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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 October 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	Schering Buys Great Growth Acquiring Organon Biosciences saves the company from a rough quarter.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Brian Orelli	Kids, Take Your Psychoactives J&J gains pediatric approval of its antipsychotic drug. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2009 Brian Orelli	Kids, Take Your Antipsychotics! Drugs to combat mental illness might gain FDA approval for children.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Brian Orelli	Flip-Flopping: Not Just for Politicians Anymore The FDA's change is good for companies.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	Merck Breathes Life Into an Acquired Pipeline The acquisition is paying off with newly approved drugs.
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The Motley Fool November 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	This Baby Is a Nice Addition A month into an acquisition, and Merck already sees a benefit.
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 September 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	Avoid This Multibillion-Dollar Market It's just too crowded, but there's no doubt that psychiatric drugs are big business for some drugmakers.
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 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 July 24, 2007 Brian Orelli	No Pharma Love for Schering A doubling of earnings, but no jump in stock price? Schering investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool December 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Some Brand-Name Patents: Going, Going, Gone in 2010 Generic drug competition is coming for Lipitor, Plavix, and others.
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The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Brian Orelli	Here's That Critical Merck Info You Missed Announcing clinical trial failures in a FAQ? Really?
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The Motley Fool February 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Get Ready for Merck's Bumpy Ride Long-term earnings guidance gets thrown out the window.
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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.
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 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 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 December 21, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Dueling Fools: Merck Bear Investors, because of its recent run-up, the risk/reward tradeoff is not very compelling. There are safer, more lucrative ways to invest in the space.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2011 David Williamson	What Happened to U.S. Pharma? How did the domestic pharmaceutical industry fare in the most recent quarter?
The Motley Fool January 8, 2009 Brian Orelli	FDA Toys With Lilly, and Investors, Again Eli Lilly will have to wait a little longer.
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.
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The Motley Fool March 31, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pharma's Refreshing Bad News Schering-Plough and Eli Lilly both present data at scientific meetings over the weekend about drugs that failed their clinical trials, but it's not bad news.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Brian Orelli	And You Thought Biotech Was High-Risk, High-Reward Large clinical trials make cardiovascular drugs risky, but the rewards are there, too.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Brian Lawler	FDA Floors Eli Lilly Eli Lilly receives an especially harsh rebuke from the FDA about one of its top candidates when the agency refused to approve a long-lasting injection version of its multibillion-dollar Zyprexa for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Brian Orelli	Roses and Candy From the FDA? Some drugmakers expect the FDA to bestow its kiss of approval this month. Read on to see who.
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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.
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BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Robert Barker	A Stimulant For Depressed Drug Stocks? For a bunch of can't-miss stocks, the big drugmakers sure did miss out on 2003's bull run. The dozen drug companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index have returned 10% this year, vs. the index' 22%. But the market is now failing to credit the companies' strengths.
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