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01/06/2012  Approved Viagra copies flood drugstores in Korea news archive
Pfizer's patent on Viagra active ingredient Sildenafil expired on May 17, since when six local companies, including CJ Cheiljedang and Hanmi Pharm, have released prescription-only generic versions...
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05/06/2012  Lupin receives FDA approval for Suprax [Cefixime] capsules, 400 mg news archive
Pharma major, Lupin, announced today that its subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals has received approval for Suprax (Cefixime) capsules...
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06/06/2012  Merck sues Sandoz, Intas over proposed generic copy of Emend news archive
Merck sued the Sandoz unit of Swiss drugmaker Novartis and Intas Pharmaceuticals to block them from selling generic forms of Emend...
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06/06/2012  Perrigo receives FDA approval for Calcium acetate capsules news archive
Perrigo today announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Calcium acetate capsules, the generic equivalent of Phoslo gelcaps...
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06/06/2012  Mylan launches generic version of Epivir film coated tablets in the UK and Italy, its first generic ARV launch in Europe news archive
Mylan today announced that its UK and Italy-based subsidiaries have launched Lamivudine film coated tablets...
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06/06/2012  Mylan Canada receives Health Canada approval for generic version of Tracleer news archive
Mylan today announced that its Canadian subsidiary, Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC, has received approval from Health Canada for Mylan-Bosentan tablets...
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06/06/2012  Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Merck Serono announce collaboration to develop and commercialise biosimilars news archive
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Merck Serono, a division of Merck, Darmstadt, Germany, announced today a partnership to co-develop a portfolio of biosimilar compounds in oncology...
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07/06/2012  Dr. Reddy's announces the launch of Ropinirole hydrochloride XR [extended-release] tablets news archive
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced today that it has launched Ropinirole hydrochloride XR (extended-release) tablets...
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08/06/2012  Mylan settles Provigil litigation with Teva news archive
Mylan today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals has resolved all disputes with Teva Pharmaceuticals USA. stemming from litigation brought by Mylan in federal court in the District of Columbia against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning Mylan's abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Modafinil tablets, 100 mg and 200 mg...
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11/06/2012  Perrigo announces settlement of Clobetasol propionate E-foam 0.05% patent litigation news archive
Perrigo today announced that it has agreed to settle its Hatch-Waxman litigation relating to Clobetasol propionate emulsion foam, 0.05% brought by Stiefel Research Australia, a GSK Company...
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11/06/2012  Astellas Pharma: Dificlir, a novel treatment for Clostridium difficile infections [CDI], launched in Europe news archive
Astellas Pharma today announced that Astellas Pharma Europe ("Astellas Europe"), a European subsidiary of Astellas, launched Dificlir (generic name: Fidaxomicin) tablets, into the European market...
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12/06/2012  Lilly expands strategic partnership with Chinese manufacturer Novast to serve Chinese patients with high-quality branded generic medicines news archive
In support of its commitment to maximise growth opportunities in China, Eli Lilly and Company today announced an increase of its network of manufacturing capabilities in this key emerging market country through an expanded collaboration with Novast Laboratories...
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13/06/2012  Abbott: Intellectual Property news archive
Abbott Laboratories settled patent lawsuits with generic-drug makers Watson Pharmaceuticals, Mylan and Lupin over its cholesterol drug Trilipix...
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14/06/2012  Breckenridge and Alembic announce settlement with Novartis of PIV litigation on Rivastigmine tartrate capsules news archive
Breckenridge Pharmaceutical announced today that Breckenridge and Alembic Pharmaceuticals have settled their Paragraph IV patent litigation with Novartis concerning Rivastigmine tartrate capsules, a generic version of Exelon by Novartis, and that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved their Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)...
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15/06/2012  U.S. District Court rules against Merck in Nasonex [Mometasone furoate monohydrate] patent lawsuit news archive
Merck known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled against the company in a patent infringement suit against Apotex...
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18/06/2012  Watson confirms favourable appeals court decision in Sanctura XR patent suit news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals today confirmed that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the United States District Court for the District of Delaware's March 31, 2012 decision that the asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,410,978; 7,759,359; 7,781,448; 7,781,449 and 7,763,635 relating to Sanctura XR (Trospium chloride extended-release capsules) are invalid...
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19/06/2012  Pluristem Therapeutics' cell therapy broadens addressable markets - demonstrates systemic effectiveness of intramuscular delivery news archive
Pluristem Therapeutics announced today at the 2012 Bio International Convention the results of a pre clinical study it conducted measuring the effectiveness of its Placental eXpanded (PLX) cells when administered intramuscularly (IM)...
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19/06/2012  Pfizer Animal Health launches Alverin Plus and Flunixamine news archive
Pfizer Animal Health announces the availability of two new brands, Alverin Plus (Ivermectin/Clorsulon) and Flunixamine (Flunixin meglumine), providing additional animal health tools for producers and veterinarians...
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20/06/2012  Prodigy Health Supplier partners with Stason Pharmaceuticals to help relieve U.S. drug shortages news archive
Prodigy Health Supplier entered a Joint Venture with Stason Pharmaceuticals to bring a diverse line of quality generic pharmaceuticals to the U.S. market...
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20/06/2012  Medgenics receives Orphan Drug designation form from FDA for Infradure Biopump to treat Hepatitis D news archive
Medgenics, the developer of Biopump, a novel technology for the sustained production and delivery of therapeutic proteins in patients using their own tissue, today announced that its Infradure Biopump has received Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) for the treatment of hepatitis D...
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21/06/2012  US to charge fee on generic drug sale application news archive
All generic pharmaceutical companies, including Ranbaxy Laboratories, Cipla, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Lupin, Glenmark and Torrent Pharma, might soon have to pay a fee to the US drug regulator when they seek its permission to sell their products there...
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21/06/2012  Teva announces launch of generic Symbyax in the United States news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical announced today the launch of Olanzapine and Fluoxetine capsules USP 6 mg/25 mg, 12 mg/25 mg, 6 mg/50 mg, and 12 mg/50 mg, the company's generic equivalent of Symbyax...
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22/06/2012  Teva UK Limited launches Rivastigmine capsules news archive
We are pleased to announce the launch of Rivastigmine capsules for generic prescription...
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23/06/2012  Teva announces favourable court ruling in Copaxone patent infringement litigation news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical announced today the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has found in favour of Teva in the company's patent infringement lawsuit against Momenta Pharmaceuticals/Sandoz and Mylan Laboratories/Natco Pharmaceuticals regarding Teva's relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) product, Copaxone...
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23/06/2012  Shire announces that the US Food and Drug Administration has responded to its citizen petition for Adderall XR and has approved one abbreviated new drug application for generic Adderall XR news archive
Shire, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that on June 22, 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responded to Shire's Adderall XR citizen petition...
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25/06/2012  Watson confirms Pristiq patent challenge news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals today confirmed that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories - Florida, filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market Desvenlafaxine succinate extended-release tablets, 50 mg and 100 mg...
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25/06/2012  Mylan comments on Copaxone ruling news archive
Mylan today commented on an unfavorable ruling issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in relation to Teva's patent infringement lawsuit against Mylan in relation to Mylan's proposed generic version of Copaxone...
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25/06/2012  Actavis receives approval of generic Adderall XR CII in the US news archive
Actavis Group, an international generic pharmaceuticals company, today announced that it has received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration to market Dextroamphetamine saccharate, Amphetamine aspartate monohydrate, Dextroamphetamine sulfate, Amphetamine sulfate extended-release capsules CII...
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26/06/2012  Impax Laboratories enters into development, supply and distribution agreement with TOLMAR, Inc news archive
Impax Laboratories and TOLMAR today announced that they will collaborate on a multiproduct agreement for the development, supply and distribution of generic topical prescription drug products...
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27/06/2012  Perrigo receives FDA approval and commences launch of Clindamycin phosphate and Benzoyl peroxide 1.2% / 5% gel 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 (ANDA) for Clindamycin phosphate and Benzoyl peroxide 1.2% / 5% topical gel, the generic equivalent of Duac gel...
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27/06/2012  Teva UK Limited launches generic Ibandronic acid tablets news archive
We are pleased to announce the launch of generic Ibandronic acid 150 mg film-coated tablets....
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27/06/2012  OxyContin maker guards exclusivity news archive
OxyContin is set to go off patent next year, but the maker of the powerful and heavily abused prescription painkiller is trying to extend its exclusive rights to the drug, arguing that a new version it spent $100 million to develop might substantially curtail abuse...
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27/06/2012  Breckenridge and Alembic announce Paragraph IV ANDA litigation with Pfizer on Desvenlafaxine tablets [Pristiq] news archive
Breckenridge Pharmaceutical announced today that Breckenridge and Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited were named codefendants in a Paragraph IV lawsuit filed by Pfizer concerning their ANDA Desvenlafaxine succinate extended-release tablets...
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28/06/2012  Sandoz files petition against Ranbaxy over drug Nexium news archive
Drug firm Sandoz has filed a petition with the USFDA asking the health regulator to withdraw 180-days marketing exclusivity granted to Ranbaxy Laboratories for a generic version of Nexium, a drug used to treat stomach ulcer...
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28/06/2012  Mylan launches Thiamine hydrochloride injection news archive
Mylan today announced that its Mylan Institutional business has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for preservative-free Thiamine hydrochloride injection, 100 mg/mL, packaged in 200 mg/2 mL multiple-dose vials...
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28/06/2012  Mylan confirms first-to-file patent challenge relating to Pristiq tablets news archive
Mylan today confirmed that the company has been sued by Pfizer, Wyeth, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and PF Prism in connection with the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Desvenlafaxine succinate extended-release tablets, 50 mg and 100 mg...
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29/06/2012  Noven provides update on Lidoderm patent challenge news archive
Noven Pharmaceuticals today provided an update on the status of its pending Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) seeking approval to market a Lidocaine topical patch 5%...
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30/06/2012  EU chiefs reach agreement on patent system, Van Rompuy says news archive
European Union leaders cleared the final hurdle to an agreement on a common patent system, paving the way for improved and cheaper enforcement of intellectual-property rights...
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