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The Motley Fool September 1, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck to Bride: Leave the Jewelry at Home The new Merck will look a lot like the old Merck at the top, even though about 40% of Schering's senior leaders will be headed to the new company.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pharmas in the Doghouse Merck and Sanofi call off their joint venture.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2009 Brian Orelli	MegaMergers Going to the Dogs It looks like Merck isn't sure it'll be able to get its acquisition of Schering-Plough past regulators without doing a little trimming.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Brian Orelli	An Ode to Schering-Plough Mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry are cataloged in a poem.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2011 Brian Orelli	This Deal Is No Dog Eli Lilly picks up Johnson & Johnson's European animal-health business.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pfizer and Wyeth Put the Horse Before the Cart The pharmas' animal-business divestiture brings them one step closer to unity.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Not So Fast, Schering ... er, Merck ... er, Whoever You Are Merck got cute with its acquisition of Schering-Plough by setting up the merger so that Schering is technically merging with Merck and then changing its name to Merck. That seemingly schizophrenic move had a purpose.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Still Dealing With Antitrust Issues The pharma giant sells off some more animal health assets.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck and Schering: A Less Ugly Bride and Groom Merck and Schering-Plough are up today on "better than expected" earnings, but the bride and groom don't look all that great heading into the wedding.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Joint-Venture Acid Reflux Merck ditches its joint venture with Johnson & Johnson.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck-Schering Doesn't Look So Good Revenue is stagnant; let's hope that pipeline pans out.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck Pummels Pfizer One of these acquisitions is not like the other.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck and Schering Get Half a Divorce The lovey-dovey duo ends their respiratory partnership.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2011 Brian Orelli	Half a Breakup Is Better Than No Breakup at All Pfizer keeps two divisions and puts two on the chopping block.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2011 Brian Orelli	Dark Clouds Lift Over Pharma Dispute The case of who bought whom in the Merck -Schering-Plough deal has ended in a draw.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	Another Reason to Hate Big Pharma's M&A As we get closer to Pfizer and Merck wrapping up their deals, it looks like a new group is voicing their displeasure: external partners.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck-Schering Trumps Pfizer-Wyeth The new Merck deal looks a lot better than a combined Pfizer plus Wyeth.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2008 Brian Orelli	Schering and Pfizer Aren't Horsing Around Schering sells some animal health products to Pfizer to keep the EU happy.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	Merck Gets a Pass, for Now Its first quarter looks promising, but not as good as could be hoped.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2009 Brian Orelli	This Acquisition Is Icy Hot Expensive price, but Chattem may still be a good buy for sanofi-aventis.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Making Money More Efficiently Drug companies shape up, and it shows in their margins.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Schizophrenic Drug Approval Schering's drug gets a thumbs-up.
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Shopping For Schering? The buzz about Schering-Plough on Wall Street is that the company is in play.
The Motley Fool November 25, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Schizophrenic Move by Merck? Issue $29 billion in shares, buy back $3 billion. Say what? Merck increased its share count by almost 45% to pay for the acquisition of Schering-Plough. Now it's planning to buy some of that stock back.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Bayer Prescribes Itself a Buyout Bayer's bid for Schering trumped an earlier $17.5 billion offer from yet another German powerhouse, Merck KGaA. Why would Bayer pay so much for Schering? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Turnaround Year, But Not in a Good Way 2009 was a solid year for sanofi-aventis thanks to a boost from sales of swine flu vaccine and some help from the exchange rate. But 2010? Not so solid.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Robert Steyer	Drugmakers Diversify -- Again Merck and Pfizer choose businesses they once eschewed.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	Surprise Us in a Good Way, Merck Keeping up productivity during plant closures won't be easy.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Schering-Plough Turning a Corner The troubled pharmaceutical company begins to show signs of life. Investors looking for a more stable play would do well to look at other shares instead.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 Brian Orelli	Merck Stays Conservative Merck sets the bar low with its 2008 guidance. Is the company being overly cautious?
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Dueling Fools: Merck Bear Looking at other big pharma peers, Merck is dead last when it comes to expected three- to five-year EPS growth. Why buy a troubled pharma when better options exist?
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	It's Hard to Get Excited About 92% Revenue Growth Especially when revenue dropped on a comparable basis.
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Arlene Weintraub	Big Pharma's Animal Spirits Sales of medicine for pets and livestock are giving drugmakers a welcome boost.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's and Merck's Loss Is These Companies' Gain Are Pfizer and Merck too busy integrating now to take advantage of additional acquisitions?
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Will Merck Make It? Merck releases first-quarter results and says it can meet its previous guidance.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2007 Brian Orelli	Financing Your Acquisition Schering-Plough is one step closer to financing its $14 billion acquisition of the Organon BioSciences unit of Akzo Nobel, by making an official stock offering.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Schering and Merck: A Match Made in Purgatory Until Merck can show that it's capable of growing sales again, investors should be leery of stepping in, even with the dividend yield pushing 6%.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2010 Brian Orelli	Merck: Poised for Growth and Eager to Go Merck needs its new, stronger, post-acquisition pipeline to pay off.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck's Complicated Partnerships Merck has decided to continue its complicated partnership with AstraZeneca for at least a few more years.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Dueling Fools: Merck Bear Rebuttal There's a reason why Merck's stock is cheap: weak pipeline, weak prospects.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2009 Brian Orelli	Slow Down There, Merck Merck CEO Richard Clark says his company is looking to do more deals than ever, perhaps "even try to double" the current rate of 50 per year.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	Big Pharma's R&D Model Is Broken Bigger isn't always better.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Brian Orelli	2 Backdoor Biotech IPOs to Watch Just don't buy yet.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck's Bad News Nothing to Sneeze At The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reexamination of Merck's patent on allergy medication, Singulair, is nothing to sneeze at. The $2.8 billion worth of Singulair that Merck sold in the U.S. last year made up 12% of its total pharmaceutical sales.
BusinessWeek September 20, 2004 Amy Barrett	Merck: Who Will Revive The Giant? Earnings and new-drug disappointments have investors worried about succession.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Brian Orelli	Why Is Schering Cutting Now? The latest pharmaceutical company to jump on the cost-cutting bandwagon is Schering-Plough.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Johnson & Johnson Inflames Abbott $1.67 billion is one hefty reward.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Merck in the Balance These are troubled times for Merck. Restructuring charges, Zocor sales woes, and a new distribution program hamper earnings.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Rich Smith	Dueling Fools: Merck Bull It's hard to argue with a price this cheap. With a price-to-free cash flow ratio of less than 11, Merck's a steal.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Brian Orelli	Is Merck a Buy? Short term it's hard to say, but for the long term, its pipeline looks strong.