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The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Brian Lawler	King Triples Down King Pharmaceuticals makes a risky all-in bet on an unproven market.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	Alpharma's Loading Up Animal health division sales may have decreased, but the specialty drug developer is expecting renewed growth in its pharmaceutical division.
The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 Brian Lawler	Alpharma's Soothing Guidance Alpharma lowers its financial guidance for 2008. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2008 Brian Lawler	King's Unstoppable Urge to Merge King Pharmaceuticals announces it has increased its offer to acquire Alpharma, and it is now taking that bid directly to the shareholders.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Brian Lawler	A Potentially Painless PDUFA Date King Pharmaceuticals and Pain Therapeutics get an appointment with the FDA.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2007 Brian Lawler	Pain Continues as Planned Pain Therapeutics reports on a successful phase 3 trial for its lead drug Remoxy.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	King Pays a Modest Ransom King Pharmaceuticals, a prolific acquirer of other companies' drugs, announces that it had painlessly staked its claim to yet another.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2007 Brian Lawler	Alpharma Gives to Get The generics drugmaker forecasts its 2008 financials, with guidance of expenses up and income down.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2007 Brian Lawler	Alpharma's Just All Right Drugmaker Alpharma announces its fourth-quarter financial results and reiterates guidance for 2007.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Brian Orelli	Pain-Free Extrinsic Growth Alpharma licenses a pain-relieving patch. The launch will cut into its near-term earnings, but should help it in 2009 and beyond. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2007 Brian Lawler	Another Free Quarter of Pain If the Remoxy abuse-resistant platform technology produces more positive clinical trial results later in the year, investors should have plenty to cheer about.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2008 Brian Lawler	DURECT's Intriguing Little Orphan An exciting pain drug inches onward in development.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Brian Lawler	Pain Therapeutics Pares Shares The small drugmaker announces a share buyback.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2010 Brian Orelli	How the Other Half of Pharma Lives A dive into spec pharma.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2007 Brian Lawler	The One Development-Stage Drug Stock to Own Now With such a low level of Remoxy sales baked into its share price, and minimal clinical trial risk, investors who consider Pain Therapeutics around today's share price won't be hurting in the long run, if you assume there will be a viable market for abuse-resistant opioids.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2008 Brian Lawler	Good News for Abuse-Resistant Drugs Drug developers working on harder-to-abuse pain remedies, including Pain Therapeutics, King Pharmaceuticals, and Alpharma, got a guarded thumbs-up from the FDA last week.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Brian Lawler	Pain and King Start the Countdown Who will win the race to get approval of an abuse-deterrent drug, Pain Therapeutics or King Pharmaceuticals?
The Motley Fool March 3, 2009 Robert Steyer	Seeking Gain From Pain King Pharmaceuticals tries to remake itself as a pain therapy company.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Brian Lawler	King's Abuse-Resistant Bet King Pharmaceuticals signs a development deal with Acura Pharmaceuticals to produce abuse-resistant painkillers. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 6, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Two Sides of Endo It has been a mixed third quarter for Endo Pharmaceuticals. On the financial side of things the company performed well; on the research and development side, things are not as good.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Brian Lawler	The Yin and Yang of Endo Endo Pharmaceuticals' fiscal 2007 report offered positive year-end financial results and a little bit of balance-sheet sourness.
The Motley Fool April 1, 2008 Brian Lawler	A Competitive Stab at King and Pain A new, dark-horse competitor, privately held Purdue Pharma, arrives to fight King Pharma and Pain Therapeutics.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	King Atop Its Throne After two quarters of middling revenue growth, drugmaker King Pharmaceuticals reported blowout sales and operating cash flow for its fourth quarter.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Brian Lawler	King Fights for Its Empire King Pharmaceuticals announces another good quarter of financial results. Investors should expect more product acquisitions in the coming years.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Real King of the Drug Pushers King Pharma is first up with a tamper-resistant morphine tablet.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2007 Brian Orelli	No Pain for Endo's Investors Endo Pharmaceuticals had an impressive first quarter thanks to a new product and continued sales growth of its older brands. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Painful Letter from the FDA The FDA smacked down King Pharmaceuticals and Pain Therapeutics with a complete response letter for their application to market Remoxy, an abuse-resistant controlled-release form of oxycodone.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Brian Lawler	NeurogesX Gets a Painful Kick in the Pants NeurogesX's lead drug fails in clinical testing.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2007 Brian Lawler	A Date With Pain Pain Therapeutics prepares for a busy fourth quarter; shares have risen 30% recently in anticipation of upcoming phase 3 data results on oxycodone compound Remoxy. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2011 Brian Orelli	Come on, Pfizer, Not Even a Little Hint? Remoxy is rejected, but why?
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 Brian Lawler	New Indication for Pain Pain Therapeutics brings a new drug into the clinic. When drug companies attempt to bring new drugs that are outside of their core competencies to market, investors always need to be wary.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Portfolio Pain Relief Pain Therapeutics announces a significant development deal with King Pharmaceuticals. The company's stock is the largest percentage gainer on the Nasdaq -- up 48.9%.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 Brian Lawler	Pain and Alpharma Gain From Purdue's Slip Purdue Frederick Company pays a high price for misleading the public about its pain drug OxyContin; other drugmakers stand to benefit from it.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2006 Brian Lawler	Alpharma's Painless Results A new addition to an already successful drug promises good results for investors.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	A Less Painful FDA Decision Johnson & Johnson gains approval of Nucynta ER.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2008 Brian Orelli	Cardinal Atones for Its Sins The drugmaker gets its licenses to distribute controlled substances reinstated.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Painless Drug Deal Bristol-Myers licenses pain drug from Allergan.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 David Nierengarten	Soothing Results, But Pain for Investors Pain Therapeutics delivers again but its stock barely budged. What gives?
The Motley Fool October 12, 2010 Travis Hoium	King Pharmaceuticals Shares Popped: What You Need to Know King Pharmaceuticals shares are up nearly 40% today after it was announced the company would be purchased by Pfizer Inc.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Anatomy Of An Approved Drug An independent audit by the FDA provides a useful summary of the characteristics of drugs approved by the agency.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2008 Brian Orelli	Where the Big Margins Are Drug company investors get to enjoy such high gross margins, but there's generally only so much improvement that a company can make when it starts from such a high point. Take a look at some pharma companies that are succeeding to do just that.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Brian Lawler	OxyContin in the Crosshairs Again The state of Kentucky sues Purdue Frederick over the monetary burden that abusers of the drug OxyContin place on counties within the state.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Catherine Arnst	No Pain, Some Gain The 50 million Americans suffering from chronic pain got a little bit of good news in December. The Food & Drug Administration greenlighted two new medications that attack pain in completely novel ways.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	Double Ouch! 2 Monster Drops in 2 Trading Days Perhaps investors in Pain Therapeutics and DURECT would have rather been kept in the dark about these FDA rejections.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Witty Response to Pharma's R&D Dilemma According to GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty, the pharmaceutical industry is a mess. That's the basic gist of his opinion piece in The Economist.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Painful Reminder From the FDA The agency issues a reminder that osteoporosis drugs can cause severe pain.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Brian Orelli	Fewer Generics in Fido's Future TEVA considers selling its small animal-health business.
Nursing October 2009 Yvonne D'Arcy	Overturning barriers to pain relief in older adults This article will describe how to lower the barriers to effective pain control in older patients and provide practical tips for helping them receive the full benefit from pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies.
American Family Physician February 1, 2005 Maizels & McCarberg	Antidepressants and Antiepileptic Drugs for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain The development of newer classes of antidepressants and second-generation antiepileptic drugs has created unprecedented opportunities for the treatment of chronic pain. These drugs modulate pain transmission by interacting with specific neurotransmitters and ion channels.