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01/04/2009  Teva Announces Approval of Generic Yaz Tablets news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market its generic version for Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals' oral contraceptive Yaz (Drospirenone and Ethinyl Estradiol) Tablets...
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01/04/2009  Lannett Company Comments on FDA Action news archive
Lannett Company, Inc. today said that it will continue to manufacture and market its Morphine Sulphate products, while it works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to address the agency's initiative on halting the marketing of certain narcotic drugs...
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01/04/2009  Third Follow-on Biologics Bill Introduced in 111th Congress news archive
Last Thursday, Senator Charles Schumer introduced the Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act, the first follow-on biologics bill to be introduced in the Senate and third follow-on biologics bill to be introduced in the 111th Congress. The new bill is the Senate companion to the bill introduced in the House on March 11 by Representative Henry Waxman ...
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02/04/2009  Shire files lawsuit against Natco Pharma for infringement of Fosrenol lanthanum carbonate patents news archive
Shire plc announces that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Natco Pharma Limited for infringement of two of Shire's patents: U.S. Patent No. 5,968,976; and U.S. Patent No. 7,381,428...
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02/04/2009  Teva Introduces First Generic Adderall XR Capsules in the United States news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that it has commenced commercial shipment of its generic version of Shire Pharmaceuticals' Adderall XR (mixed salts of a single-entity amphetamine product) Capsules, 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 20mg, 25mg and 30 mg...
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02/04/2009  Lannett Company Provides Update on Marketing Digoxin Tablets news archive
Lannett Company, Inc., a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, said today that it is prepared to supply the U.S. market with an uninterrupted and safe supply of Digoxin Tablets, following the voluntary recall, announced yesterday, of the drug by another generic drug manufacturer...
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02/04/2009  U.S. Senate panel approves patent reform news archive
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to approve a patent reform bill that has had drug, high-tech and other industries at loggerheads for several years...
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02/04/2009  Sanofi-aventis Acquires Laboratorios Kendrick in Mexico news archive
Sanofi-aventis announced today that its subsidiary sanofi-aventis Mexico has acquired Laboratorios Kendrick in a move to accelerate sales growth and further extend its pharmaceutical portfolio in emerging markets...
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03/04/2009  AstraZeneca sues Apotex over generic asthma drug news archive
AstraZeneca Plc filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apotex in an effort to stop the Canadian company from selling a generic version of Astra's lucrative Pulmicort Respules asthma medicine...
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03/04/2009  Taro Receives Final FDA Approval for Carbamazepine Extended-Release Tablets news archive
Taro Pharmaceutial Industries Ltd. today reported that it received final approval from the U.S Food and Drug Administration for tis Abbreviated New Drug Application for Carbamazepine Extended-Release Tablets USP, 100 mg, 200 mg and 400 mg ...
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04/04/2009  Teva Authorised to Market Generic Version of Contraceptive news archive
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Teva to market a generic version of Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals' oral contraceptive....
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06/04/2009  Impax Confirms Genzyme Suit Over Dialysis Drug news archive
Generic drugmaker Impax Laboratories Inc. confirmed it has been sued by Genzyme Corp. over its generic copy of a drug for dialysis patients. ...
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06/04/2009  Gilead Reviews Teva's Generic Application, May File Suit news archive
Gilead Sciences Inc. said it is reviewing a notice letter and has 45 days to file a patent infringement lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. following Teva's submission to manufacture and market a generic version of HIV drug Atripla....
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07/04/2009  Watson Announces United States Availability of RAPAFLO Silodosin, a Novel New Treatment in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia BPH news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that RAPAFLO(TM) (silodosin), the company's new, uniquely selective alpha blocker for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), is available for patients by prescription. Watson received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for RAPAFLO(TM) in October 2008....
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07/04/2009  Androgel Manufacturers Sued in Class Action for Antitrust Violations news archive
A class action complaint filed last week in New Jersey federal court claims damages for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act by brand-name and generic manufacturers of the drug, Androgel. The case, filed by Stephen L. LaFrance Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a SAJ Distributors and Stephen L. LaFrance Holdings, Inc., names as Defendants Unimed Pharmaceuticals Inc., Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Paddock Laboratories, Inc. ...
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07/04/2009  IPCA Lab Gets Final Nod from USFDA to Market Hydrochlorothiazide Cap news archive
IPCA Laboratories has received a final approval for marketing Hydrochlorothiazide Capsule in the strength of 12.5 mg from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). ...
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07/04/2009  Hospira introduces generic Tazocin in UK news archive
Hospira, a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, has received marketing authorization for piperacillin/tazobactam for injection, and has launched the product in the UK....
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08/04/2009  Mylan Announces Clarinex Settlement Agreement news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced the settlement of all patent litigation relating to Desloratadine Tablets, 5 mg, the generic version of Schering-Plough's Clarinex allergy medication. This litigation has been pending in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey since September 2006...
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09/04/2009  Daiichi Sankyo Files Patent Infringement Actions against 11 Generics Companies for Cravit Tablets and Fine Granules news archive
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced that it has brought patent infringement litigations against 11 generics companies for the substance patent (2008845) and usage patent (1659502) for Levofloxacin Hydrate Levofloxacin Hydrate (broad-spectrum oral anti-bacterial agents) originated by Daiichi Sankyo, has been marketed by the company in Japan since 1993...
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09/04/2009  Fluvastatin SR from Actavis first to market in UK, Holland news archive
Actavis has launched Fluvastatin SR in the UK and the Netherlands. Actavis was first to market in both countries...
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13/04/2009  Bedford Laboratories Begins Shipping Fluconazole Injection in PVC Flexible Containers news archive
Bedford Laboratories, a division of Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., announced the addition of Fluconazole Injection 2 mg/mL in PVC flexible containers to its existing Fluconazole Injection line. This product is AP rated and is equivalent to Diflucan by Pfizer. Fluconazole Injection is an antifungal agent indicated for oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and is also indicated for the prophylaxis of candidiasis...
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13/04/2009  Sun Pharma announces USFDA approval to market generic Roxicodone tablets news archive
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced that USFDA has granted its subsidiary an approval for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market generic Roxicodone, oxycodone hydrochloride tablets...
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14/04/2009  Mylan Confirms First-to-File Patent Challenge Relating to Xeloda Cancer Treatment news archive
Mylan Inc. today confirmed that the company and its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. have been sued by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. in connection with the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Capecitabine Tablets, 150 mg and 500 mg, the generic version of Xeloda Tablets, a chemotherapy treatment for breast and colorectal cancer...
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15/04/2009  India rejects patent to Glivec's second variant news archive
In yet another setback to Swiss drug multinational Novartis AG, the Indian patent office has rejected its application to secure a patent for an alfa crystal form of its blockbuster cancer medicine, Glivec. ...
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16/04/2009  FDA Approves Epilepsy Treatment Generic news archive
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Silarx's generic version of UCB's Keppra, agency records show....
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17/04/2009  Sepracor Disputes Patent on Wyeth's Pristiq news archive
Sepracor Inc. on Friday took a step toward a potential challenge of patents supporting Pristiq, an antidepressant marketed by Wyeth....
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17/04/2009  Actavis Reintroduces Oxycodone in the US news archive
Actavis today announced the reintroduction by its subsidiary in the United States of Oxycodone 15 mg and 30 mg tablet products to pharmacies and customers. Oxycodone is the first product to be manufactured at Actavis' Little Falls, NJ facility following a recently completed FDA inspection...
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17/04/2009  AstraZeneca Wins Battle Against Pulmicort Copy news archive
Chalk up another anti-generic victory for AstraZeneca. A U.S. court gave the drugmaker a restraining order that bars Apotex from selling a copycat version of AstraZeneca's top-selling asthma medicine Pulmicort Respules. Toward month's end, the court plans to determine whether the injunction should be made permanent....
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17/04/2009  Teva Introduces Topiramate Capsules news archive
Teva Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce the introduction and availability of Topiramate Capsules (Sprinkle). ...
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20/04/2009  Mylan's Matrix Selected by the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative and UNITAID as the Primary Supplier of Five Second-Line and Seven Pediatric HIV/AIDS Treatments news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that Matrix Laboratories Limited, its India-based subsidiary in which it holds a 71.2% controlling interest, has been selected by the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) under its UNITAID-funded projects as the primary supplier of five antiretroviral (ARV) drugs used in second-line HIV/AIDS treatment regimens. Matrix also has been selected as the primary supplier of seven ARVs used for pediatric treatment. ...
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20/04/2009  Govt protests as generic drugs get bitter pill in Africa news archive
India has called an "extraordinary" meeting of the ambassadors of all African countries in the Capital this week to register its strong protest against a recently passed Anti-Counterfeit Act in Kenya that could severely restrict the market for Indian generic drugs into Africa....
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21/04/2009  Par Pharmaceuical enters into Agreement with Reliant Pharmaceuticals to Settle Patent Litigation over Rythmol SR news archive
Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (Par) today announced it has entered into a settlement agreement with Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Reliant) that resolves patent litigation related to Reliant's Rythmol SR product, thereby eliminating the inherent uncertainty and costs of litigation...
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21/04/2009  Aurobindo Pharma Receives First Product Approval from Swissmedic for Finasteride Tablets news archive
Aurobindo Pharma Limited is pleased to announce that has received its first approval from Swissmedic, Government of Switzerland for the license of Finasteride APL Tablets 5mg. ...
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22/04/2009  Watson Files FDA Applications for Generic Mucinex news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, today confirmed that it has filed two Abbreviated New Drug Applications with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval to market its guaifenesin extended-release 600mg and 1200mg tablets and its dextromethorphan HBr/guaifenesin extended-release 30mg/600mg and 60mg/1200mg tablets prior to the expiration of patents owned by Reckitt Benckiser Inc. Watson's guaifenesin and dextromethorphan HBr/guaifenesin extended-release tablet products are the generic versions of Reckitt Benckiser Inc.'s Mucinex(R) and Mucinex(R) DM products which are indicated to help loosen phlegm (mucus) and thin bronchial secretions to rid the bronchial passageways of bothersome mucus and make coughs more productive....
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22/04/2009  Dr Reddy's launches Redispar in India news archive
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. has launched Redispar(Doxercalciferol) in India. Used in the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) due to chronic kidney disease, Redispar is the first pro-vitamin D2 to be available in the country....
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22/04/2009  New! CO Pramipexole Tablets news archive
Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc. is pleased to introduce the newest product in our portfolio. CO Pramipexole tablet, the cost effective alternative to Mirapex. ...
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23/04/2009  Eli Lilly & Co. Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Teva news archive
A U.S. District Court has granted drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. a preliminary injunction preventing the launch of a generic version of one of its drugs, Lilly announced Wednesday....
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23/04/2009  Teva Comments on Generic Evista Preliminary Injunction news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has granted Eli Lilly's motion for a preliminary injunction related to Teva's abbreviated new drug application to market its generic version of Evista tablets. Teva plans to appeal the decision....
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23/04/2009  First Subsequent Entry Biologic Approved in Canada news archive
The Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA) today welcomed the first ever approval of a subsequent entry biologic (SEB) in Canada and urged Health Canada to move forward with the completion of its SEB guidance without further delay....
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23/04/2009  Thoracic Transplantation Experts to Present Consensus Findings for the Use of Generic Medications news archive
Recent research in the worldwide heart and lung transplant community reveal significant findings regarding challenges in the development and use of generic immunosuppression drugs for patients around the world. Tomorrow (Friday, April 24), the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation will feature a captivating discussion regarding the use of generic medications and the variance in quality of these drugs from nation to nation...
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24/04/2009  Teva withdraws bid for generic Plavix in Europe news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has withdrawn its application to market a generic version of Sanofi-Aventis SA and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's blood thinner Plavix in Europe, regulators said on Thursday...
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24/04/2009  Pronova BioPharma Norge AS Files Lawsuit Against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Relating to Lovaza. news archive
Pronova BioPharma ASA today announces that Pronova BioPharma Norge AS has filed a lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware asserting infringement of Pronova BioPharma's U.S. Patents Nos. 5,502,077 and 5,656,667 relating to omega-3-acid ethyl ester compositions and methods of using omega-3-acid ethyl esters. ...
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25/04/2009  Delhi HC dismisses Roche plea on cancer drug patent news archive
The Delhi High Court today allowed domestic drug major Cipla to sell its generic version of lung cancer drug, Erlotinib, vacating an earlier interim order restraining it from selling the drug. The earlier order was based on an appeal by Swiss multinational Hoffman La Roche...
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27/04/2009  Glenmark Receives Tentative Approval from US-FDA for Ezetimibe news archive
Glenmark Generics Ltd's US subsidiary (GGI) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) has granted tentative approval for the generic version of Schering Plough and MSP Singapore Company LLC's hypercholesterolemia treatment Zetia (Ezetimibe). ...
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27/04/2009  Cipla Can Supply Generic Tamiflu news archive
Indian drug maker Cipla Ltd. said Monday it can supply 1.5 million doses of a Tamiflu copycat in four-six weeks' time in response to a possible global demand for the anti-viral medication following an outbreak of swine flu....
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27/04/2009  Sanofi Rebuffed by U.S. High Court on Lovenox Patent news archive
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by two Sanofi-Aventis SA units, refusing to reinstate a patent that prevented generic competition to the company's top- selling product, the blood-thinner Lovenox. ...
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28/04/2009  Dr Reddy's Lauches Nexret news archive
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. has launched Nexret (Tretinoin 0.04% and 0.1% as microspheres) in India. It marks the entry of Dr. Reddy's into the topical anti-acne segment, a commonly diagnosed condition by dermatologist....
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28/04/2009  Watson Confirms Filing of Abbreviated New Drug Application for Generic Enablex news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, today confirmed that it has filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval to market its darifenacin hydrobromide extended-release 7.5 mg and 15 mg product prior to the expiration of a patent owned by Novartis AG. Watson's darifenacin hydrobromide extended-release product is the generic version of Novartis AG's Enablex(R) which is indicated for the treatment of overactive bladder with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency and frequency....
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29/04/2009  Selected Paragraph IV Filings news archive
Brimonidine Tartrate and Timolol Maleate 0.2%/0.5% Ophthalmic Solution (Combigan) Para IV filed on Nov 21, 2008. Capecitabine 150 mg and 500 mg Tablets (Xeloda). Para IV filed on Nov 10, 2008. ...
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30/04/2009  Pronova BioPharma Norge AS files Lawsuit against Apotex, Inc. and Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. relating to Lovaza news archive
Pronova BioPharma ASA (Pronova BioPharma) today announces Pronova BioPharma Norge AS has filed a lawsuit against Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp. (Apotex) and Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (Par) in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware asserting infringement of Pronova BioPharma's U.S. Patents Nos. 5,502,077 and 5,656,667 relating to omega-3-acid ethyl ester compositions and methods of using omega-3-acid ethyl esters....
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