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The Motley Fool January 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	Amylin Timeline Shortened -- Maybe Revenue down 6% year over year. Prescriptions of the company's top-selling drug, Byetta, down 5.9% quarter over quarter. Amylin Pharmaceuticals' fourth quarter wasn't pretty.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	Up 100% With Room to Fly Orexigen gets a positive FDA panel nod.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	FDA Bullies Obesity Drugmakers It's been clear for some time that the Food and Drug Administration isn't particularly fond of obesity drugs. Now it's just being a bully.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2007 Brian Orelli	Amylin: Waiting on the Future Research and development costs drag down the drug developer's bottom line. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2010 Brian Orelli	2010 FDA Approvals and a Look Ahead Recent history can help us handicap FDA decisions.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2011 Brian Orelli	Orexigen Falls Short Its obesity drug fails in the final mile of the drug-development marathon.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2009 Brian Orelli	Cost-Cutting? Check. Increased Sales? Hmm ... Amylin has half the equation. Now it needs the other half.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2008 Brian Orelli	Amylin Gets Some FDA Love Amylin's once-weekly diabetes drug Byetta gets a green light from the FDA.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2011 Brian Orelli	Obese Expectations Trump Great Data Sorry VIVUS and Orexigen, you're still not going to get your drugs approved quickly.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	5 Drugmakers Headed Back to the Drawing Board Sometimes an FDA rejection is more of a to-do list.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	Why the FDA Won't Approve Lorcaserin and Qnexa (Yet) Obesity drugs get their day in front of the agency.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	Don't Believe the Obesity Hype Meta-analysis data isn't going to help Arena Pharmaceuticals' obesity drug.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Skinny on a Triple-Decker Update Amylin's public relations department might need to go on a diet.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	Obesity Drug Companies Are (Still) Risky Orexigen heads before an FDA panel.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 Brian Orelli	VIVUS Unveils Its Obesity Plans Investors are getting fat on the news that VIVUS has a plan, and a backup plan, to get its obesity drug Qnexa on the market.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Brian Orelli	Obesity-Drug Makers Stop Getting Bullied The drugs are still relative long shots being developed by companies that may have to raise more cash between now and an approval.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	Drug Warning Labels: The Good, Bad, and Ugly Once a drug is approved, investors can't fall asleep and ignore FDA announcements about drugs. They come in different varieties, but warnings tend to be of the bad and ugly variety more often than the good.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Byetta Beating The FDA gives Amylin and Alkermes a smack down, but neither company is knocked out yet.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	The Next Amgen? Not Yet. Amylin Pharmaceuticals is in much the same situation as Amgen is in: relatively flat sales, and the potential for a nice boost from a Food and Drug Administration approval shortly. But that's where the comparison ends.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2010 Luke Timmerman	Orexigen Nabs $1B Deal With Takeda to Market Obesity Drug, Shares Climb San Diego-based Orexigen Therapeutics has found a partner to help it compete in the growing market for drugs to combat obesity, Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2011 Esterhuizen & Sellitti	Battle of the Bulge: Biotech Takes on Obesity and Diabetes Will recent advances in pharmaceutical research revolutionize the weight loss industry? It's still early days, but here are some of the stocks to watch.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	Mark Your Calendars: Obesity Drugs Take Center Stage Orexigen Therapeutics has been given an FDA advisory committee meeting date, completing the dates for the trio of obesity drugs up for review.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2010 Brian Orelli	FDA Says "No Way!" Market Says "Yeah, Baby!" You can have it both ways. The Food and Drug Administration's response wasn't exactly what investors in Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, and Alkermes were looking for, but they'll take it.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Amylin Comes Up Snake Eyes Amylin Pharmaceuticals and partners Eli Lilly and Alkermes announced results of their head-to-head clinical trial comparing Bydureon with Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2010 Brian Orelli	Drug Sales Down! Should We Celebrate? Amylin won't have completed results for a trial comparing Bydureon to Victoza until next year. But until that data is in, it might not be as easy to get the patients back as Amylin is making it out to be.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Brian Orelli	There Are No Safe Biotech Investments Amylin Pharmaceuticals and its partners, Eli Lilly and Alkermes, announced yesterday evening that the Food and Drug Administration had asked for more data before approving its once-weekly diabetes drug Bydureon.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2010 Brian Orelli	It's All About the Future for Amylin Its second quarter stank, but there's a lot up ahead.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	Why VIVUS Is 57% Thinner In a move that slashed the pharmaceutical's shares, Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended that the agency not approve their obesity drug Qnexa.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Brian Orelli	Amylin's Bittersweet FDA News Diabetes drug moves ahead, but not as much as the company wanted. If the FDA rejection was due to safety issues, that wouldn't bode well for Amylin's plans to develop the active ingredient in SYMLIN as a weight-loss drug. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2007 Brian Orelli	Amylin's Temporarily Worthless Label Expansion Amylin releases label expansion data that won't be useful for a few years. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 13, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Triple Delight: 3 Stocks All Up More Than 10% What's good for the obese goose is good for the gander when it comes to new drug treatments for losing weight.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Drop on Bad News, but It Was a Long Shot Anyway Bydureon, Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly's once-weekly version of their twice-daily Byetta, has been beating up other diabetes drugs in a series of head-to-head clinical trials but it will have a tough time going after the monotherapy market.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 Brian Orelli	Is Amylin a Two-Hit Wonder? Two drugs, no profitability, but Amylin shares go up on future hopes after the pharmaceutical company reports.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	Arena's Boring News The Food and Drug Administration turned down Arena Pharmaceuticals' obesity drug, lorcaserin. Tell us something we didn't know.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2011 Brian D. Pacampara	Amylin Pharmaceuticals Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of Amylin Pharmaceuticals plummeted more than 20% Thursday after its type 2 diabetes drug Bydureon failed to meet primary endpoints in a 26-week study.
The Motley Fool April 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	It'll Be a Blockbuster! High Fives All Around, Right? Sanofi-aventis releases top-line data for its phase 3 diabetes drug candidate, lixisenatide. The trial was a success, but don't pencil it in as a blockbuster just yet.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Brian Orelli	FDA Warning Might Be a Buying Opportunity The 3%-4% drops in the stock prices of Amylin and Alkermes, Amylin's partner in the development of a sustained-release version of Byetta, could be a good buying opportunity for investors.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2007 Brian Orelli	Weighing In on Amylin's Drug Combination Phase 2 results are good for Amylin Pharmaceuticals trial of a new weight-loss treatment, but it's the subsequent phase 3 trial that actually counts.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Side Effect of Developing Obesity Drugs The FDA is fickle when it comes to weight-loss drugs.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	Abbott's Product Line May Get Thinner Not that it needs the obesity drug.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	Amylin Scores a Hat Trick Amylin Pharmaceuticals got a triple dose of good news over the weekend.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Hopes Fall Short for Arena Pharmaceuticals Arena Pharmaceuticals' obesity drug lorcaserin doesn't look like it's doing enough to be a marketing success -- and the results might not even be enough to get it past the Food and Drug Administration.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2010 Brian Orelli	Hot Dog! No Competition for Now Roche's diabetes pipeline drug is delayed.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2008 Brian Orelli	FDA (Indirectly) Thwacks Amylin The FDA's draft guidance puts a cloud of uncertainty over the makers of diabetes drugs.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Anemic Amylin's Signs of Recovery Sales of Amylin Pharmaceuticals' diabetes drug Byetta have slowed over the last few quarters, but the company seems to be turning things around.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2010 Brian Orelli	Fatter Wallet. Up 22%. Still Risky. After VIVUS' Qnexa was shot down at its FDA advisory panel, it's clear that Arena and Orexigen have an uphill battle in front of them.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2010 Brian Orelli	42% Drop? Really? Tell Us Something We Didn't Know. Arena Pharmaceuticals gets knocked down for no good reason.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Amylin Treads Water One-drug wonders like Amylin Pharmaceuticals can't get away with stagnant growth.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Up, Down, Up. Is This Stock a Home Run or Not? Shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals have been on a roller coaster after word that the company would release data for its obesity drug.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2011 Luke Timmerman	Amylin, Alkermes Shares Jump as EU Regulators Recommend Diabetes Drug Will this drug be approved in Europe?