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01/07/2011  Wockhardt receives tentative US FDA approval for generic version news archive
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology major Wockhardt has received tentative approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration for marketing 0.1% solution of Olopatadine hydrochloride eye drops...
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01/07/2011  Shire files lawsuits against Sandoz and Amneal for infringement of Vyvanse news archive
Shire announced that it has filed lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against each of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, and Sandoz, Inc. for infringement of certain of Shire's Vyvanese patents...
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04/07/2011  Eli Lilly asks judge to reject generics firm's U.K Zyprexa case news archive
Eli Lilly, the drugmaker whose biggest-selling schizophrenia medicine Zyprexa survived a patent challenge in Britain two years ago, asked a U.K. judge to reject a parallel lawsuit by a closely held generics company...
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04/07/2011  Glenmark settles litigation with Daiichi Sankyo, Genzyme news archive
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals today announced the settlement of litigation with Daiichi Sankyo and Genzyme Corporation regarding Glenmark's Abbreviated New Drug Application filed with the US Food and Drug Administration for Colesevelam Hydrochloride, a drug used in treatment of type-2 diabetes...
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05/07/2011  Lilly loses bid to end revived Zyprexa U.K patent case news archive
Eli Lilly and Co., whose best-selling schizophrenia drug Zyprexa survived a United Kingdom court challenge by generic makers two years ago, lost a bid to dismiss another lawsuit over the medicine's patent in Britain...
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06/07/2011  Lupin gets FDA approval for hypertension drug news archive
Drug-maker Lupin on Wednesday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market Amlodipine Benazepril capsules, used for the treatment of high blood pressure, in the American market...
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06/07/2011  AstraZeneca unit loses patent rights news archive
An English judge has dealt a blow to AstraZeneca by overruling the patent rights of MedImmune, its subsidiary, to a screening technique used in drugs including Roches blockbuster eye treatment drug ranibizumab....
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07/07/2011  Shire files lawsuit to stop generic ADHD drug news archive
Irish pharmaceutical company Shire PLC is said on Thursday to have further sued two generic drugmakers to prevent approval of a new version of its attention deficit disorder drug Vyvanse...
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07/07/2011  Dr. Reddy's Launches Generic Version Of Lotrel Capsules In US Market news archive
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. announced the launching of Amlodipine Besylate and Benazepril Hydrochloride capsules in the strengths of 5mg/40mg and 10mg/40mg, a bio-equivalent generic version of Lotrel capsules in the US market on July 5th, following the approval by the US FDA of the company's ANDA for these products....
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08/07/2011  Watson wins ruling over Reckitts patent claims on Mucinex news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc won an appeals court ruling that clears a hurdle in the companys effort to sell a generic version of Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc Mucinex cough medicine....
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10/07/2011  Teva faces 2 key court hearings on Monday news archive
A US court will hear Tevas patent infringement case over generic Copaxone, and Englands High Court will hear Pfizers patent infringement case against Teva...
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11/07/2011  Pfizer sues Apotex over generic version of its nerve pain drug Lyrica news archive
Pfizer Inc , the worlds largest drug maker, accused Apotex Inc in a lawsuit of infringing two U.S. patents for the nerve-pain drug Lyrica...
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11/07/2011  Bayer's Yasmin to face EU generics this year news archive
Bayers birth control franchise suffered a blow in Europe as patent regulators yanked protection on Yasmin ...
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12/07/2011  Gilead expands access program for medications in developing world news archive
Gilead Sciences announced changes today of new licensing terms with four India-based drug manufacturers Hetero Drugs, Matrix Laboratories, Ranbaxy Laboratories and Strides Arcolab ...
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12/07/2011  Roche sues Teva, Sandoz, Dr. Reddy over generic Aloxi news archive
Roche filed a lawsuit seeking to block generic-drug companies including Sandoz and Teva Pharmaceuticals from selling a low-cost version of the anti-nausea drug Aloxi...
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13/07/2011  Glenmark receives FDA nod for generic Ursodiol tablets news archive
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals today said it's US subsidiary, Glenmark Generics, has received final approval from the FDA to market its generic Ursodiol tablets, used for treating cirrhosis, in the American market...
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13/07/2011  Dr. Reddy's announces the USFDA approval of Fondaparinux sodium injection news archive
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Alchemia Limited, Brisbane, Australia announced today that Dr. Reddys has received final approval of Dr. Reddy's ANDA for Fondaparinux Sodium Injection, a bioequivalent generic version of Arixtra...
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15/07/2011  Teva, Amgen Reach Settlement On Copies Of Neupogen, Neulasta news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Amgen Inc. have reached a settlement agreement that would allow Teva to launch copycat versions of Neupogen and Neulasta, used to prevent infections in patients receiving chemotherapy, by November 2013 at the latest...
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18/07/2011  Sun Pharma looks past generics as challenges loom news archive
India's most valuable drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. expects generic medicine makers to find themselves in the same rough seas as innovator companies from 2015, as fewer new treatments hit the market...
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18/07/2011  US drugstore chain Rite Aid Corporation sues Ranbaxy news archive
US based drugstore chain Rite Aid Corporation has sued Ranbaxy Laboratories to recover litigation cost spent in lawsuits involving the Indian firm's generic drug metoclopramide ...
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18/07/2011  Lannett receives FDA approval for Diethylproprion HCL tablets news archive
Lannett today announced that it has received approval from the FDA for its ANDA of Diethylproprion HCl Tablets the therapeutic equivalent to the reference listed drug Tenuate...
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19/07/2011  Sun Pharma announces USFDA approval for generic Uroxatral news archive
Sun Pharmaceuticals announced that USFDA has granted its subsidiary an approval for its ANDA to market a generic version of Uroxatral...
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20/07/2011  Lannett receives FDA approbal for Phentermine HCL capsules news archive
Lannett today announced that it has received approval from the FDA for its Abbreviated New Drug Application of Phentermine HCl Capsules...
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20/07/2011  Actavis launches Oxymorphone HCL extended release tablets in US news archive
Actavis today announced that it has begun shipping Oxymorphone Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets, CII 7.5mg and 15mg, a generic equivalent of Opana ER...
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21/07/2011  Dr Reddy's finds complex generics a good bet news archive
Egged on by the US Food and Drugs Administration's approval for its limited competition generic Arixtra (fondaparinux sodium), Dr Reddy's Laboratories is altering its generics strategy to focus more on complex molecules for all future launches...
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22/07/2011  Teva Settles Litigation With Novartis Over Generic Lotrel news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries settled patent litigation related to its generic versions of Novartis AG Lotrel blood pressure drug...
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22/07/2011  Federal Circuit says Teva can't block Cenestin Generic news archive
The Federal Circuit on Thursday ruled that Teva Women's Health Inc.'s decision to narrow the claims of a patent for the menopause drug (Cenestin) doomed its attempt to block Paddock Laboratories Inc. from making a generic version with a different coating...
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24/07/2011  Brilinta ok boosts Astra news archive
Some of the weight was lifted from the shoulders of drug giant AstraZeneca this week when regulators approved its blood thinner Brilinta...
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25/07/2011  Prasco announces authorized generic agreement with Shionogi Inc news archive
Prasco Laboratories, the Authorized Generics company, announced today it has signed a supply agreement with Shionogi Inc ...
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25/07/2011  Watson piles on ANDA filing news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc recently confirmed that it has filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application with the US Food and Drug Administration...
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26/07/2011  Perrigo closes acquisition of Paddock Labs news archive
Perrigo Company today announced that it has closed the acquisition of Paddock Laboratories, a manufacturer of generic Rx pharmaceuticals and OTC specialty products for approximately $540 million in cash...
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26/07/2011  Strides Arcolab announces US FDA approval for Gemcitabine for injections USP news archive
Onco Therapies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Strides Arcolab Limited today announced that it has received US FDA approval for Gemcitabine for injection USP in 200mg, 1 gm and 2 gm dosage forms....
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27/07/2011  Dr. Reddy's announces launch of Gemcitabine for injection news archive
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced today that it has launched Gemcitabine for Injection, a bioequivalent generic version of Gemzar in the US market...
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29/07/2011  FDA approves subcutaneous formulation of Orencia news archive
Bristol-Myers Squibb today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a subcutaneous formulation of Orencia for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis ...
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29/07/2011  US Court of Appeals affirms validity of Lilly's Strattera patent news archive
Eli Lilly announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned a prior ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and has upheld the validity of the company's method-of-use patent on Strattera...
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30/07/2011  Fujifilm and Dr Reddy's form generic drug joint venture news archive
Fujifilm and Dr Reddy's Laboratories have formed a joint venture to penetrate Japan's highly promising, but increasingly competitive, generic drug market...
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30/07/2011  Lilly wins appeals court ruling in Strattera patent case news archive
Eli Lilly & Co., the world's biggest maker of psychiatric drugs, won an appeals court ruling in its effort to block generic versions of attention deficit treatment Strattera ...
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