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01/03/2010  Perrigo Acquires Australia's Leading OTC Store Brand news archive
Perrigo Company today announced that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Orion Laboratories Pty, Ltd. for approximately $48 million in cash...
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01/03/2010  Baxter and ApaTech Announce Definitive Agreement news archive
Baxter International Inc., a global, diversified healthcare company, and ApaTech, a private equity-backed, U.K.-based orthobiologic products company, today announced a definitive agreement whereby Baxter will acquire all of the outstanding equity of ApaTech for total consideration of up to $330 million...
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02/03/2010  US Patent Office Tentatively Rejects Plavix Claims news archive
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has tentatively rejected certain claims in a key patent for blockbuster anti-clotting drug Plavix, which is co-marketed by Sanofi-Aventis SA and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ...
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02/03/2010  Impax Laboratories Receives Final FDA Approval for Generic Flomax 0.4mg Capsules and Immediately Commences Shipment news archive
Impax Laboratories, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval of the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for the generic version of Flomax (tamsulosin hydrochloride) 0.4mg capsules...
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02/03/2010  Mylan Receives Approval for Generic Version of Actigall news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Ursodiol Capsules USP, 300 mg, the generic version of Watson's gastrointestinal agent Actigall Capsules...
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02/03/2010  Glenmark Generics gets USFDA nod for Ropinirole Hydrochloride news archive
Glenmark Generics, (GGI) USA, a subsidiary of Glenmark Generics (GGL), has received ANDA approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for Ropinirole Hydrochloride tablets 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, 4 mg and 5 mg...
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02/03/2010  Teva Announces Favorable Court Ruling in Generic Hyzaar and Cozaar Litigation news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled in Teva's favor by overturning a July 31, 2009, district court decision which held that Teva forfeited 180-day marketing exclusivity for its generic versions of Merck's antihypertensive agents Hyzaar (hydrochlorothiazide; losartan potassium) and Cozaar (losartan potassium)...
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03/03/2010  AstraZeneca Sues Sun to Block Generic of Nexium IV news archive
AstraZeneca Plc, the U.K.'s second-biggest drugmaker, sued India's Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. to prevent it from selling a generic form of the ulcer medicine Nexium IV in the U.S. before 2014....
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03/03/2010  Covidien Launches Generic Version of Actiq news archive
Drug developer and medical products company Covidien said Wednesday it has launched a generic version of the painkiller Actiq....
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04/03/2010  Ranbaxy may still gain from Flomax news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India's largest drug maker by revenue, failed to gain approval to launch the generic version of blockbuster urinary drug Flomax, but it may still get a one-time payment for enabling the launch of its generic version in the US market, according to an industry executive, who didn't want to be named...
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05/03/2010  First Mylan and Glenmark - Now Teva - To Bring A Generic Version of Vytorin To US? news archive
This time, it's Teva - trying to bring a generic version of Vytorin to market. Once again, New Merck has, as of Tuesday, brought federal district court suit in New Jersey (the earlier ones were filed in Delaware), to halt that possibility - for at least 30 months...
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05/03/2010  Pfizer Chief Said to Make Case for Ratiopharm Deal news archive
Pfizer Inc. said buying Ratiopharm GmbH would help the U.S. company beat generic competition and give the German drugmaker a bigger sales network in an acquisition plan presented today, according to two people with knowledge of the situation...
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07/03/2010  Pfizer Woos Ratiopharm With Ramp-up Pledge -Sources news archive
Pfizer Inc. wheeled out its chief executive and pledged to invest in growth as it sought to win the bidding to buy German generic drugmaker Ratiopharm GmbH, sources familiar with the situation said....
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08/03/2010  GenericsWeb exposes differences between Abatacept generic launch contraints in EU and US, and highlights the need for an established US route for biogenerics. news archive
GenericsWeb, the leader in established pharmaceutical patent analysis and searching, recently published an article that analysed opportunities in launching a generic version of Abatacept. Based on its proprietary Pipeline Patent Intelligence GenericsWeb reveals that the lack of a legislated approval route and data exclusivity period for biogenerics in the US leaves generic developers of Abatacept products wondering how and when they may file for FDA approval of a biogeneric, and when they might expect to be in a position to launch...
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08/03/2010  Watson Confirms Filing of Generic Opana ER Application news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, today confirmed that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., has been sued by Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co. in connection with the filing of Watson's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Oxymorphone Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets, 40mg. Watson's Oxymorphone Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets product is a generic version of Endo's Opana(R) ER which is indicated for the relief of moderate to severe pain in patients requiring continuous, around-the-clock opioid treatment for an extended period of time. Opana(R) ER had approximately $245 million in brand sales for the twelve months ending December 31, 2009, according to IMS Health...
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08/03/2010  Taro Receives FDA Approval for Fluorouracil Topical Cream USP, 5% news archive
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today reported that it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Fluorouracil Topical Cream USP, 5% (fluorouracil cream). ...
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08/03/2010  District Court Dismisses Wyeth Lanham Act Case Concerning Generic Protonix, but Leaves the Door Open for Further Litigation news archive
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) recently dismissed without prejudice a Complaint filed by Wyeth and granted a Motion to Dismiss filed by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. and Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. (Sun) in a Lanham Act case concerning the identification of a "polymorph" in the labeling of Sun's generic Protonix ...
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09/03/2010  Actavis Divests its Distribution Business in Bulgaria news archive
Actavis has announced the divestment of its Bulgarian distribution company, Higia EAD, to a local private investor, Rossitsa Veselinova Velikova. ...
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09/03/2010  Mylan Rebukes and Cites Flaws in Bayer-Sponsored Mylan-Nifedipine Extended Release Bioequivalence Study in Canada news archive
Mylan today reported that it has identified multiple flaws within a purported bioequivalence study sponsored by Bayer Inc. of Canada. The study compared Bayer's antihypertensive Adalat XL tablets, 60 mg, marketed in Canada, to Mylan's approved generic version, Mylan-Nifedipine Extended Release tablets, 60 mg, marketed in Canada. ...
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09/03/2010  Aton Pharma Launches Authorized Generic Version of Glaucoma Eye Drop Timoptic-XE Gel Forming Solution news archive
Aton Pharma, Inc., a diversified specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has launched an authorised generic version of its Timoptic-XE (timolol maleate ophthalmic gel forming solution). ...
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10/03/2010  Watson Announces Actos Patent Challenge Settlement news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America resolving outstanding patent litigation related to Watson's generic equivalent version of Actos (Pioglitazone Hydrochloride) 15mg, 30mg and 45mg tablets...
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11/03/2010  AstraZeneca Extends Branded Generics Capability With Torrent Agreement news archive
AstraZeneca today announced a license and supply agreement with Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Torrent will supply to AstraZeneca a portfolio of generic medicines for which Torrent already has licenses in a range of countries. Working in partnership with Torrent, AstraZeneca intends to brand and market these products in many of its emerging markets, where it already has a strong commercial footprint...
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11/03/2010  Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Markets Generic Eloxatin news archive
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. has launched oxaliplatin injections. These 50mg and 100mg oxaliplatin injections, which are therapeutically equivalent to Eloxatin from Sanofi-Aventis, received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Sun Pharma's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)....
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11/03/2010  Intellipharmaceutics Announces Settlement for its Generic Version of Focalin XR news archive
Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. today announced that Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Celgene Corporation have settled their patent suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and Elan Pharma International Ltd. has settled its patent suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, with Intellipharmaceutics Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intellipharmaceutics International, and its licensee Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. over a generic version of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder drug Focalin XR (dexmethylphenidate hydrochloride). The terms of the settlements are confidential and remain subject to regulatory and court approval....
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12/03/2010  Violations are Cited in Generics news archive
As American consumers increasingly turn to generic drugs as a way to reduce their medical costs, the continued manufacturing problems of one generic maker stand out...
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13/03/2010  Ranbaxy Sure Of Coming Out Of US Bans news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories is looking forward to achieve some big achievements in the coming two years. Its parent company Daiichi is confident that Ranbaxy Labs will end all the issues regarding manufacturing facilities and other regulatory issues with US FDA, very soon. ...
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14/03/2010  Teva sues Mylan over birth control drug news archive
"Bloomberg" reports that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has sued Mylan Inc., which is seeking to market its own generic version of birth control pills LoSeasonique and Seasonique...
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15/03/2010  Impax Laboratories Confirms Patent Challenge Of Cholesterol Drug Trilipix 135 mg and 45 mg news archive
Impax Laboratories, Inc. today confirms that it has initiated a challenge of the patent listed by Abbott Laboratories and Fournier Laboratories Ireland Ltd. in connection with its TRILIPIX(R) (choline fenofibrate) delayed-release capsules, 135 mg and 45 mg....
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15/03/2010  Perrigo Announces Launch of Generic Version of Zaditor news archive
Perrigo Company today announced that it has begun shipping Ketotifen Fumarate ophthalmic solution, 0.025%, a generic version of Zaditor...
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15/03/2010  Ranbaxy Announces Settlement Of Actos Pioglitazone Hydrochloride Patent Litigation news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that they have reached an agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, resolving outstanding patent litigation related to Ranbaxy's generic equivalent version of Actos (Pioglitazone Hydrochloride) 15 mg, 30 mg and 45 mg tablets. Under terms of the agreement, Takeda granted Ranbaxy a non-exclusive royalty free license to its U.S. patents covering Actos. Under the terms of the agreement, Ranbaxy has certainty in the launch of its generic equivalent formulation of Actos on August 17, 2012, or earlier under certain circumstances....
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15/03/2010  Novopharm says Eli Lilly Canada may become judgement-proof, abandon Canada news archive
The drug wars just get nastier and nastier. Novopharm, which is asserting a damage claim in the range of $86 to $138 million against Eli Lilly Canada under s. 8 of the Patent Medicines Notice of Compliance Regulation, applied for a Mareva injunction against Eli Lilly Canada because it became concerned that Lilly Canada might become judgment proof...
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15/03/2010  Watson Receives FDA Approval for Generic Cardizem news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc. - Florida, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Diltiazem Hydrochloride Extended-Release tablets, the generic equivalent to Biovail Laboratories International SRL's Cardizem(R) LA product. Watson intends to launch its generic version of Cardizem(R) LA immediately. ...
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15/03/2010  Lupin gets USFDA nod for Imipramine Hydrochloride tablet news archive
Drug maker Lupin has obtained a US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approval to market Imipramine Hydrochloride tablet on prescription basis. The said drug would be available in the strengths of 25 mg....
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15/03/2010  Shire Receives INTUNIV Paragraph IV Notice Letter from Teva Pharmaceuticals news archive
Shire plc announces that it has received a Paragraph IV Notice Letter from Teva Pharmaceuticals advising of the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application for a generic version of Shire's 1 mg, 2mg, 3 mg, and 4mg guanfacine hydrochloride extended release tablets, INTUNIV....
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16/03/2010  Mylan Announces First-to-File Opportunity Settlement Agreements for Actoplus Met and Actos news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that it has entered into settlement agreements with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. related to two treatments for type 2 diabetes: Actoplus Met, 15 mg/500 mg and 15 mg/850 mg, known generically as Pioglitazone Hydrochloride(HCl) and Metformin HCl Tablets, and Actos, 15 mg, 30 mg and 45 mg, known generically as Pioglitazone HCl Tablets. ...
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17/03/2010  Teva Provides Update on Generic Temodar news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that the parties to the patent litigation regarding Barr's U.S. generic version of Schering's Temodar have entered into an agreement pending resolution of Schering's appeal to the Federal Circuit of the U.S. District Court's decision holding the '291 Patent unenforceable. Under the terms of the agreement, subject to limited exceptions, Teva will only market a generic product should the Federal Circuit uphold the District Court's decision. Furthermore, the agreement grants Teva the right to commence selling its generic product as of August 2013, during the period of Schering's pediatric exclusivity....
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18/03/2010  Teva To Acquire Ratiopharm news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ratiopharm, Germany's second largest generics producer and the sixth largest generic drug company worldwide, for an enterprise value of $3.625 billion. The transaction is subject to certain conditions including relevant regulatory approvals. On a pro forma basis, the combined company would have had 2009 revenues of $16.2 billion. Teva expects to complete the transaction by year-end 2010. ...
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18/03/2010  Glenmark Generics Receives Approval from USFDA for Moexipril Hydrochloride Tablets news archive
Glenmark Generics Inc., USA , the subsidiary of Glenmark Generics Ltd, today announced that the USFDA has granted final ANDA approval for Moexipril Hydrochloride (HCl) and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets - the generic version of Schwarz Pharmaceuticals' Uniretic. The product is currently available and will begin shipping immediately....
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18/03/2010  FDA Approves Anxiety Disorder Generic news archive
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic anxiety drug made by Actavis, the generic drug maker announced Wednesday. ...
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18/03/2010  Sun Pharma Announces USFDA Approval for Generic Prometh Syrup news archive
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced that the USFDA has granted its subsidiary an approval for its ANDA for Promethazine Hydrochloride and Codeine Phosphate Oral Syrup, 6.25 mg/5 ml and 10mg/5ml...
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18/03/2010  DRL gets nod for Allegra D-24 generic news archive
New York-listed Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (DRL) on Wednesday got the US drug regulator's final nod to sell its generic version of Sanofi Aventis SA's anti-allergic drug Allegra D-24...
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20/03/2010  Lupin Receives FDA Tentative Approval for Eszopiclone Tablets news archive
Pharma Major, Lupin Limited announced today that its U.S subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (LPI) has received tentative approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Eszopiclone tablets, 1 mg, 2 mg and 3 mg from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)....
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22/03/2010  Valeant to Acquire Branded Generics/OTC Company in Brazil news archive
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International today announced that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire a private branded generics and over the counter (OTC) company located in Brazil for approximately US$28 million...
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22/03/2010  Synthon First Generic Filer for Tadalafil 20 mg news archive
Synthon Pharmaceuticals Inc. is confirming today that it has been sued by Eli Lilly and Company and Icos Corporation in connection with the filing of Synthon's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Tadalafil 20 mg...
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22/03/2010  House Passes Health Care Reform Bill - Biosimilar Regulatory Pathway Makes Cut, Pay-for-Delay Ban Does Not news archive
On Sunday night, the US House of Representatives voted by a narrow 219-212 margin to agree to the version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) that the Senate passed on December 24, 2009....
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23/03/2010  APP Pharmaceuticals Receives Approval for Indomethacin for Injection news archive
APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Indomethacin for Injection. Indomethacin is therapeutically equivalent to the reference-listed drug INDOCIN(R) I.V., by Lundbeck, Inc....
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23/03/2010  AMRI Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Dr. Reddy's from Distributing Generic Allegra-D 24 news archive
AMRI today announced that it along with sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC, has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey seeking to enjoin Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd. and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc. (Dr. Reddy's) from the commercial distribution of generic versions of Allegra-D 24 Hour (fexofenadine HCl 180 mg and pseudoephedrine HCl 240 mg) Extended-Release Tablets in the U.S....
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24/03/2010  Gedeon Richter Plc. and Astron Research Ltd. Announce Agreement for Development Collaboration news archive
Gedeon Richter Plc. (Richter) and Indian Astron Research Ltd. (Astron), a research arm of Intas today announced that they signed a development collaboration agreement on 26 February 2010. According to the agreement, the two companies have undertaken to jointly develop several generic products as selected by Richter ...
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24/03/2010  Global Biosimilars Market to Exceed $2 billion by 2015, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. news archive
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive report on Biosimilars markets. The market for biosimilars in US, Europe, and Japan is projected to exceed $2 billion by 2015. This is primarily driven by patent expiries of major recombinant protein-based therapeutic products, increasing demand for cost-effective biosimilars, and an aging population requiring biologic drugs for the treatment of chronic and complicated conditions such as kidney diseases or cancers...
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24/03/2010  Canadian approval for Aurobindo's generic topiramate [Topamax] pills news archive
Aurobindo Pharma, a leading APIs and generic formulations maker from India, has received Canadian approval for the company's generic topiramate pills...
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25/03/2010  Pfizer Loses Lipitor Patent Suits in South Korea, Court Says news archive
Pfizer lost patent suits in South Korea relating to the cholesterol pill Lipitor, the world's bestselling drug, ending an almost two-year legal battle in the Asian country....
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25/03/2010  Teva Announces Tentative Approval of Generic Argatroban Injection news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted tentative approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market a generic version of the anticoagulant, Argatroban(R) injection, 100mg/mL....
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25/03/2010  Bayer Alleges Patent Violation on Cipla's Sorafenib [Nexavar] Generic; Moves Court Again news archive
Bayer has again moved Delhi high court with another petition against Indian firm Cipla alleging patent violation of its kidney cancer drug Nexavar (sorafenib tosylate). The German drug maker had earlier approached High Court seeking an interim stay on Cipla's prospective generic on sorafenib, which is currently under regulatory review....
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25/03/2010  EU plans recall of Indian-made generic Plavix news archive
The European Medicines Agency has recommended the recall of all batches of generic Plavix from Swiss drugmaker Acino made at a factory in India, due to quality concerns about the heart drug....
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25/03/2010  Ranbaxy Gets a Reprieve in Generic Case news archive
The Delhi High Court has turned down a plea by US pharma major Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) to ban India's Ranbaxy Laboratories from launching a generic version of its patented hepatitis B drug Baraclude...
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26/03/2010  Health Bill Drops Ban On Deals Between Brand Generic-Drug Makers news archive
A proposal that would ban patent-settlements between brand-name pharmaceutical companies and makers of generic medicines won't be included in legislation overhauling the U.S. health-care system....
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26/03/2010  Glenmark Generics receives approval from the USFDA for Calcipotriene Ointment news archive
Glenmark Generics Inc., USA, the United States subsidiary of Glenmark Generics Limited, announced they have received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for Calcipotriene ointment 0.005%...
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28/03/2010  Daiichi Sankyo Group Expands its Business in Japan news archive
Daiichi Sankyo Company and Ranbaxy Laboratories announced that Daiichi Sankyo will establish Daiichi Sankyo Espha on April 1st, 2010. Daiichi Sankyo Espha will be marketing generic drugs, as well as...
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29/03/2010  Ranbaxy with US firm for developing biosimilars news archive
Drug firm Ranbaxy Laboratories today said it has entered into a pact with US-based Pfenex Inc for developing biosimilars (drugs manufactured with the use of biotechnology)....
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29/03/2010  Sanofi, Bristol Score Wins In Plavix Patent Battle news archive
Sanofi-Aventis SA and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. scored victories on two fronts in their decade-long battle to keep generic copies of the blockbuster blood thinner Plavix off the U.S. market...
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29/03/2010  Teva outgrows Big Pharma in IMS ranking news archive
Uh-oh, Big Pharma. Generics maker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries bested all of you during the 12 months that ended September 2009. With a chart-topping 12.3 percent growth during the period, Teva raised its revenues to $15.7 billion and its ranking on the list of drugmakers to No. 11, according to newly released stats from IMS Health....
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29/03/2010  Canada: Health Canada Releases Final Guidances on Biosimilars news archive
On March 8, 2010, Health Canada released its final guidance documents relating to the approval pathway for subsequent entry biologics (SEBs) in Canada...
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29/03/2010  Cephalon Loses Bid to End FTC's Suit Over Provigil news archive
Cephalon Inc. lost its bid to dismiss antitrust suits, including one by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, over patent-infringement settlements it reached regarding generic versions of the sleep-disorder drug Provigil....
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30/03/2010  Pfizer Sues to Block Generic Viagra news archive
Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drug maker, sued to prevent Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from selling a generic version of the Viagra impotence drug ...
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30/03/2010  Indoco Remedies inks drug supply pact with Aspen news archive
Indoco Remedies has entered into a long-term drug supply pact with Aspen Pharmacare, the largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in Africa and one of the top 20 generics manufacturers in the world...
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30/03/2010  Sanofi Moves to Block Wockhardt Patent Challenge news archive
Sanof-Aventis, the world's third largest drug maker, has approached a US court against Wockhardt for challenging the patents of Allegra (fexofenadine hydrochloride), one of the largest selling anti-allergic drugs in the world...
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30/03/2010  Ranbaxy Has No Plans to Delist news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. Tuesday denied a media report that said its Japanese parent plans to delist the Indian company...
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30/03/2010  Hospira Completes Acquisition of Orchid's Generic Injectable Pharmaceuticals Business news archive
Hospira Inc., the world leader in generic injectable pharmaceuticals, today announced it has completed the acquisition of the generic injectable pharmaceuticals business of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a leading Indian pharmaceuticals company, for approximately $400 million....
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30/03/2010  Stada CEO Says Would not Block a Good Takeover Bid news archive
Generic drugmaker Stada, which sources say is in the sights of U.S. drugs major Pfizer, would not block a takeover bid that was attractive for shareholders, its chief executive said...
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30/03/2010  Alembic gets FDA Approval for RLS Generic news archive
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic drug for treating restless leg syndrome, agency records show...
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30/03/2010  Pliva Hrvastka gets Tentative Approval for Argatroban news archive
The Food and Drug Administration has given a tentative approval to a generic drug for treating heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, agency records show...
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30/03/2010  India asks WHO to Stay Away From Counterfeit Issues news archive
India has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to confine itself to its public health mandate and not associate with the attempts to redefine "counterfeit" medicines...
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30/03/2010  Savient Announces Krystexxa Resubmitted BLA Accepted for Review by the FDA news archive
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the FDA has acknowledged receipt of and accepted for review the March 15, 2010 resubmission of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for KRYSTEXXA(TM) (pegloticase), a treatment for chronic gout in patients refractory to conventional therapy....
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30/03/2010  Does Daiichi want full control of Ranbaxy? news archive
Is Daiichi Sankyo plotting to take over Ranbaxy Laboratories completely? Indian media is reporting that the Japanese drugmaker wants to buy out the 36 percent of Ranbaxy it doesn't already own and then meld the two companies together...
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31/03/2010  Tough Competition in Pharmaceuticals Generics news archive
Barring further delays, Sigma Pharmaceuticals should release today the gory details of writedowns stemming from its $2.2 billion purchase of generics drugs house Arrow Pharmaceuticals...
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31/03/2010  Apotex fights Teva exclusive on hypertension drugs news archive
Apotex Inc has challenged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to give rival Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd six months of exclusive marketing for generic versions of the widely-used blood pressure medicines Hyzaar and Cozaar...
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31/03/2010  Avesthagen achieves significant commercial milestone news archive
Avesthagen Limited, a leading systems biology biotechnology company headquartered in Bangalore, India announced the commencement of the manufacture of two of its biosimilars at Inno Biologic's Putra Nilai facilities in Malaysia....
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31/03/2010  India prepared to take EU to WTO over drugs news archive
India is ready to launch a formal dispute against the European Union at the World Trade Organization over EU seizures of Indian generic drugs, the Indian Trade Secretary said on Wednesday...
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31/03/2010  Teva UK Limited Launches Temozolomide Capsules news archive
We are pleased to announce the launch of temozolomide available in 5mg, 20mg, 100mg, 140mg, 180mg and 250mg strength capsules...
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