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The Motley Fool December 20, 2006 Billy Fisher	Northfield Shares Head South Anemic results for a blood substitute leave shares run down.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2007 Brian Lawler	What's Next for Northfield Labs? When Northfield released results from its phase 3 trial for PolyHeme, its shares fell almost 60% in one day. But Northfield again said it's not giving up on PolyHeme and would eventually apply to the FDA to market the drug.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Brian Lawler	Learn From Northfield's Bloody Results Northfield announces clinical trial results that investors can learn from. As long as they at least give the appearance of trying to advance their compounds forward, development-stage drugmakers can go on for years always getting investor funding from somewhere.
Chemistry World October 2010	Artificial blood Synthetic alternatives to donor blood have been stuck in development for decades. Nina Notman reports on recent promising progress
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Wired August 2008 Katharine Gammon	Updata: Dire Prognosis for Once-Promising Artificial Blood Promising artificial blood Hemopure has been found to increase chances of heart attack and death.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	Northfield Delays the Inevitable Northfield announces a delay in the analysis of a clinical trial for its drug candidate. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Brian Lawler	Following the Fallen Biotech Class of 2006 Let's take a look a list of the biggest development stage drugmaker disasters from 2006 and how the tiny drug developers have fared since they announced their clinical trial or regulatory failures.
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.
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The Motley Fool December 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	3 Stock-Moving Binary Events to Watch in 2012 Binary events, FDA decisions, and clinical trial results, are the lifeblood -- and death wish -- of the biotech industry. Here are three to watch in 2012.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	Will These Drugs Get FDA Approval? Discovery Laboratories and Adolor are waiting FDA decisions on their drugs next month.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 Brian Orelli	Dynavax Gets Held Up The FDA puts a clinical hold on Dynavax Technologies hepatitis B vaccine. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2011 Luke Timmerman	Orexigen, Facing High Hurdle at FDA, Puts Obesity Drug Development on Hold The close attention paid to safety makes this drug difficult to get right.
Wired August 2002 Wil McCarthy	Strange Blood Cataclysmic shortages. Tainted supplies. There is a solution: artificial blood.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2011 Brian Orelli	Orexigen Falls Short Its obesity drug fails in the final mile of the drug-development marathon.
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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.
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The Motley Fool December 22, 2003 Alyce Lomax	Losing Faith in Inspire Delay for its dry-eye treatment leaves investors uninspired.
Popular Mechanics December 16, 2008 Michael Milstein	Bringing Stem Cells to War: Meet the Blood Pharmers Fresher blood is better than stale: It carries more oxygen and, when transfused into patients, speeds recovery.
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The Motley Fool January 14, 2005 W.D. Crotty	An FDA OK That Hurts EPIX Pharmaceuticals gets a qualified "yes" from the FDA, sending its stock tumbling.
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The Motley Fool November 17, 2010 Brian Orelli	52 Years Down, 1 Month to Go Lupus treatment Benlysta moves closer to approval.
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The Motley Fool January 15, 2010 Brian Orelli	Oops, Sorry About That, Pfizer The FDA says there's no problem with Spiriva after all.
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The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Brian Orelli	Fewer Drug Approvals? Buy! Stricter standards at the FDA could create a buying opportunity. Drug approvals are down one third this year, creating a lot of value in pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Just choose your medicines carefully.
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