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The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Brian Orelli	Just Enough to Give Investors Hope Hitting a secondary endpoint means all is not lost for Onyx's lung cancer drug.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	This Drug Doesn't Work. But All Is Not Lost. Novartis cancer drug fails one trial, but there's still hope.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2009 Brian Orelli	More Tests for Drug for Cancer Patients The Vanilla trial might not have come up positive, but at least sanofi-aventis and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will keep trying to show that aflibercept is capable of helping cancer patients live longer.
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.
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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 April 11, 2011 Brian Orelli	A Double Dose of Trouble for Big Pharma? Pfizer's Sutent and Novartis's Afinitor head in front of an FDA advisory panel.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Gets a Double After a couple of disappointing trials for Pfizer's Sutent, investors get some good news about the drug.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2010 Ryan McBride	Synta Pharma CEO Trumpets New Top Cancer Drug Synta Pharmaceuticals has been climbing back from one of the Boston area's highest-profile clinical trial failures of 2009.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2007 Brian Lawler	Threshold Over the Edge Another day, another development-stage drugmaker implodes. Investors, Threshold announced negative clinical trial results for its lead drug.
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The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	Falling Into the Zaltrap Lung cancer out, colon cancer in phase 3 clinical trial for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' new drug.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Brian Lawler	Is Threshold on the Verge of Success? Shares of Threshold Pharmaceuticals were the second-best performer on the market yesterday, up 28% as a result of positive phase 2 clinical trial results for its lead drug, glufosfamide.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Brian Lawler	Exelixis Presents The pharmaceutical presents data from 2 of its top drug candidates at ASCO. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 Brian Orelli	ASCO Abstracts -- Pops and Drops! Ever since The American Society of Clinical Oncology began posting abstracts on-line -- and before that when they were sent to attendees -- investors have clamored to get a glimpse at the data. Here's your glimpse.
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The Motley Fool April 5, 2007 Brian Lawler	ImClone Steps to the Front ImClone announces a successful clinical trial for the cancer drug Erbitux. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2005 Charly Travers	Do Good Drugs Guarantee Investment Success? By the time you know a drug is good, are you late to the party? Instead of trying to catch a train that has already zipped by, try investing in drug programs well in advance of phase 3 trials.
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The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 Brian Orelli	Alfacell's Awkward Wait Waiting for subjects to die is a somber part of the oncology clinical trial process. Alfacell is doing just that in its final phase three trial with its lead cancer drug candidate. Investors take note.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2011 Brian Orelli	Drug Duo Escapes Advisory Panel Unharmed Pfizer and Novartis are on their way to expanding their cancer drug indications.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2007 Brian Lawler	Is Telik Insane? Shares of Telik fall after the FDA puts a halt to trials with its lead drug. Even at this reduced share price, investors should stay far away from this pharma.
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The Motley Fool May 21, 2007 Mike Havrilla	Allos Aligned for Success With two drugs that both sport reasonable chances of positive clinical data and FDA approval, biotech investors should take a look at Allos -- before any potential good news rolls in.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	Amgen Comes Up a Little Short Amgen's drug Vectibix improves survival, but not by enough.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Dendreon Killer? Not Yet. Johnson & Johnson's abiraterone looks good, but won't knock off the newcomer.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Billy Fisher	Onyx on Fire It is readily apparent that investors in the biopharma will sink or swim on the future results of Nexavar. The ASCO meeting marks an integral win for the company, but only time will tell whether the drug can push the company into the black.
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Catherine Arnst	Genentech's Lessons For Big Pharma The biotech company focuses on science -- not marketing, acquisitions, or patents.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2011 Brian Orelli	Let's See Some Data, Curis Curis investors seem to have shrugged off the multiple unknowns and embraced the potential for the company's skin cancer drug.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	Wonder Drug! Maybe? Get the facts before jumping on this one.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2007 Brian Lawler	A Surprising Decision for Telik It still doesn't look like the pharma's lead drug is helping anyone get better. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 Brian Orelli	Onyx: Old News Is Good News Onyx set a 52-week high today, even though the good news wasn't all that new. After the recent dearth of FDA approvals, investors may be flocking to a drug that's nearly certain to get the agency's thumbs-up.
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The Motley Fool November 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	Coughing Is Bad for Amgen's Health Safety concerns halt drug trial, but all is not lost.
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