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The Motley Fool December 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	Cancer Isn't Merck's Biggest Problem There's still hope for Merck's Vytorin, but investors will have to wait.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 Brian Orelli	No Blood-Pumping Love for Merck and Schering From the reports coming out of the American College of Cardiology meeting, it looks like the drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough took a beating.
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The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Great Data Won't Do Much The full data from a clinical trial testing Pfizer's Sutent in pancreatic cancer was truly amazing. Unfortunately, it's not going to do very much for the stock or Pfizer's bottom line.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Brian Orelli	This Cancer Drug's on a Roll Novartis' Afinitor scores another win.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2008 Brian Orelli	Cardiologists Hate Vytorin Cardiologists seem cynical about the full presentation of Merck's and Schering-Plough's SEAS data at the European Society of Cardiology.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	Amgen Comes Up a Little Short Amgen's drug Vectibix improves survival, but not by enough.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Thanks for Nothing, FDA The Food and Drug Administration says there's still enough evidence that Merck and Schering-Plough's Vytorin works to warrant keeping patients on the drug.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Don't Worry About Vytorin's Cancer Risk While it doesn't seem that the investigations are likely to turn up anything, investors should at least keep up with the amount of news surrounding the Vytorin probe.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	Headline? Bad! Unexpected? No! For a company that only has one drug on the market, stopping a failing phase 3 clinical trial that's designed to expand the market of that drug is usually a major blow. But Onyx Pharmaceuticals was able to shrug it off.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2004 Brian Gorman	Will Cholesterol Drug Pack a Punch? Merck's and Schering-Plough's new combination may receive a lukewarm welcome. In the near term, investors will probably cheer both companies, but in the long run, the companies will be better off it they can come up with something totally original.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Tale of 2 Drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough typically release earnings on the same day because they share sales of cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia, but the drugmakers are far from the same.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2010 Luke Timmerman	Onyx Delays Cancer Drug Application As FDA Asks for More Data Shares fell about 7% in after-hours trading Thursday evening.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pfile Pfizer Under "Potential" Researchers reported promising finding from a clinical trial of Pfizer's new drug, CP-870,893, in pancreatic cancer patients in the most recent issue of the journal Science.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 Brian Lawler	Onyx on the Clock The one-drug wonder's partner files a marketing application to expand the use of its lead drug. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Brian Lawler	Slight Setback for Onyx Onyx shares fell on disappointing news, but there are other opportunities for the one-drug wonder.
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The Motley Fool February 24, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Profitable One-Drug Wonder! It's kind of impressive that Onyx Pharmaceuticals has made a profit two years in a row: $0.03 per share in 2008, and a much healthier $0.27 per share last year.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	This Drug Doesn't Work. But All Is Not Lost. Novartis cancer drug fails one trial, but there's still hope.
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The Motley Fool May 5, 2010 Brian Orelli	Doubled Revenue, but Not High Growth An acquisition and some rearrangements make Merck's revenue line sound better than it is.
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Tom Randall	Cocktails Are Next For Cancer-Drug Makers Taking a cue from the cocktails of drugs that have made AIDS survivable, drugmakers are pursuing combination therapies against cancer.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2007 Brian Orelli	Onyx's Hard at Work Onyx's future depends on getting Nexevar approved for new indications. The liver cancer expansion is a nice start, and it should bring Onyx into the black. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Merck Looks for Soft Landing Despite a tough year, the business isn't falling apart, and the pipeline has some near-term gems. This should give investors reason to expect that better things could be on the way.
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BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Amy Barrett	Hooked On The Cash From Cholesterol Cholesterol-lowering drugs are massive moneyspinners. But can big pharmaceutical companies sidestep expiring patents?
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The Motley Fool February 13, 2007 Brian Lawler	Rock-Solid News From Onyx Results show that the drug Nexavar works in another type of cancer. But investors need to consider other issues when taking a closer look at this pharma.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Pflubs -- You Expected Otherwise? Bad news, but rather expected.
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 August 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	Drug Prices Up, but Don't Read Too Much Into It AARP is out with its annual report on the cost of medications, and it's more of the same: bad news if you're a consumer, but good news if you're invested in drugmakers.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Billy Fisher	Onyx on Fire It is readily apparent that investors in the biopharma will sink or swim on the future results of Nexavar. The ASCO meeting marks an integral win for the company, but only time will tell whether the drug can push the company into the black.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2010 Luke Timmerman	Cell Therapeutics OK'd to Sell Shares to Stay Alive Is the company being straight with shareholders?
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