acquisition continues the trend of pharmaceuticals buying up biotechs. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Lawsuit Loss to Remember Barr Pharmaceuticals and Mylan get the patent overturned on Johnson & Johnson's Alzheimer's drug.
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 September 7, 2010 Luke Timmerman	Vertex Nails Third Big Trial With Hepatitis C Drug And in the toughest patients to treat, too.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2011 Brian Orelli	High Stakes at Tomorrow's FDA Panel Meeting It's more than just Eli Lilly on the line.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2010 Brian Orelli	Warning: Potential Anemic Growth Ahead Anemia-drug makers get more scrutiny from the FDA.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	For Blockbuster Cancer Drugs, Approvals Are the Easy Part Don't get too excited. As an investor, you can lower your risk by investing in cancer drug companies after a clinical trial success but before an FDA approval, but you'll also reduce your reward.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2005 Brian Gorman	Saying No to Drugs Britain's policy of restricting drug access based on cost-benefit analyses should be on the radar screen of pharmaceutical investors.
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 November 17, 2006 Brian Lawler	Genentech Gets Another Approval Today, Genentech finally received formal approval to market its breast cancer therapy Herceptin for the early stages. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2011 Brian Orelli	Prostate Cancer Drug Roars Ahead Johnson & Johnson's buy of Cougar paid off, but look in the rear view mirror.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	Mark Your Calendars: Obesity Drugs Take Center Stage Orexigen Therapeutics has been given an FDA advisory committee meeting date, completing the dates for the trio of obesity drugs up for review.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2005 Charly Travers	Investing in a Cure Drugs in the pipeline offer potential breakthroughs for Alzheimer's disease. Instead of investing in small biotechs that have a lot riding on a single Alzheimer's program, the best way to invest in the field is through a diversified company
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The Motley Fool April 13, 2011 Brian Orelli	Abbott's Potential Billion-Dollar Problem Abbott's Humira forms antibodies in nearly a quarter of patients.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Nice Efficacy, Pfizer, But... Safety data is most important at this point. Nothing can stop Pfizer's oral rheumatoid arthritis treatment tofacitinib.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Change the Game? Change the Rules! There are ways for investors to get around Obama's plan to lower health care costs. Investing in drug companies in this time of "change" doesn't have to be scary. You've just got to find rule breaker-type drugmakers, because playing by the rules isn't going to cut it anymore.
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 March 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	Hepatitis C Drugs Heat Up The current hepatitis C drugs stink. Who's ahead in the race to find new ones?
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The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Faster Pathway to Drug Approvals A thinktank called the Pacific Research Institute has proposed letting drugs approved by the European Medicines Authority onto the market in the U.S. before the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drugs.