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02/06/2014  IGI Laboratories announces fifteenth ANDA submission news archive
IGI Laboratories, a New Jersey based generic topical pharmaceutical company, today announced it has submitted its second ANDA in 2014 to the U.S. FDA, which brings the Company's total number of ANDA submissions to fifteen, with thirteen now pending at the FDA...
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02/06/2014  Mylan settles patent litigation related to Celebrex capsules news archive
Mylan today announced that it has entered into a settlement and license agreement with Pfizer relating to Mylan's ANDA filed with the U.S. FDA for Celecoxib capsules, 50 mg, 100 mg, 200 mg and 400 mg...
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02/06/2014  Sandoz France launches generic Nasonex nasal spray, the first generic nasal corticoid on the French market news archive
Sandoz, the generic pharmaceuticals division of Novartis, today announces the launch in France of Mometasone Sandoz, the first generic version of leading respiratory therapy Nasonex...
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03/06/2014  Teva to acquire Labrys Biologics news archive
Teva and Labrys Biologics, a privately-held development stage biotechnology company focused on treatments for chronic migraine and episodic migraine, today announced that Teva has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Labrys...
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03/06/2014  H2-Pharma launches authorised generic Lipofen news archive
H2-Pharma announced today the launch of Fenofibrate 50 mg and 150 mg capsules, an authorised generic version of Lipofen...
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03/06/2014  Aurobindo gets FDA nod to market mental illness drug news archive
Aurobindo has received US health regulator's approval to market generic version of AbbVie's Depakote extended-release tablets...
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03/06/2014  Cubist plans to block rival from selling generic version of its antibiotic news archive
Cubist Pharmaceuticals plans to file a complaint with the FDA to block a global health care giant from selling a generic version of its flagship antibiotic, Cubicin...
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04/06/2014  Sandoz launches generic version of key anti-depressant Cipralex in several European countries news archive
Sandoz, today announced the launch in several European countries of generic Escitalopram...
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04/06/2014  CorePharma announces the launch of Dextroamphetamine sulfate tablets news archive
CorePharma announced today that it has launched Dextroamphetamine sulfate tablets, the generic version of Shire's Dextrostat...
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04/06/2014  Federal Court rules feds cannot regulate generic drug prices news archive
Generic drug companies are beyond the jurisdiction of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, the Federal Court has ruled in twin cases involving generic drug makers Ratiopharm (now Teva Canada) and Sandoz...
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04/06/2014  Merus Labs falls as generic Enablex looks to enter market news archive
Shares of recent high-flier Merus Labsare off today after learning that competition is looking to enter a market that represents an increasing portion of its topline...
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05/06/2014  Wockhardt recalls 8,712 bottles of hypertension drug in U.S. market news archive
Drug major Wockhardt is recalling over 8,000 bottles of anti-hypertension drug Metoprolol Succinate extended-release tablets in the US market following failure of a dissolution test...
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05/06/2014  Teva launches generic Activella news archive
Teva announced the launch of Mimvey Lo (Estradiol and Norethindrone acetate) tablets, the generic version of Novo Nordisk's Activella...
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05/06/2014  Oncobiologics and Ipca establish new biosimilars alliance news archive
Oncobiologics announced that it has entered into a two-part collaboration with Ipca Laboratories for the development, manufacture, and sales of biosimilar monoclonal antibody candidates...
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09/06/2014  Mylan launches generic Paraplatin injection news archive
Mylan today announced that it has launched Carboplatin injection, 50 mg/5 ml, in multi-dose vials, which is the generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Paraplatin injection...
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09/06/2014  Acella Pharmaceuticals announces approval of Tranexamic acid injection news archive
Acella Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company, announces the approval of an ANDA for Tranexamic acid injection...
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10/06/2014  Actavis finalises agreement to settle patent issue with Zydus news archive
Actavis has informed that it has finalised agreement with Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA to settle all outstanding patent litigation related to Zydus' generic version of Asacol (Mesalamine) delayed-release tablets...
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10/06/2014  China pharma industry rises to the occasion as Viagra patent expires news archive
The thrill is back for Chinese pharmaceutical companies and their investors because Pfizer is about to lose its China patent rights for the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra...
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11/06/2014  Allergan's patents on eyelash growth drug invalid: court news archive
Allergan, maker of the Botox wrinkle treatment, lost an appeals court ruling that will let generic versions of its Latisse eyelash drug enter the market...
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11/06/2014  ACETO subsidiary Rising Pharmaceuticals launches generic Evoxac capsules news archive
ACETO today announced that its Rising Pharmaceuticals, subsidiary has launched Cevimeline hydrochloride capsules, 30 mg strength, the generic version of Daiichi Sankyo's Evoxac capsules...
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11/06/2014  Mylan launches generic Actonel tablets, 150 mg news archive
Mylan today announced that it has launched Risedronate sodium tablets USP, 150 mg, the generic version of Warner Chilcott's Actonel tablets...
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11/06/2014  Auxilium Pharmaceuticals announces launch of authorised generic version of Testim news archive
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has partnered with Prasco to introduce an authorised generic version of Testim (Testosterone gel). Prasco has product inventory available and has commenced shipping product...
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12/06/2014  Vivus files lawsuit against Actavis for infringement of Qsymia patents news archive
Vivus today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Actavis...
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12/06/2014  Breckenridge announces approval for Duloxetine delayed-release capsules news archive
Breckenridge Pharmaceutical announced today the immediate launch of Duloxetine delayed-release capsules...
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12/06/2014  Teva announces U.S. Court of Appeals upholds ruling confirming invalidity of Baraclude patent news archive
Teva announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals today upheld a ruling finding Bristol-Myers Squibb's Entecavir compound claim invalid...
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12/06/2014  Ranbaxy's Gurgaon unit might get to sell drugs in US news archive
Ranbaxy had filed applications seeking to sell drugs in the US made at its Gurgaon plant...
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12/06/2014  Oncobiologics launches Phase I clinical trial for ONS-3010 biosimilar version of Humira news archive
Oncobiologics announced today that it has received approval to initiate a Phase I clinical trial in Europe for its first biosimilar molecule, ONS-3010, a highly biosimilar version of the marketed drug, Humira...
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12/06/2014  Milan district court confirms the validity of Alfa Wassermann's Rifaximin-alpha patents news archive
The district court of Milan, Italy denied a request from generic manufacturers to declare Alfa Wassermann's patents on Rifaximin polymorphs invalid...
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13/06/2014  Lupin launches generic Ciprofloxacin in US market news archive
Lupin has launched its generic Ciprofloxacin, used for treating bacterial infections, in the American market and is expecting 180 days of market exclusivity...
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13/06/2014  Roche and Cipla enter talks to settle Erlotinib patent row news archive
After fighting a long and bitter patent battle in India over lung cancer drug Tarceva (Erlotinib), Swiss innovator firm Hoffmann-La Roche and Indian generic drugmaker Cipla have entered talks through mediation to settle the matter...
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16/06/2014  GSK application for preliminary injunction withdrawn just before Cologne Court of Appeals was to rule in the case news archive
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has withdrawn its application for a preliminary injunction on German marketing and distribution of Sandoz's innovative and cost-effective respiratory inhaler, AirFluSal Forspiro, shortly before the Cologne Court of Appeals was due to rule in the case...
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16/06/2014  Vanda Pharma sues Roxane Labs over generic Iloperidone oral tabs ANDA news archive
Vanda Pharmaceuticals filed suit against Roxane Laboratories, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware...
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16/06/2014  Lannett receives FDA approval for Codeine sulphate tablets USP, 15 mg, 30 mg and 60 mg news archive
Lannett today announced that it has received approval from the FDA of its ANDA for Codeine sulphate tablets USP...
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17/06/2014  Teva reaches settlements in Nuvigil patent case news archive
Teva announced that it has reached settlements with Sandoz, Actavis, Lupin and Apotex for Teva's wakefulness product, Nuvigil...
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17/06/2014  How much? Ranbaxy problems cost U.S. consumers millions of dollars news archive
If you thought the manufacturing problems that Ranbaxy Laboratories has experienced may not affect you, think again...
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18/06/2014  IGI Laboratories announces sixteenth ANDA submission news archive
IGI Laboratories today announced it has submitted its third ANDA in 2014 to the U.S. FDA...
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18/06/2014  Hetero launches Darbepoetin alfa, a much needed biosimilar anemia treatment in India news archive
The Hetero Group today announced the launch of its first biosimilar product in India, Darbepoetin alfa...
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18/06/2014  ANI Pharmaceuticals signs exclusive license and supply agreement with Dexcel Pharma Technologies news archive
ANI Pharmaceuticals has signed an exclusive license and supply agreement with Dexcel Pharma Technologies for an ANDA drug product...
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18/06/2014  Pharmaceutical innovation is the engine of growth of Esteve in generics, both for its partners and subsidiary Pensa Pharma news archive
Esteve is the first company to develop and patent an optimized formulation of Omeprazole, the most widely consumed stomach protector...
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19/06/2014  Sandoz launches three new products in Japan, including authorised generics of Valsartan and Zoledronic acid news archive
Sandoz announces today the launch in Japan of three new products...
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19/06/2014  EU to fine Servier, Teva for delaying generic drugs - sources news archive
EU antitrust regulators are set to fine French drugmaker Servier, Israel's Teva and several of their peers next month for blocking cheaper generic medicine, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday...
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19/06/2014  IGI Laboratories announces fourth ANDA submission in 2014 news archive
IGI Laboratories, today announced it has submitted another ANDA to the U.S. FDA, which brings the Company's total number of ANDA submissions in 2014 to four, with fifteen submissions now pending at the FDA...
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19/06/2014  Actavis confirms district court ruling in generic Exelon patch patent suit news archive
Actavis today confirmed that the United States District Court for the District of Delaware has found certain claims of United States Patent Nos. 6,335,031 and 6,316,023 valid and infringed by Actavis' generic version of Novartis' Exelon Patch...
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20/06/2014  Teva reaches settlement in ProAir HFA patent case news archive
Teva announced that it has reached a settlement with Perrigo and Catalent with respect to four patents for Teva's ProAir HFA (Albuterol sulfate) inhalation aerosol product...
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20/06/2014  On patent row spree, AstraZeneca now sues Sun Pharma over diabetes drug news archive
Sun Pharma is the latest Indian drug company to have been sued by London-based AstraZeneca for alleged infringement of patents relating to its diabetes drug, Onglyza...
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20/06/2014  Orchid Chemicals rises on USFDA approval for Eszopiclone tablet news archive
Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals has surged 6% to Rs 76 on BSE after the company said it has received FDA approval for Eszopiclone tablets...
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20/06/2014  IGI Laboratories announces 18th and 19th ANDA submissions news archive
IGI Laboratories today announced it has submitted two additional ANDA to the FDA...
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20/06/2014  IGI Laboratories completes its seventh ANDA filing for 2014 under joint drug development and commercialization agreement with Impax Laboratories news archive
IGI Laboratories today announced it has submitted its seventh ANDA in 2014 to the FDA...
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20/06/2014  Daiichi Sankyo launches new generic drugs through its Daiichi Sankyo Espha subsidiary news archive
Daiichi Sankyo Company announced that its Japan generics subsidiary...
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23/06/2014  Bendamustine HCl powder PIV ANDA litigation with Cephalon news archive
Breckenridge Pharmaceutical announced today that it has filed an ANDA with a Paragraph IV certification for Bendamustine hydrochloride powder for IV...
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23/06/2014  Rockwell Medical receives FDA approval for Calcitriol news archive
Rockwell Medical today announced that the FDA has approved the company's sANDA to manufacture Calcitriol...
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25/06/2014  Cephalon wins court ruling tossing Provigil claims news archive
Cephalon the drugmaker owned by Teva Pharmaceutical won a court ruling tossing claims that it conspired with makers of generics to delay cheaper versions of its sleep-disorder medicine Provigil...
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25/06/2014  Dr. Reddy's announces the launch of Paricalcitol capsules news archive
Dr Reddy's announced today that it has launched Paricalcitol capsules...
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25/06/2014  Strides Arcolab receives FDA approval for Imiquimod cream news archive
Strides Arcolab today announced that it has received ANDA approval from the FDA for Imiquimod cream...
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25/06/2014  US court protects Shire's Vyvanse patents from generics news archive
Shire received a boost from the US courts on Wednesday, which blocked competitors from selling generic versions of its Vyvanse branded drug...
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25/06/2014  Strangelove: how we learned to love IPR for pharmaceutical patent cases news archive
Like most Hatch-Waxman attorneys, we couldn't help but notice the mysterious allure of the new inter partes review (IPR) procedure...
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26/06/2014  Ranbaxy's generic of Novartis blockbuster Diovan approved for launch news archive
The long-delayed and highly anticipated launch of generic Diovan is on the way, which is a bummer for Novartis and a huge boost for Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories...
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26/06/2014  Sanofi buys Dubai's Globalpharma to produce generics in the Middle East news archive
Sanofi has a plant in Saudi Arabia but had decided to expand its production capacity and reach in the Middle East market with an investment in an established company there...
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26/06/2014  Indian, US generic firms launch 'Coalition for Affordable Care' news archive
Indian and US Companies making high quality, low cost generic pharmaceuticals announced the launch of "Coalition for Affordable Care" here on Wednesday...
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26/06/2014  Lawmakers ask White House to review FDA rule for generic label changes news archive
A pair of Republican lawmakers has written the White House to question the authority the FDA has to issue a rule allowing generic drug makers to independently provide updated safety warnings about their medicines...
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26/06/2014  IGI Laboratories announces joint stipulation news archive
IGI Laboratories today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Mallinckrodt, and Nuvo Research (together Mallickrodt) to settle a declaratory judgment action brought by IGI...
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27/06/2014  Actavis files for generic version of Acorda's Ampyra news archive
US biotech firm Acorda Therapeutics has been advised that Ireland-headquartered generics major Actavis has submitted an ANDA to the US FDA to market a generic version of Ampyra...
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27/06/2014  Eli Lilly wins European backing for generic version of Sanofi's Lantus insulin news archive
Eli Lilly has won European backing for a generic version of Sanofi's Lantus insulin, paving the way for the first copycat of the French drugmaker's top-selling medicine...
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27/06/2014  Dr. Reddy's announces the launch of Duloxetine delayed-release capsules USP news archive
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced today that it has launched Duloxetine delayed-release capsules USP 20 mg, 30 mg and 60 mg...
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27/06/2014  Ohm Laboratories to launch Valsartan tablets news archive
Ohm Laboratories, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), announced today that Ohm has received approval from the U.S. FDA to manufacture and market Valsartan 40 mg, 80 mg, 160 mg, and 320 mg tablets...
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30/06/2014  Actavis confirms generic Zubsolv patent challenge news archive
Actavis today confirmed that it has filed an ANDA with the FDA seeking approval to market Buprenorphine hydrochloride and Naloxone hydrochloride dihydrate sublingual tablets...
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30/06/2014  Actavis and Forest receive U.S. FTC clearance for Actavis' proposed acquisition of Forest news archive
Actavis and Forest today announced that the U.S. FTVC has voted to approve Actavis' proposed acquisition of Forest...
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