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01/12/2011  Teva loses patent ruling in dispute over AstraZeneca Crestor news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the world's biggest maker of generic drugs, lost an appeals court bid to revive a patent it claimed AstraZeneca Plc's cholesterol drug Crestor was infringing...
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01/12/2011  Ranbaxy announces launch of Atorvastatin, generic Lipitor, in the U.S. news archive
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., today announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Atorvastatin and has launched the product in the U.S. market...
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01/12/2011  Mylan launches generic version of Caduet tablets news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched Amlodipine Besylate and Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets...
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02/12/2011  Mylan sued by Warner Chilcott for patent infringement over Generess FE news archive
Mylan Inc. was sued by a unit of Warner Chilcott Plc for infringing a U.S. patent with plans to market low-cost copies of the oral contraceptive Generess FE...
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02/12/2011  Actavis acquires Dutch company PharmaPack International news archive
Actavis Group, the international generic pharmaceuticals company, has acquired 100% of the shares in PharmaPack International B.V. for an undisclosed amount...
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02/12/2011  Mylan launches generic version of Cyklokapron injection news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that its business Mylan Institutional has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Tranexamic Acid Injection...
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02/12/2011  Sanofi discontinues selling authorized generic version of Lovenox news archive
Sanofi SA said in a letter sent to customers dated Nov. 30 that it has discontinued selling the Authorized Generic version of Lovenox...
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05/12/2011  Branded drug companies, generic competitors battle at US High Court news archive
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether to allow generic drug makers to file certain legal counterclaims against brand-drug companies in an effort to get their cheaper copycat medicines on the market...
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06/12/2011  Ranbaxy launches authorised generic version of Caduet in the U.S news archive
Ranbaxy has launched an authorised generic version of Caduet in the U.S. market, as part of an agreement with Pfizer...
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06/12/2011  Genmab announces appeal of US court judgment in favor of Arzerra in patent infringement lawsuit news archive
Genmab announced today that Genentech and Biogen Idec have appealed the judgment in favor of GlaxoSmithKline in a patent infringement case involving Arzerra brought against GSK by Genentech and Biogen Idec...
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07/12/2011  Watson launches generic LoSeasonique news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that under a settlement with Teva Women's Health, Watson has launched Amethia Lo tablets, the generic equivalent of Teva Women's Health, Inc.'s LoSeasonique...
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08/12/2011  Teva's cephalon wins appeal against Watson over Fentora copy news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.'s Cephalon unit won an appeals court decision that prevents Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. from selling a generic copy of the painkiller Fentora until 2019...
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09/12/2011  Sun pharma announces USFDA approval for generic Ultram ER 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 a generic version of Ultram ER, Tramadol hydrochloride extended release tablets...
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09/12/2011  AstraZeneca to acquire Chinese generics company news archive
AstraZeneca has signed an agreement to acquire Guangdong BeiKang Pharmaceutical Company, a China-based generics manufacturing company...
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12/12/2011  Mylan wins ruling overturning generic Doryx antibiotic ban news archive
Mylan Inc. won an appeals court ruling in its bid to sell generic versions of Warner Chilcott Plc's antibiotic Doryx...
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12/12/2011  Warner Chilcott announces decision on appeal of Doryx preliminary injunction news archive
Warner Chilcott plc today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction granted by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Mylan Inc. and its affiliate Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and remanded the matter to the District Court for further proceedings...
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12/12/2011  Lannett receives FDA approval for triamterene with hydrochlorothiazide capsules news archive
Lannett Company, Inc. today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Triamterene with Hydrochlorothiazide Capsules...
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13/12/2011  Avaxia Biologics is awarded patent for its proprietary orally active antibody for celiac disease news archive
Avaxia Biologics, a privately-held biotech company developing oral antibody drugs that act locally within the gastrointestinal tract, announced today that the company was awarded U.S. Patent 8,071,101, "Antibody Therapy for Treatment of Diseases Associated With Gluten Intolerance"...
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13/12/2011  Ranbaxy's generic Lipitor captures 2.5% market share in US news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories has managed to capture close to 2.5 per cent of the generic Lipitor's market share in the US within the first few days of the launch...
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16/12/2011  Mylan launches generic version of Toprol-XL tablets news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Metoprolol Succinate Extended-release Tablets USP...
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16/12/2011  Valeant proposes to acquire ISTA for $6.50 Per share in cash news archive
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. today announced that it had made a proposal to the Board of Directors of ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc. to acquire ISTA for $6.50 per share in cash. The proposed transaction has a total equity value of approximately $314 million on a fully diluted basis...
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17/12/2011  Agreement on EU-wide patent unlikely this year, Poland says news archive
Agreement on the European Union's first region-wide patent system is unlikely this year because of the "contentious issue" of where to locate the court, the Polish presidency of the EU said...
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19/12/2011  Amgen and Watson announce collaboration to develop and commercialize oncology biosimilars news archive
Amgen and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that they will collaborate to develop and commercialize, on a worldwide basis, several oncology antibody biosimilar medicines...
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20/12/2011  Repligen completes acquisition of Novozymes Biopharma Sweden AB news archive
Repligen Corporation announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the business of Novozymes Biopharma Sweden AB, the Swedish unit of Novozymes Biopharma, a company focused on the manufacture and supply of growth factors used in mammalian cell culture and Protein A affinity ligands used in the production of monoclonal antibodies...
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20/12/2011  Sandoz launches voriconazole tablets, a generic version of Vfend news archive
Sandoz today announced the US Food and Drug Administration approval and US launch of voriconazole tablets, a generic equivalent of Vfend...
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21/12/2011  Zydus acquires 100% stake in Mumbai-based Biochem news archive
Zydus Cadila has acquired 100% stake in Biochem, one of the top 40 pharma companies in India. A privately-held company headquartered in Mumbai, Biochem is a well-integrated pharma player with a presence in the antibiotics, cardiovascular, anti-diabetic and oncological segments...
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22/12/2011  Baxter and Momenta announce collaboration to develop and commercialise follow-on biologics news archive
Baxter and Momenta today announced that they have entered into a global collaboration to develop and commercialise follow-on biologic products, also known as biosimilars...
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27/12/2011  Mylan launches first generic version of Teveten tablets news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Eprosartan Mesylate Tablets, 400 mg and 600 mg...
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27/12/2011  Mylan receives approval for first-to-file generic Keppra XR extended-release tablets news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Levetiracetam Extended-release tablets, 500 mg and 750 mg...
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27/12/2011  Perrigo announces FDA final approval for Desloratadine news archive
Perrigo Company today announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application for Desloratadine tablets...
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29/12/2011  Teva releases generic version of HIV drug in U.S news archive
Teva ships its generics version of GSK's Combivir for HIV in the U.S...
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30/12/2011  Lupin receives final FDA approval for generic Tricor tablets news archive
Lupin Ltd., announced today that its subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively, Lupin) has received final approval for its Fenofibrate tablets...
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