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The Motley Fool November 13, 2007 Brian Orelli	Another Punch in the Nose for Pfizer The FDA clears ZYRTEC-D for over-the-counter sales; marketing of the medication will now switch hands from Pfizer to Johnson & Johnson. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Brian Orelli	Oh, No! Another Tylenol Recall? Take a deep breath. Everything will be OK.
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 January 15, 2010 Brian Orelli	The Odor Lingers at Johnson & Johnson The company has to recall products because of a smelly problem.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	Get It Together, Johnson & Johnson Another day, another recall.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	No Barrier to Deals Like This In the latest example of overlap between the pharmaceutical and consumer-health care industries, Barrier Therapeutics announces that it will package one of its lead prescription drugs with a shampoo sold by Procter & Gamble.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Joint-Venture Acid Reflux Merck ditches its joint venture with Johnson & Johnson.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Robert Steyer	Drugmakers Diversify -- Again Merck and Pfizer choose businesses they once eschewed.
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 February 28, 2011 Brian Orelli	Johnson & Johnson Parties Like It's 1982 The big pharma announced that it was recalling 667,632 packages of Sudafed tablets because the instructions contained a typo.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	Johnson & Johnson Hires a Babysitter J&J tries to turn the OTC business around; the McNeil Consumer Health care unit will now be headed up by Patrick Mutchler, previously the head of the health-care giant's baby products..
The Motley Fool March 25, 2011 Brian Orelli	Teva:P&G :: Peanut Butter:Chocolate The generic-drug maker and consumer-products company are forming a joint venture to sell over-the-counter medication, with both companies bringing their strengths to the table.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	Watch a 40% Decline Disappear The greatest thing going for Johnson & Johnson is its diversity in product offerings.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	This Recall Is Different -- In a Good Way Johnson & Johnson strikes again, but it's not so bad this time.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	Drug Company Cost Cuts: Careful What You Wish For Research and development is the lifeblood of future revenue.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Your Heart or Your Stomach? It must be disappointing to know that a label change on another drug -- one that isn't even your competition -- is going to hurt sales, but that's the position that Procter & Gamble and AstraZeneca find themselves in.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	2007 Pharma Roundup How did big pharma do in 2007? With the drug sector earnings season winding down, now seems like a good time to take a look at how they fared and, more importantly, where they're headed.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Welcome to Club Biogeneric, Pfizer! The megadrugmaker jumps on the biogeneric bandwagon.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	Which Pharmas Still Have Cash? Pharmaceutical mergers-and-acquisitions activity has been jumping for the past few months, but the consolidation can't go on forever.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Recall a Week, That's All We Ask For Johnson & Johnson, apparently that's too much.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2008 Brian Orelli	Johnson & Johnson, Heal Thyself When your brother falls, you've got to pick up the pace.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 Brian Orelli	Second Chance for Merck's MEVACOR Merck licenses the rights to an over-the-counter version of its cholesterol-lowering drug MEVACOR to GlaxoSmithKline, but the deal is far from done. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2011 Melly Alazraki	J&J or Novartis? Novartis' businesses are an investor's delight; J&J's improving but isn't there yet.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2011 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Long-Shot Lipitor Gamble Don't count on OTC Lipitor anytime soon.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2009 Brian Orelli	Can Emerging Markets Save Pharma? Probably not until after they emerge.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	2009: The Year Pharma Learned to Love Itself While anything is possible, don't expect too much more consolidation of major drugmakers in 2010 and beyond.
The Motley Fool March 7, 2011 Brian Orelli	Kids, Vaccines, and Deaths a Bad Combination Pfizer and Sanofi may not to be to blame, but when investing in drugmakers, you always have to be worried about drug safety. Fortunately this doesn't look like one of those issues.
The Motley Fool May 6, 2010 Brian Orelli	Johnson & Johnson, What Have You Done? We're not sure, but Congress wants to find out. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform launched an investigation yesterday into the recall JNJ announced last week.
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 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 February 9, 2009 Robert Steyer	Just Say No to Drug Company Mergers There are some reasons to make a big-pharma deal. But there are as many, if not more, reasons to let these companies pursue smaller deals and collaborations rather than become just another part of a hyphenated corporate name.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Nice, Novartis, Very Nice CEO Daniel Vasella leaves on a high note.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2011 Brian Orelli	Not the Best Quarter, but... There's little reason to worry about Johnson & Johnson.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	How Much Is This Going to Cost J&J? Investors need an answer from Johnson & Johnson about low-quality drugs that were recalled. Is the problem systemic, and if so, how much will it cost the company to fix the problem?
The Motley Fool January 2, 2008 Brian Orelli	Congestion in the OTC Market J&J already has generic competition for its new drug Zyrtec.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2007 Brian Orelli	Panel Kills Merck's Hope of OTC Status An FDA advisory panel isn't convinced that Merck's cholesterol-lowering drug MEVACOR deserves OTC status.
The Motley Fool July 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	These Swiss Don't Miss Aside from a hiccup in margins, Novartis' drug business continues to shine. This pharma is a solid middle-of-the-road play with reasonable valuation, a solid pipeline, and a not-so-secret weapon in its Sandoz generics business.
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 February 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Take Two on COX-2 FDA panel recommendations breathe new life into Merck and Pfizer's COX-2 pain medications. Looking ahead, investors should give a good, long look to the drug sector.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2009 Brian Orelli	Abbott Labs Thumbs Nose at Recession On a GAAP basis, Abbott Labs fourth-quarter earnings per share were up a whopping 27%, and even better, the double-digit increases don't look like they're going to stop anytime soon.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 David A. Twibell	What Ails You? Investors who are wary of big pharma investments have good reasons to be. But this does not mean that the sector is to be avoided at all costs. Indeed, for savvy, well-informed investors, now might be a good time to jump in.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2010 Brian Orelli	Hey, Johnson & Johnson: Eight Is Enough If Johnson & Johnson can't overcome the negative image from recalls quickly, consumers will head to competing brand-name drugs or just grab generic versions of Johnson & Johnson's products.
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.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2011 Brian Orelli	Teva's Mixed Bag Diversification sure helps.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Brian Orelli	Pharma Focus Is Good For Your Portfolio Build your own portfolio.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2005 Rich Duprey	Bristol-Myers Relieves Its Headache The pharmaceutical giant is selling its consumer medicines division. Though the division represents only about 2% of Bristol-Myers' $21 billion sales, the company overall has seen sales falter and its stock decline some 12% last year.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2005 Brian Gorman	Novartis Moves on Multiple Fronts Even with its investment in a potential blockbuster, Novartis remains remarkably diversified. Investors can rest assured, though, that the company's strategy won't leave it as vulnerable as other outfits.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Get Ready for Merck's Bumpy Ride Long-term earnings guidance gets thrown out the window.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	This Rabid Agency Could Permanently Damage Your Portfolio The FDA has gotten a little out of control. The wonkiness of the FDA's actions makes it hard for investors to figure out what the agency will do.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	GlaxoSmithKline: Reliable, Dependable ... Kinda Boring This is a good-but-not-great pharmaceutical giant with a good-but-not-great valuation. Investors, take note.