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02/03/2015  Cosmo & Santarus file lawsuit against Alvogen for patent infringement of Uceris patents news archive
Cosmo Pharmaceuticals informs that Santarus a wholly owned subsidiary of Salix Pharmaceuticals, and its subsidiary, Cosmo, the licensor, commenced a lawsuit against generic drug maker Alvogen for Alvogens' infringement of certain patents listed in the FDA's Orange Book covering Uceris and its use...
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02/03/2015  Jubilant Life Sciences receives ANDA approval for Montelukast news archive
Jubilant Life Sciences, has received ANDA final approval from the FDA for Montelukast sodium chewable tablets, 4 mg and 5 mg, the generic version of Singulair...
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02/03/2015  Natco announces licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences news archive
Natco announced today that it has signed a nonexclusive licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences, to manufacture and sell generic versions of its chronic hepatitis C medicines...
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03/03/2015  Ranbaxy loses approvals, right to sell two drugs in US news archive
A US court has upheld the decision by the FDA to cancel the approvals given to Ranbaxy to sell and market the generic versions of AstraZeneca's heartburn medicine Nexium and Roche's anti-viral medicine Valcyte...
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03/03/2015  Actavis confirms District Court ruling in Atelvia patent litigation news archive
Actavis today confirmed that the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey has found that United States patent nos. 7645459 and 7645460 protecting Atelvia (Risedronate sodium delayed-release tablets, 35 mg) in the US, are invalid...
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05/03/2015  ANI Pharmaceuticals acquires generic drug product from Teva Pharmaceuticals news archive
ANI Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has acquired the approved ANDA for Flecainide acetate tablets USP 50mg, 100mg and 150mg, previously marketed by Teva...
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06/03/2015  German court rules against Lilly in Alimta vitamin regimen patent lawsuit news archive
The German Court of Appeal has ruled that Eli Lilly and Company's vitamin regimen patent for Alimta (Pemetrexed disodium) would not be infringed by a generic competitor that intends to market a dipotassium salt form of Pemetrexed in Germany once the compound patent expires in December 2015...
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06/03/2015  Hospira statement on FDA approval of the first biosimilar in the United States news archive
Hospira applauds Sandoz and the FDA on today's FDA approval of the first biosimilar in the United States...
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06/03/2015  DA approves first biosimilar Zarxio Filgrastim-sndz from Sandoz news archive
Sandoz, a Novartis company, announced today that the FDA approved Zarxio (Filgrastim-sndz) for all indications included in the reference product's label...
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09/03/2015  Natco launches first generic version of Sofosbuvir in Nepal news archive
Natco has launched the first generic version of Sofosbuvir in Nepal. Sofosbuvir is a medicine used for chronic hepatitis C infection and sold globally by Gilead Sciences under its brand Sovaldi...
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09/03/2015  Actavis launches generic version of Temovate news archive
Actavis today announced that it has launched a generic version of Fougera's Temovate (Clobetasol cream 0.05%) in the US...
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09/03/2015  FDA provides generic approval roadmap for 38 drugs, including Vertex's Kaldeco news archive
The FDA has announced the release of new documents meant to make it easier for generic manufacturers to introduce competition to 38 existing drug products, including popular new drugs like Stendra, Belviq, Kalydeco and Brilinta...
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10/03/2015  German firm Boehringer Ingelheim's patent for asthma drug revoked news archive
India's Patent Office has revoked a patent on asthma drug, Spiriva held by German major Boehringer Ingelheim on an opposition filed by generic company, Cipla...
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10/03/2015  Supreme Court agrees with Natco and denies petition for Certiorari on generic Tamiflu patent news archive
Natco announced today that it is pleased with the US Supreme Court's decision to deny Certiorari for the generic version of Tamiflu oral capsules...
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10/03/2015  ANI Pharmaceuticals announces the launch of Etodolac 200mg capsules news archive
ANI Pharmaceuticals today announced the launch of Etodolac 200mg oral capsules, indicated for use in the management of the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and acute pain...
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11/03/2015  Bayer refused patent for its anti-cancer drug news archive
In a setback to Bayer Healthcare, the Indian Patent Office has dismissed a patent application by the drug company for a salt form of its anti-cancer drug Sorafenib, known under the brand Nexavar...
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11/03/2015  Mylan launches generic Subutex sublingual tablets news archive
Mylan today announced the US launch of Buprenorphine hydrochloride sublingual tablets, 2 mg and 8 mg, which is the generic version of Reckitt Benckiser's Subutex sublingual tablets...
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11/03/2015  Mylan launches generic Antabuse tablets news archive
Mylan today announced the US launch of Disulfiram tablets USP, 250 mg and 500 mg, which is the generic version of Odyssey Pharmaceutical's Antabuse...
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11/03/2015  Mylan launches first and only available intermediate dosage strengths of Fentanyl transdermal system 37.5, 62.5 and 87.5 mcg/hr news archive
Mylan today announced the US launch of its Fentanyl transdermal system 37.5, 62.5 and 87.5 mcg/hr, adding to its existing offering of Fentanyl transdermal system 12, 25, 50, 75 and 100 mcg/hr...
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11/03/2015  Afaxys announces launch of Econtra EZ, its first over-the-counter emergency contraceptive news archive
Afaxys today announced the nationwide launch of EContra EZ (Levonorgestrel 1.5 mg), Afaxys' first over-the-counter emergency contraceptive offered to the public health sector...
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11/03/2015  Akorn provides update on recent product launches news archive
Akorn today announced several generic product launches that build on Akorn's commitment to serve the company's specialty generic customers and patients...
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12/03/2015  Actavis confirms Appeals Court grants injunction pending appeal related to generic Pulmicort respules news archive
Actavis today confirmed that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted AstraZeneca's request for an injunction pending appeal preventing Actavis from further distribution of its generic version of Pulmicort respules 0.25, 0.5 mg...
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12/03/2015  Glenmark receives approval for generic Seretide in Russia news archive
Glenmark announced today that is has received approval for Salmecort (Salmeterol and Fluticasone) MDI inhaler from the Ministry of Health, Russia...
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12/03/2015  Natco recieves generic Sofosbuvir approval for India news archive
Natco is pleased to announce that it is the 1st company in India to get approval for generic Sofosbuvir tablets, 400mg, from Drugs Controller General...
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12/03/2015  Hetero receives generic Sofosbuvir approval from Drug Controller General of India news archive
Hetero today announced that it has received approval for generic Sofosbuvir tablets 400 mg, from Drug Controller General of India...
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12/03/2015  Breckenridge announces paragraph IV ANDA litigation with Boehringer Ingelheim for its ANDA Dabigatran etexilate mesylate capsules news archive
Breckenridge announced today that it has filed an ANDA with a Paragraph IV certification for Dabigatran etexilate mesylate capsules EQ 75 mg and EQ 150 mg strengths, a generic version of Pradaxa by Boehringer Ingelheim...
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13/03/2015  Samsung Bioepis submits marketing authorisation application for SB2, A Remicade biosimilar candidate, to the EMA news archive
Samsung Bioepis today announced that the Marketing Authorisation Application for SB2, its Remicade (Infliximab) biosimilar candidate, has been submitted to the EMA...
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16/03/2015  FDA rates Kitabis Pak as therapeutic equivalent of TOBI news archive
Recently, the FDA listed Kitabis Pak as a therapeutic equivalent of TOBI (Tobramycin inhalation solution, USP) in their Orange Book...
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16/03/2015  GMiA launches a guide to biosimilars news archive
The Generic Medicines Industry Association (GMiA) will today launch the GMiA Guide to Biosimilars during a Parliamentary Friends of Medicine event at Parliament House...
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17/03/2015  TWi Pharmaceuticals announces the first shipment of its generic product in the U.S. market news archive
TWi Pharmaceuticals, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, TWi Pharmaceuticals USA, shipped the first generic product in its own label on March 16, 2015...
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17/03/2015  InSite Vision announces settlement of patent infringement lawsuit against Mylan Pharmaceutical news archive
InSite Vision today announced that it, along with other plaintiffs, has entered into a settlement agreement to dismiss a patent infringement lawsuit against Mylan Pharmaceutical concerning Mylan's ANDA seeking marketing approval from the FDA of a 1% azithromycin ophthalmic solution before the expiration of the patents protecting AzaSite...
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17/03/2015  Zydus launches SoviHep - the breakthrough therapy for Hepatitis C in alliance with Gilead news archive
The breakthrough oral therapy, 'SoviHep' which will provide succour to more than 10 million patients who suffer from Hepatitis C in India has been launched by the Zydus group...
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18/03/2015  Consumer watchdog to appeal federal court decision on Pfizer news archive
Australia's consumer watchdog will appeal against a federal court decision that found the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had not engaged in anti-competitive conduct...
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18/03/2015  Clarithromycin HEC launched in Sweden news archive
Clarithromycin HEC (a generic to the pharmaceutical product Klacid) has been launched in Sweden, consistently with HEC's previously communicated goals...
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19/03/2015  Aurobindo receives FDA tentative approval for Lacosamide tablets news archive
Aurobindo is pleased to announce that the FDA has granted the tentative approval for Lacosamide tablets 50mg, 100mg, 150mg and 200mg...
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19/03/2015  Judge rejects bid by Amgen to block biosimilar drug by Novartis news archive
A US judge on Thursday denied Amgen's bid to block the sale of Novartis's recently approved biosimilar form of Neupogen, a blockbuster drug used to prevent infections in cancer patients...
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20/03/2015  Akorn launches Phenylephrine HCl ophthalmic solution news archive
Akorn today announced that it has launched Phenylephrine HCl ophthalmic solution, USP, 2.5% and 10%...
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20/03/2015  Noven files patent infringement lawsuit against Actavis news archive
Noven announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Delaware against Actavis for patent infringement...
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23/03/2015  Dr Reddy's to launch Hepatitis C drug in India news archive
Dr Reddy's Laboratories today entered into an agreement with Hetero to distribute and market generic version of Gilead Sciences' Hepatitis C drug under the brand 'Resof' in India...
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23/03/2015  Glenmark Pharma eases on Delhi High Court order for diabetes drug news archive
Shares of Glenmark were down nearly 2% at Rs 816 on talk that the Delhi High Court has restrained the company from manufacture and marketing of Zita, Zita-Met which are dispensed for the treatment of diabetes...
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24/03/2015  Noven files patent infringement lawsuit against Actavis news archive
Noven announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Delaware against Actavis for patent infringement...
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24/03/2015  Mallinckrodt receives favorable decision in Ofirmev injection patent case news archive
Mallinckrodt confirmed today that the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed findings of the US District Court of Delaware in the case of Cadence Pharmaceuticals and SCR Pharmatop vs. Exela...
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24/03/2015  Teikoku announces ANDA submission for Docetaxel injection news archive
Teikoku announced today that it has submitted a 505(b)(2) ANDA to the FDA for Docetaxel injection concentrate, non-alcohol formula on February 26, 2015 and received an acknowledgment of the receipt from FDA...
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24/03/2015  Glenmark moves SC on diabetes drug issue, hearing today news archive
Glenmark has petitioned the Supreme Court against an order of the high court in India, barring it from selling anti-diabetic drugs Zita and Zita-Met...
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26/03/2015  Stada agrees oncology deal with Indian Hetero Drugs news archive
German generic drugmaker Stada struck an alliance with family-owned Hetero Drugs of India to gain access to active ingredients for cancer drugs, Stada said on Thursday...
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27/03/2015  IGI Laboratories announces First ANDA Submission Of 2015 news archive
IGI Laboratories today announced it has submitted its first ANDA to the FDA of 2015...
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27/03/2015  Hospira clinical data shows proposed biosimilar, Epoetin Hospira, demonstrates pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic equivalence compared to Amgen's Epogen news archive
Hospira, a global leader in biosimilars and the world's leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, presented two studies that support an evaluation of biosimilarity of its proposed biosimilar, Epoetin Hospira, with the FDA conditionally approved name of Retacrit, compared to the reference product, Amgen's Epogen...
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27/03/2015  Strides Arcolab announces the launch of generic drug Sofobuvir in India under the brand name Virso news archive
Stides Arcolab today announced the launch of generic drug Sofosbuvir in India under the brand name Virso...
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27/03/2015  Intas Pharma launches first Etanercept biosimilar news archive
Intas has launched Intacept, the first biosimilar to Amgen's Enbrel...
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27/03/2015  Japan's Otsuka sues FDA over Abilify in unique focus on exclusivity rules news archive
Japan's Otsuka Pharmaceuticals accused the FDA in a unique court suit of manipulating its regulatory procedures to kill off its 7-year exclusivity to market Abilify for treating Tourette syndrome in children...
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30/03/2015  Hospira's Inflectra now available in Canada news archive
Hospira announces the availability of Inflectra (Infliximab) in Canada...
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30/03/2015  Teva Canada announces the launch of Bortezomib for injection, a generic of Velcade news archive
Teva Canada, announced that Health Canada has approved its application for the generic version of Bortezomib...
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30/03/2015  Pfizer's Lyrica patent fight in England puts National Health Service doctors, pharmacists on defensive news archive
Pfizer's unprecedented effort to fight Lyrica copies in England has doctors and pharmacists squabbling, and the National Health Service stepping in to keep the peace...
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31/03/2015  ANI Pharmaceuticals announces the launch of Propafenone tablets news archive
ANI Pharmaceuticals today announced the launch of Propafenone hydrochloride 150mg, 225mg and 300mg oral tablets, indicated for use in the treatment of various arrhythmias...
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31/03/2015  Teva expands hypertension line with launch of generic Exforge tablets in the US news archive
Teva announces the launch of the generic equivalent to Exforge (Amlodipine and Valsartan) tablets in four different strengths, in the US...
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31/03/2015  Mylan launches generic Exforge tablets news archive
Mylan today announced the US launch of Amlodipine and Valsartan tablets, 5 mg/160 mg, 5 mg/320 mg, 10 mg/160 mg, 10 mg/320 mg, which is the generic version of Novartis' Exforge tablets...
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