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The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Brian Lawler	Sour Results for Nektar Nektar Therapeutics announces its first-quarter financial results and plans for the future. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 10, 2008 Brian Lawler	Nektar Can't Squeeze Nectar From This Drug Nektar Therapeutics announced that it was putting its inhaled insulin drug, Exubera, to rest. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2007 Brian Lawler	Nektar's New Old Drug Pfizer returns its non-selling inhalable insulin experiment Exubera to Nektar Therapeutics today, along with $135 million in cash.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Brian Lawler	Nektar Worth Waiting For? Investors might be getting impatient, but the new insulin the company makes is special.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2007 Brian Lawler	Nektar Squeezes Itself Nektar Therapeutics cuts costs after a slower rollout of its lead compound. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2007 Brian Lawler	Nektar Makes a Deal Nektar Therapeutics signs a deal with Bayer AG in an effort to move itself closer to profitability. In return, Bayer gets a co-promotion profit-sharing deal in the U.S., and commercialization rights elsewhere.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Exubera Winner In its third-quarter earnings report, Pfizer announces it is surrendering the rights to market inhalable-insulin treatment Exubera to developer Nektar Therapeutics. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2008 Brian Lawler	Another Inhalable Insulin Bites the Dust Novo Nordisk discontinues development of its troubled diabetes treatment and settles its patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2004 Brian Gorman	Rational Exuberance Nektar received a positive boost from Pfizer's announcement that it will seek approval for Exubera, an inhaled form of insulin. The drug delivery specialist's stock promptly surged, closing up 23% yesterday.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2009 Brian Orelli	Nektar Tastes Sweet Nektar is getting an up-front payment of $125 million and AstraZeneca is taking over development of two of its compounds.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	How to Make a Billion Bucks in Biotech Drug companies and investors alike have to balance the risk and reward.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Nektar Full of Potential, Risk Can inhaled insulin sales live up to investors' expectations at Nektar Therapeutics?
The Motley Fool May 6, 2008 Brian Lawler	MannKind Moves Ahead The pharmaceutical awaits pivotal data on its lead drug Technosphere.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2008 Brian Orelli	Be Kind to MannKind MannKind has good data on its inhaled insulin drug, but will the FDA approve of it and will diabetics buy it?
The Motley Fool November 15, 2007 Brian Orelli	Slowing the Cash Burn Bloody Nose Nastech plans to cut costs following Proctor& Gamble's drop of their osteoporosis drug. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	How to Lose $114 Million in One Day You've got to be a very trusting investor to buy shares in pharmaceutical company, MannKind.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Brian Lawler	MannKind Gets Smacked by Big Brother's Bad News Bad news for a competitor sinks MannKind shares.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Doesn't Like Reruns The company drops two drugs that had made it as far as phase 3 trials.
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Brian Lawler	A Long Wait for MannKind The company's inhaled insulin might not reach the market for several years, if it does, but it's a big market. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Brian Lawler	Follow the Trend With Novo Nordisk The future is bright for Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk. The worldwide leader in diabetes treatments turns in another good quarter.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Sanofi-Aventis: A Mix of News The company gave investors a lot of information for the second quarter, with not all of it positive.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2008 Brian Lawler	The AIR's Knocked Out of Alkermes Drug developer Alkermes initiates a round of cost-cutting.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Diabetics Breathing Easier Investors in Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, and Nektar Therapeutics might be breathing a bit easier today. The FDA's expert panel recommended approval for Exubera.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Pfizer Pays Sanofi to Go Away Two large pharmaceutical companies settle a dispute over inhaled insulin, and $1.3 billion changes hands. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 6, 2007 Brian Lawler	Unhappy Delays for MannKind Two delays for the inhalable insulin developer cause the stock to drop.
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The Motley Fool October 22, 2007 Brian Lawler	Not Another Pfizer Pfailure As Pfizer's top execs have said before, losing patent protections on many of its top products around the same time makes for a difficult operating environment. Pfizer's third-quarter results showed just how difficult those losses were.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2005 Bill Mann	How Hated Is Pfizer? The FDA accepts Pfizer's application for what could be a monster drug, and the market yawns.
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The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	Rumors and Safety Issues -- One Bad Combination There are rumors floating around that a study will show that use of Sanofi's insulin product, Lantus, has an increased risk of cancer.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2007 Brian Lawler	More Air for Alkermes The biopharmaceutical drug delivery expert brings another drug into clinic stage testing. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2009 Brian Orelli	2010 FDA Decisions to Watch It's a pivotal year for these drugmakers.
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The Motley Fool August 2, 2010 Brian Orelli	Back in Love With Geron Investors' love / hate relationship with Geron is back in the worship phase, with the stem cells company up 17% on Friday and nearly an additional 10% or so today.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Challenges Needle Novo Nordisk The insulin franchise is attractive, but under threat. Guidance for 2006 wasn't impressive and there are definite challenges ahead. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2008 Brian Orelli	Bristol Rolls Snake Eyes in Europe European officials reject Bristol-Myers Squibb's breast cancer treatment, Ixempra.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Pfizer's Big Plans Between the launch of inhaled insulin and spending $34 billion, Pfizer has a lot on its plate. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	Don't Get Stuck! Invest in Needle-Free Drugs Here's how to make some money off society's general disdain for needles through next-generation drugs.
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The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Brian Orelli	Head to the U.S. to Sue Your Neighbor Danish Novo Nordisk and French Sanofi-Aventis fight over insulin-delivery systems. Since the patent covers the U.S., the two companies will need to fight it out in U.S. courts.
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The Motley Fool September 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	FDA's Eye on 2 Potential Blockbusters This week, FDA advisory panels will consider the marketing approval applications of Exubera, the inhaled insulin from Pfizer/Sanofi/Nektar, and Pargluva, the dual PPAR agonist, taken in pill form, from Bristol-Myers and Merck. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	2007 Pharma Roundup How did big pharma do in 2007? With the drug sector earnings season winding down, now seems like a good time to take a look at how they fared and, more importantly, where they're headed.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Novo Nordisk Perks Up This leading insulin company rebounds from a sluggish first quarter. For investors willing to buy and hold a stock for years, Novo Nordisk could still be an interesting play on a serious and growing disease market.
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