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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.
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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 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 August 25, 2008 Brian Lawler	King Triples Down King Pharmaceuticals makes a risky all-in bet on an unproven market.
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 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 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 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 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 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 June 20, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Pain-Free FDA Approval. More to Come? Oxecta gains FDA approval. Remoxy is up next.
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 March 3, 2009 Robert Steyer	Seeking Gain From Pain King Pharmaceuticals tries to remake itself as a pain therapy company.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Brian Lawler	Pain Therapeutics Pares Shares The small drugmaker announces a share buyback.
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 September 18, 2007 Brian Lawler	Direct Your Attention to DURECT Promising drug test results make DURECT a company to watch. The tiny drugmaker has a host of important milestones coming up over the next year.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	Alpharma on a Mission Alpharma investors take note, the company will launch its Flector pain patch this year, and has other pain drugs in its pipeline that could also make its future anything but painful.
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 April 26, 2011 Brian Orelli	We Hate Your Drug. And That's a Good Thing. This one's a pain for the clinical trial participants.
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 December 31, 2010 Brian Orelli	How the Other Half of Pharma Lives A dive into spec pharma.
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 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 February 8, 2008 Brian Lawler	Alpharma Doing Its Best Endo Imitation Alpharma sells one of its active pharmaceutical ingredient unit to help finance other businesses.
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 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 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.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2012 David Williamson	Durect Investors Feel the Pain A phase 3 failure of a lead drug crushes shares.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	REMS: Not Just for Sleeping Anymore Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies is saving drugmakers from going into a deep sleep while they wait for Food and Drug Administration approval of their drugs.
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 October 6, 2008 Brian Orelli	Cardinal Atones for Its Sins The drugmaker gets its licenses to distribute controlled substances reinstated.
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 August 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	4 Biotech Bets Under $10 Development stage drugmakers are among the most exciting stocks to follow. Here are four that are all worth a place on your watch list: Pharmacopeia, Pain Therapeutics, Pharmasset, and SGX Pharmaceuticals.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2008 Brian Orelli	Presents or Coal From the FDA? Let's take a look at a few companies expecting FDA decisions this month and see whether they're more likely to get a present or a lump of coal in their marketing-application stockings.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pay Attention, Biotech Investors Competitors and partners can't be ignored.
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 November 13, 2006 Brian Lawler	King Not Loving Its Shareholders King Pharmaceuticals appears to be a company with stagnating operations, trying to grow sales via licensing or acquiring new drugs, with (at best) a shaky handling of its accounting practices. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2010 Brian Orelli	More Pain Ahead for Eli Lilly? An advisory panel meeting tomorrow could further the company's slide.
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 July 2, 2008 Brian Lawler	DURECT's Intriguing Little Orphan An exciting pain drug inches onward in development.
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.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2006 Sara Calabro	King Without the Crown While most of pharma tries to convince the world that R&D is the number-one priority, one specialty company, King Pharmaceuticals, boasts that it has no lab.
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 March 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	Really? A 59% Share Price Jump for That? Justified or not, InterMune skyrockets ahead of an FDA panel meeting.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	FDA Bullies Obesity Drugmakers It's been clear for some time that the Food and Drug Administration isn't particularly fond of obesity drugs. Now it's just being a bully.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2007 Brian Lawler	Adolor Tries Again Adolor continues work on its second drug candidate. Investors will have to wait until early 2008 for some data to sink their teeth into.
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 February 27, 2004 Zeke Ashton	King Makes a Comeback The love/hate cycle might be ready to shift again for this pharmaceutical. King Pharmaceuticals was once a beloved growth stock. Then it became an unloved drug stock suffering from intensifying competition, a poor acquisition or two, and an ongoing SEC investigation. The stock has started to come back.