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01/12/2004  Teva Closes Acquisition Of Pfizer's Italian Generic Pharmaceutical Operation - Dorom news archive
Jerusalem, Israel, December 1, 2004 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) announced today, further to its announcement dated August 17, 2004, that it has completed its cash acquisition, of Pfizer's Italian generic pharmaceutical marketing company, Dorom S.r.l., one of the largest suppliers of generic pharmaceuticals to the Italian retail market....
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02/12/2004  Barr Confirms Suit Initiating ZYPREXA® Zydis® Patent Challenge news archive
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Dec 2, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL) today announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., has initiated the challenge of the patent listed by Eli Lilly and Company in connection with Eli Lilly's ZYPREXA(R) Zydis(R) (Olanzapine) Orally Disintegrating Tablets, 5mg, 10mg, 15mg and 20mg....
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03/12/2004  Barr's Generic Version of Videx EC Antiretroviral Agent Approved by FDA news archive
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Dec 3, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL) today announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its generic version of Bristol Myer Squibb's Videx(R) EC (Didanosine) Delayed-release Capsules, 200 mg, 250 mg and 400 mg. ...
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08/12/2004  Anticipated Generic ACTIQ Filing Occurs; Cephalon Expects No Change in Barr's Likely Date of Market Entry news archive
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH - News) today learned that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged receipt of an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) filed with a paragraph IV certification by Barr Laboratories, Inc. for a generic form of ACTIQ® (oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate) [C-II]....
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10/12/2004  Teva Announces Tentative Approval Of Oxycodone Hydrochloride Er Tablets, 10 Mg, 20 Mg, And 40 Mg news archive
Jerusalem, Israel, December 10, 2004 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for the Company's ANDA for Oxycodone Hydrochloride Extended Release Tablets,...
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13/12/2004  Barr Receives Approval for Demeclocycline Hydrochloride Tablets USP, 150 mg & 300 mg news archive
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Dec 13, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL) today announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its application to manufacture and market Demeclocycline Hydrochloride Tablets USP, 150 mg & 300 mg, the generic equivalent of ESP Pharma's Declomycin(R) Tablets, 150 mg & 300 mg....
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13/12/2004  Ranbaxy Receives Tentative Approval for Gabapentin Tablets news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL) announced today that the Company has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Generic Drugs, to manufacture and market Gabapentin Tablets, 600 and 800 mg strengths. ...
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14/12/2004  Teva Announces Tentative Approval Of Metformin Hcl Extended Release Tablets, 750 Mg news archive
Jerusalem, Israel, December 14, 2004 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for the Company's ANDA for Metformin Hydrochloride Extended Release Tablets, 750 mg. ...
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15/12/2004  Ranbaxy Gains US FDA Approval for Fluoxetine 40mg Capsules news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL) announced today that the Company has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Fluoxetine 40mg capsules. ...
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15/12/2004  Teva Announces Approval And Launch Of Gabapentin Tablets news archive
Jerusalem, Israel, December 15, 2004 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval for the Company's ANDA for Gabapentin Tablets, 600 mg and 800 mg....
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16/12/2004  Teva Launches Quinapril Hcl Tablets; Pursuant To Agreement With Ranbaxy news archive
Jerusalem, Israel, December 16, 2004 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that Teva has begun commercially shipping Quinapril HCl Tablets, 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg, manufactured pursuant to Ranbaxy's ANDA No. 076607, which received final FDA approval. The product will be sold under the Teva label and marketed by Teva USA...
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17/12/2004  Ranbaxy Receives Tentative US FDA Approval to Market Topiramate Tablet news archive
New Delhi- December 17, 2004

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL) announced today that the Company has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Topiramate Tablets, 25 mg, 100 mg, and 200 mg. ...
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20/12/2004  FDA Statement on Naproxen news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL) announced today that the Company has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Fluoxetine 40mg capsules. The Office of Generic Drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has determined the Ranbaxy formulations to be bioequivalent and have the same therapeutic effect as that of the reference listed drug Prozac 40mg capsules of Eli Lilly and Company. ...
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21/12/2004  Ranbaxy Receives US FDA Approval to Market Fosinopril Sodioum and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL) announced today that the Company has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Fosinopril Sodium and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, 10 mg/12.5 mg and 20 mg/12.5 mg. ...
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21/12/2004  Teva Announces Tentative Approval Of Rosiglitazone Maleate Tablets news archive
Jerusalem, Israel, December 21, 2004 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for the company's ANDA for Rosiglitazone Maleate Tablets, ...
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22/12/2004  IMPAX Launches Generic Version of Wellbutrin SR 200mg Tablets news archive
HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2004--IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:IPXL) today announced that the Company has begun commercial distribution of its Bupropion Hydrochloride 200mg Extended Release Tablets. ...
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23/12/2004  Mylan Receives Approval for Quinapril Tablets, USP news archive
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: MYL) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Abbreviated New Drug Application for Quinapril Tablets USP, 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, and 40 mg. ...
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27/12/2004  Abrika Pharmaceuticals Responds to Patent Suit Concerning Wellbutrin XL® news archive
SUNRISE, Fla., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Abrika Pharmaceuticals LLLP (Abrika) has been advised that Biovail Laboratories, Inc. (Biovail) has commenced a patent suit in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida against the company in response to Abrika's abbreviated new drug application ...
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27/12/2004  Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Filing of its Seventh ANDA with the FDA news archive
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPPI) today announced that it has filed its seventh ANDA (Abbreviated New Drug Application), fourth and last this year, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...
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29/12/2004  Actavis first to market with Quinapril HCT in Germany news archive
Quinapril HCT, which produced in tablets in 10/12.5 mg, 20/12.5 mg and 20/25 mg strengths, is the generic name of Pfizer's Accuretic/Accuzide, approved to treat high blood pressure and sold in the same dosages.

Accuretic/Accuzide came off patent in Germany in April this year, but marketing authorisations were granted on 23 December in Germany. Actavis expects Quinapril HCT to be among the top 10 to 15 sellers of their Third Party sales division this year. Over 25 million tablets have been sold to date, so we expect Quinapril HCT to be a healthy contributor to our product portfolio. Our customers will be the first to bring this generic version to market. said Gudbjorg Edda Eggertsdottir, Chief Executive of Sales & Marketing, Third Party sales.

Actavis' Third Party sales division, which represents 39% of Actavis' sales (first nine months of 2004), has launched nine new products this year, including this one, and had four new market launches for products already marketed elsewhere: three in France and one in Hungary....
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