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01/12/2006  Ranbaxy Acquires Be-Tabs Pharmaceuticals For USD 70 MN news archive
Gurgaon (Haryana) India, December 01, 2006: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (Ranbaxy), India’s largest pharmaceutical company, today announced the acquisition of Be-Tabs Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Limited (“Be-Tabs”), in South Africa, for a total consideration of USD 70 Million (500 Million ZAR). ...
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04/12/2006  Savient Files Lawsuit Against Sandoz & Upsher-Smith news archive
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 4, 2006 - Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, a Novartis Pharmaceuticals company (NYSE: NVS), ...
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06/12/2006  Insmed Patent Litigation Verdict Announced news archive
RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2006 - Insmed, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSM) announced today that the company was found by a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to have infringed on patents held by Genentech, Inc. and Tercica, Inc....
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06/12/2006  Akorn and Strides Arcolab Agree to Increase to 29 ANDA's news archive
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2006 - Akorn, Inc. and Strides Arcolab Limited (NSE: STAR, BSE: 532531) today announced that both Companies have agreed to fund, develop, and commercialize an additional 10 ANDA injectable drug products for the Akorn-Strides, LLC Joint Venture....
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08/12/2006  DUSA Clarifies USPTO Action and River's Edge Motion news archive
WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS--(CCNMatthews - Dec. 8, 2006) - DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(R) reported today that River's Edge Pharmaceuticals, LLC filed a motion late yesterday to lift the preliminary injunction...
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08/12/2006  Preliminary Injunction Against Apotex Upheld on Appeal news archive
PARIS and NEW YORK, December 08, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the companies) announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld ...
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08/12/2006  Canadian Federal Court Upholds Lipitor Patent news archive
NEW YORK, December 08, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pfizer Inc announced today that the Canadian Federal Court in Toronto has granted its application for an order preventing Novopharm Ltd. from launching a generic version of Lipitor until expiration of the product's patent ...
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11/12/2006  Savient Announces Modification of Temp Restraining Order news archive
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 11, 2006 - Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, after considering legal briefs and supporting affidavits from all parties,...
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13/12/2006  HollisterStier Contract Agreement With GeneraMedix news archive
SPOKANE, Wash., December 13, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- HollisterStier Contract Manufacturing signed a manufacturing contract with GeneraMedix Inc. to develop a process for compounding and lyophilizing multiple generic drug products. ...
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13/12/2006  Barr Confirms Generic Thalomid® Capsule Application news archive
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Barr Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today confirmed that it has filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market a generic version of Celgene Corporation's Thalomid(R) (thalidomide) Capsules, 200 mg....
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14/12/2006  Ranbaxy Final Approval for Cefprozil Anti-infective Tablets news archive
Gurgaon, India, December 14, 2006 - Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), announced today that the Company has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Cefprozil Tablets USP, 250 mg and 500 mg. The Office of Generic Drugs,...
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15/12/2006  Serbian Court Upholds Krka's Appeal on Zyllt Sales Ban news archive
Pharma company Krka has scored a victory in its ongoing legal battle with French company Sanofi Aventis in Serbia, as a higher court overturned a ban on sales of its anticoagulant Zyllt imposed in November by a court of first instance. ...
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15/12/2006  Anchen Announces Approval of Generic Wellbutrin XL® news archive
IRVINE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-December 15, 2006 - Anchen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application to market its generic version of Biovail Corporation's anti-depressant Wellbutrin XL(R) (Bupropion hydrochloride) Extended-Release Tablets, 150 mg and 300 mg. ...
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15/12/2006  Medichem Passes 3rd Consecutive FDA Inspection news archive
Barcelona, December 15 2006.- Spanish company Medichem S.A., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Active Ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry, has recently passed an US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection without any observation for the third consecutive time...
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15/12/2006  Caraco to Market Extended Phenytoin Sodium Capsules 100mg news archive
DETROIT, Dec 15, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. announced today that it will market Extended Phenytoin Sodium Capsules, USP 100mg (Phenytoin ER) on behalf of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd....
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15/12/2006  Bioequivalence to Become Compulsory for Generics in Vietnam news archive
From 2009, generic drugs produced cheaply in Vietnam must prove they are equivalent to the patented medicines on which they are modeled, authorities have said....
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15/12/2006  AstraZeneca's Nexium Faces EU Patent Ruling news archive
AstraZeneca monopoly on top-selling drug Nexium will be in the spotlight next week when the European Patent Office hears an appeal over the product's patent on December 19. The substance-of-matter patent that protects the heartburn and antiulcerant pill was already upheld once in November 2003 following a challenge by German generic drug manufacturer Ratiopharm....
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17/12/2006  Germany - rising costs news archive
I recently came across a press release from WiDO (Wissenschaftlichen Institut der AOK) which translates as the AOK Scientific Institute. The AOK is the overall association of the German sick funds and it was announcing the publication of a report entitled “Arzneiverordnungs-Report 2006”....
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18/12/2006  IMPAX Announces Approval of Generic Wellbutrin XL 300 mg news archive
Product Launched Under Exclusivity Transfer Agreement with Anchen and Teva

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2006--IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
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19/12/2006  EPO Announces European Nexium® Substance Patent Decision news archive
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19/12/2006  Reliant Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Par news archive
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19/12/2006  Abbott Fails to Block Copy of Antibiotic news archive
Abbott Laboratories has lost a bid to stop Novartis AG's Sandoz unit from selling a generic copy of the extended release version of the antibiotic Biaxin.

U.S. District Judge David H....
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19/12/2006  Lupin Announces Tentative Approval of Trandolapril Tablets news archive
BALTIMORE, December 19, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted tentative approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Trandolapril Tablets,...
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19/12/2006  Endo Submits Citizen Petition to FDA Regarding Lidoderm news archive
CHADDS FORD, PA, Dec 19, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. announced today the submission of a Citizen Petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requesting that the FDA apply existing bioequivalence regulations to any Abbreviated New Drug Application ...
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19/12/2006  Mylan Announces Final FDA Approval for Finasteride Tablets news archive
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Laboratories Inc. today announced that Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Finasteride Tablets USP, 5mg....
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20/12/2006  Court Grants Favorable Decision to Ranbaxy on Atorvastatin news archive
Pfizer's Representation to the Australian Patent Office Held to be False & Misleading. Overall Ruling Mixed as Court Also Upholds Another Pfizer Patent ...
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21/12/2006  Bentley Pharmaceuticals' Generic Simvastatin Approved for U.S. Market news archive
EXETER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 21, 2006 - Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BNT), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that its U.S. marketing partner, Perrigo Company, has received approval ...
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21/12/2006  FDA Announces Tentative Approval of Efavirenz news archive
ROCKVILLEE, Md., Dec. 21, 2006--The Food and Drug Administration, on December 19, 2006, granted tentative approval for efavirenz Capsules, 50 mg, 100 mg, and 200 mg., manufactured by Aurobindo Pharma Limited Inc., of Hyderabad, India....
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21/12/2006  Ranbaxy Granted Final Approval For Simvastatin Tablets news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), announced today that the Company has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market Simvastatin Tablets USP, 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg in the U.S. ...
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21/12/2006  Perrigo Announces FDA Approval For Simvastatin Tablets news archive
ALLEGAN, Mich., December 21, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Perrigo Company today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Simvastatin Tablets, USP, 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg and 80 mg. ...
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21/12/2006  Teva Introduces Simvastatin Tablets USP 80 mg news archive
NORTH WALES, Penn., Dec. 20, 2006 – Teva Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce the introduction and availability of Simvastatin Tablets USP, 80 mg. This product is AB rated and bioequivalent to Zocor®* Tablets....
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21/12/2006  Spectrum Announces Settlement of Sumatriptan Litigation news archive
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPPI) announced today that patent litigation relating to sumatriptan injection, the generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's(R) Imitrex(R) Injection, ...
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21/12/2006  Mylan Closing of Public Offer to Acquire 20% of Matrix news archive
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: MYL) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of 20% of the fully diluted voting equity capital of Matrix Laboratories Limited, at a price of Rs. 306 per share...
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26/12/2006  Bedford Laboratories to Begin Shipping Injection USP news archive
BEDFORD, OH – December 26, 2006 – Bedford Laboratories™, a division of Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., announced that it will begin marketing Ondansetron Injection USP as of December 26, 2006....
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26/12/2006  Dr. Reddy's Announces Final Approval of Ondansetron Tablets with 180-Days of Marketing Exclusivity news archive
HYDERABAD, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 27, 2006 - Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited (NYSE:RDY) announced today, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Ondansetron Hydrochloride Tablets, ...
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26/12/2006  Hospira Launches Ondansetron Injection news archive
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Dec. 26, 2006 -- Hospira, Inc. (NYSE:HSP), a leading global hospital products company, today announced the launch of ondansetron injection. The medication is the generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Zofran®, ...
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26/12/2006  U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Lilly's 2011 Zyprexa Patent news archive
INDIANAPOLIS, December 26, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., today affirmed the U.S. District Court's decision that upheld Eli Lilly and Company's Zyprexa(R) patent expiring in 2011....
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26/12/2006  Celgene Notified of ANDA Filing for Thalidomide news archive
SUMMIT, N.J., December 26, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Celgene Corporation announced that the Company has been notified of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with a Paragraph IV certification, by Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...
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26/12/2006  Barr Confirms Generic Thalomid Capsule, 50 mg and 100 mg Application news archive
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., December 26, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Barr Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , today confirmed that it is seeking approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration...
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26/12/2006  Bedford Laboratories to Begin Shipping Ondansetron Injection USP news archive
BEDFORD, Ohio, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Bedford Laboratories(TM), a division of Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., announced that it will begin marketing Ondansetron Injection USP as of December 26, 2006, 2006. ...
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26/12/2006  Par Pharmaceutical Receives Approval for Ondansetron Orally Disintegrating Tablets news archive
Par to Manufacture, Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s PLIVA Subsidiary to Market Product;...
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27/12/2006  FDA Approves First Generic Ondansetron Tablets, Orally Disintegrating Tablets and Oral Solution news archive
ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 27, 2006-The Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic versions of Zofran (Ondansetron) Tablets, Orally Disintegrating Tablets and Oral Solution which are indicated to prevent nausea and vomiting associated with surgery, radiotherapy and cancer chemotherapy. ...
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28/12/2006  Boca Pharmacal Receives FDA Approval for Generic Pamine and Pamine Forte Tablets news archive
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., December 28, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Boca Pharmacal, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application ...
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28/12/2006  Canadian Federal Court of Appeals Rules in Sanofi-Aventis' Favor in the Canadian Plavix Notice of Compliance Proceedings news archive
PARIS and NEW YORK, December 28, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb announced today that the Canadian Federal Court of Appeals dismissed Apotex Inc.'s (Apotex) appeal of the judgment of the Federal Court of Canada prohibiting the Minister of Health from issuing a Notice of Compliance to Apotex in connection with its 75mg clopidogrel bisulfate tablets. Absent a Notice of Compliance, Apotex cannot market its 75mg clopidogrel bisulfate tablets in Canada. ...
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29/12/2006  Bradley Pharmaceuticals Announces Launch of Authorized Generic of Pamine methscopolamine bromide news archive
FAIRFIELD, N.J., December 29, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported today that A. Aarons, Inc., a subsidiary of Bradley Pharmaceuticals, has announced the launch of methscopolamine bromide tablets, an authorized generic of the Company's Pamine(R) tablets....
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29/12/2006  Savient Pharmaceuticals Announces Launch of Authorized Generic of Oxandrin with Watson Pharmaceuticals news archive
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 29, 2006 - Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVNT) (Savient or the Company) announced today that Watson Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:WPI), under the terms of its previous supply and distribution agreement with Savient, ...
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