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The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Brian Orelli	Mylan Almost Triples Revenue -- Big Deal Mylan's growth seems impressive last year, but that growth was all extrinsic, and it came at a cost.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Generic McMansion Mylan took an awfully big bite when it purchased Merck KGaA's generic-drug business last year, but so far it's proven that it can handle it.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	It's Not As Frightening As It First Appears Dig a little, and you'll see that generic-drug maker Mylan is far from a copycat of its struggling branded-drug-making counterparts.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merging Mylan Meanders Through 2008 In the larger-is-better world of generic-drug makers, it's kind of surprising that investors haven't yet gotten behind the Mylan/Merck KGaA deal.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Brian Orelli	When You Need More Than Just a Low-Margin Business Teva Pharmaceuticals, arguably the largest generic-drug maker, can use economies of scale more easily than smaller companies like Watson Pharmaceuticals or Par Pharmaceutical, but it's still pushing further into branded drugs.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	Teva's New Drugs Pay Off The generic-drug maker keeps generating big profits.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	Watson Gets Less Generic Branded sales were up while generics fell for the year, which made Watson Pharmaceutical a more balanced company.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Great Generic Recovery After getting punished for taking on an acquisition, Mylan is doing pretty well.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Brian Orelli	Mylan Takes Generic Aim at Teva Mylan licenses a generic version of Teva's MS drug, Copaxone. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	Nice Quarter, Teva. What Will You Buy Next? Branded or generic, it's always a tough call.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2009 Brian Orelli	Two Pictures of a Drug Company Who should we believe? The FDA? Mylan's earnings report?
The Motley Fool July 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	Mylan Ruins It for Everyone If customers begin to mistrust generic drugs from Mylan or whoever -- fearing that the companies are putting profits above safety -- all generic-drug companies will be hurt.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Brian Orelli	Last Look at Mini-Mylan An impending merger with Merck's KGaA's generic drug business should more than double revenue at Mylan.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2008 Brian Orelli	8 Generic-Drug Makers for 2008 Generic-drug makers can predict the growth of their industry, because it's written right in the patent-expirations column of the FDA's orange book. Here's a brief look at eight generic-drug makers worth closer scrutiny.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: Pharma Goes Generic In the battle against generic rivals, it seems pharmaceutical companies would rather switch than fight. A pair of deals heralds Big Pharma's latest moves into the generic-drug world. See what Novartis and sanofi-aventis recently did.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Rough Quarter for Generic-Drug Makers Investors rocked the smaller companies the most.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2008 Rich Duprey	More Group Therapy From Generics The Teva deal for Barr shows consolidation is still underway in the industry.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2009 Brian Orelli	Generic Growth, Acquisition Style Sales at Teva Pharmaceuticals were up 22% year over year, but don't bust out the champagne just yet.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Mini-Teva in the Making Generic growth by Endo Pharmaceuticals.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Brian Orelli	Watson Gets Some Hand-Me-Downs Much like discount stores, generic-drug makers are in a cutthroat low-margin business, where "larger" almost always means "better."
The Motley Fool January 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Gets Serious About Generics Serious, as in a potential $4-billion-purchase serious.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2010 Brian Orelli	Teva's Double-Edged Sword Nice quarter, but where will future growth come from?
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 February 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Teva Raises the Barr Generic drugs are likely to be a major solution that governments use to tackle the problem of rising health-care costs, and the new, larger Teva looks well-poised to grab that growth as it happens.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 Brian Orelli	This Is Not Your Generic Cash Production Teva's generating cash and knows how to use it.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2007 Brian Lawler	Mylan Adjusts to the Matrix The drugmaker got a bump from a new generic and settles in with its Matrix acquisition. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2007 Rich Duprey	Mylan's Costly Bid to Capture the Flag Its winning bid for a German Merck unit might be why it's falling behind in the generics game. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: My, Oh, Mylan The generic drug maker is set to report fourth-quarter 2007 financial results: Investors face the prospect of shareholder dilution, a cut in its credit rating, and the suspension of its dividend.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	Generic Synergies, Stellar Earnings Growth Mylan is working through its growing pains. The company doubled in size when it bought Merck KGaA's generic drug business, after it had already purchased Indian generic drugmaker Matrix Laboratories. In an instant, it became a global player.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Brian Lawler	Mylan Goes on a Drug Binge The generic drugmaker makes a hefty acquisition, but it's hard to say at this point how good of a deal this is for shareholders.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2009 Brian Orelli	Loss of a Settlement Option Earlier this month the Federal Trade Commission came out with a report arguing for limited patent protection for drugs made by biotech companies. Now it's ratcheting up its complaints about pharmaceutical and generic-drug companies as well.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2010 Brian Orelli	Teva: Hold Until Things Turn Ugly Despite the drugmaker's recent success, its future looks precarious.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2010 Jim Mueller	Today's Buy Opportunity: Teva Pharmaceutical Take advantage of this growing generic-drug maker.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	Barred by Debt The picture continues to look bleak at Barr Labs, due to debt taken on to acquire Pliva in 2006.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2007 Brian Lawler	One Final Look at the Old Mylan With the Merck acquisition not expected to be accretive to earnings for at least two years, the question is if Mylan leveraged its financial health too far in its quest to get bigger and keep up in this buyout race.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2007 Brian Orelli	Acquisition Raises Barr Half a year after acquiring a giant competitor, Barr Pharmaceuticals results appear to be on track to increase year-over-year revenues.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2005 Rich Duprey	Able Labs Disabled The generic drug maker recalls its entire inventory over quality concerns. Its stock price cratered 75% the day after the announcement and has since fallen another 30% since then.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 Brian Orelli	Teva Heads to Japan It's conquering the world, slowly but surely. But is it still a value play?
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Branded? Generic? They're Both Doing Great! Teva Pharmaceuticals registers strong growth on both fronts.
The Motley Fool November 19, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Generic Growth, With a Side of Sashimi A move into Japan isn't a bad idea, but it isn't going to save the company either.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	An Overnight 2-Bagger A nod from the FDA and a new partnership boost Indevus shares. Where to, now?
The Motley Fool September 22, 2009 Robert Steyer	Will Teva Be Forced to Take Its Own Medicine? Teva's biggest source of revenue and profit, the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone, is facing a patent challenge.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Brian Orelli	Mega Mylan Is on Track Comparing year-over-year results for Mylan will continue to be complicated for the next year and a half or so. It's one merger down, one to go for the generic drug company. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 4, 2008 Brian Orelli	Tapping the Brakes on the Teva-Barr Deal The FTC wants more information on this pharma merger before it offers its approval.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Following the Pack to Future Returns Mylan's playing catch up, but there's room for more.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2011 Brian Orelli	Generic-Drug Makers Pay for Speed Lower margins -- faster.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	Benefiting From 2008's Generic Drugs While drug companies scramble to make up for lost revenue as their products are hit with patent expirations, other companies will benefit from the patent losses. Take a look at some winners and losers of drugs going off patent this year.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	Judge's Ruling Has Brand and Generic Drugmakers Smiling A ruling on the patents on Merck's blood pressure medications Cozaar and Hyzaar benefited both Merck and the plaintiff in the suit, generic-drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals. The defendant in the suit wasn't actually Merck but the Food and Drug Administration.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2010 Brian Orelli	Price Inflation in Check? Not in This Industry. Drug prices are on the rise. For now.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pay-for-Delay Is Under the Spotlight It helps each side, but governments aren't thrilled with the idea.