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The Motley Fool July 14, 2009 Brian Orelli	Diagnosing a Personalized Partnership Abbott and Glaxo hook up on diagnostics.
BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Arlene Weintraub	And When ImClone's Drug Doesn't Work... Physicians have greeted ImClone Systems Inc.'s (IMCL ) cancer drug, Erbitux, with a mixture of glee and grim realism. The drug dramatically shrinks colon tumors in some patients. But in others, it has little effect -- and no one knows why.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2011 Dickmeyer & Rosenbeck	From Rut to Racetrack Can the pharmaceutical industry deliver on its objective to make cancer a curable, chronic condition?
The Motley Fool September 28, 2006 Brian Lawler	Amgen Secures Its Future FDA approval for the company's colorectal cancer drug is good news for its future prospects. Investors, take note.
Chemistry World July 2010 Anna Lewcock	Medicine made to measure Healthcare tailored to suit the genetic makeup of the patient is finally coming to fruition.
The Motley Fool November 19, 2004 Charly Travers	A New Drug for Lung Cancer Genentech and OSI's launch of Tarceva brings a new choice in the treatment of lung cancer.
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The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 Brian Lawler	ImClone Fights The Competition The drug developer's performance has been alright, but the competition is heating up. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	Abbott Signs Up Another One Abbott announces that it has set up a partnership with Pfizer to run tests on Pfizer's new drug.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Drug Approved for Few Patients -- but That's OK The age of personalized medicine is upon us. Earlier this month, the FDA approved Roche's melanoma drug Zelboraf for patients with a specific mutation in BRAF. And on Friday, the agency approved Pfizer's Xalkori for lung cancer patients that are ALK-positive.
Bio-IT World August 13, 2003 Malorye Branca	Targeting Tumors Next-generation cancer drugs will take aim with unprecedented certainty, but making them requires a new discovery and development paradigm.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	A Wing and a Prayer for Amgen Amgen announces data from its top pipeline drug candidate. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2007 Brian Lawler	Amgen Is Vexed The European Union medical authority says no to Amgen's cancer compound. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2004 Charly Travers	Biotech's 5-Baggers: Part 3 Year after year, the hottest biotech companies with investors are those with drugs in development for the treatment of cancer.
The Motley Fool November 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	One Drug, Two Names, Two Wildly Different Prospects Amgen double speaks for increased sales.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Mattingly & Saxberg	Biomarkers Come of Age In the past five years, biomarkers have become an essential part of pharmaceutical R&D. Seven industry experts explain how it happened - and what comes next.
Bio-IT World October 10, 2003 Kevin Davies	Iressa's Trials and Tribulations The Iressa experience highlights the enormous stakes surrounding breakthrough therapies.
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Catherine Arnst	Biotech, Finally The past 30 years of biological discoveries, insights into the human genome, and exotic chemical manipulation have unleashed a wave of biological drugs, many of them reengineered human proteins.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	Headline? Bad! Unexpected? No! For a company that only has one drug on the market, stopping a failing phase 3 clinical trial that's designed to expand the market of that drug is usually a major blow. But Onyx Pharmaceuticals was able to shrug it off.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2011 Brian Orelli	Profit From Personalized Medicine Pfizer's drug works well, but consider these companies instead.
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The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 Brian Orelli	Good Luck in 2010, Amgen Just when it looked like Amgen was turning things around the Food and Drug Administration threw a wrench in the biotech's plans for its osteoporosis drug Prolia.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2007 Brian Lawler	Know Your Drug Stock ABCs: Part 2 Investing in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries can be difficult. Here are terms investors should know to better understand how the clinical trial process involved with bringing a drug to market works.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Brian Lawler	Slight Setback for ImClone ImClone announces a failed cancer study. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2011 Brian Orelli	Amgen's Long Shot Comes Up Short Amgen and Takeda Pharmaceutical's motesanib didn't extend overall survival in lung cancer patients when combined with Bristol-Myers Squibb's Taxol and carboplatin.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's Having a Garage Sale Rather than sending its unwanted drugs to the trash bin, the giant drugmaker is striking deals with its comrades to take them off its hands.
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The Motley Fool July 21, 2006 Brian Lawler	Amgen's Little Helpers Sluggish earnings are offset by promising drugs in the pipeline. The bottom line with Amgen is that it is one of the best-run biotechs, period. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 Brian Lawler	No Amplified Growth for Amgen The drug developer recently released its fourth-quarter financial results. With a $71 share price and trading at roughly a forward multiple of 16 times earnings, the stock is not particularly cheap.
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Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Bob Hirschfeld	Healing Investments New lung cancer drugs mean good news in both the doctor's office and on Wall Street.
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The Motley Fool October 6, 2011 Brian Orelli	Data Published; Back to Waiting Phase 2 data for Aeterna Zentaris and Keryx's perifosine was published, but it's the phase 3 that's important.
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