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03/11/2005  Court Denies Summary Judgment in Amlodipine Litigation news archive
Mylan Laboratories Inc. today reported that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has issued an opinion and order denying Pfizer's motion for summary judgment seeking the dismissal of Mylan's inequitable conduct claims in the Amlodipine Besylate patent litigation....
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03/11/2005  U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Tamoxifen Lawsuits news archive
Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed the May 2003 dismissal by U.S. District Judge I. Leo Glasser of all of the plaintiffs' claims against Barr and AstraZeneca in the Tamoxifen Citrate antitrust litigation....
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03/11/2005  Ranbaxy Granted Permission to Appeal Atorvastatin UK Ruling news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited announces that today the U.K. High Court granted Ranbaxy permission to appeal the ruling of 12 October 2005, that its atorvastatin product would infringe Warner Lambert/Pfizer’s European ...
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06/11/2005  Aurobindo Pharma close to pop ailing US generic firm news archive
Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aurobindo Pharma Ltd, is close to acquiring the bankrupt US generic drug maker, Able Laboratories Inc, for a consideration of $21.5 million....
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07/11/2005  Aurobindo Receives Tentative Approval For Lamivudine news archive
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07/11/2005  Barr Confirms Lawsuit Related to Generic Ovcon-35R License news archive
Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court seeking injunctive relief to nullify the March 2004 agreement between Barr Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,...
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09/11/2005  Amgen Files Lawsuit Against Roche for Patent Infringement news archive
Amgen, the world's largest biotechnology company, today announced that it filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court in Boston, Massachusetts against F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd., ...
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09/11/2005  AstraZeneca Patent Infringement Litigation Against Teva news archive
AstraZeneca announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries, Ltd. for willful infringement of AstraZeneca’s substance patent protecting Seroquel....
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10/11/2005  Ranbaxy Wins On Atorvastatin Process Patent In Norway news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited announces that a Norwegian court today handed down its decision in Ranbaxy’s case against Pfizer*, involving patents on atorvastatin in Norway. ...
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10/11/2005  Preliminary Injunction Against BiaxinR XL Granted news archive
The U.S. District Court in Chicago today granted Abbott's request for a preliminary injunction that will prevent unauthorized generic copies of Abbott's Biaxin XL from Ranbaxy and Andrx. It is expected that a full patent infringement trial will take place in 2006, although no date has been set....
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10/11/2005  Glaxo Copies Own Drugs in Effort to Fight Generics news archive
The day after a copy of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Paxil hit stores in 2003, the company introduced its own cheaper version of the $3 billion-a-year depression drug....
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11/11/2005  Teva Announces Approval of Glimepiride Tablets news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval for the Company’s ANDA for Glimepiride Tablets, 1 mg, 2 mg and 4 mg. Shipment of this product will begin immediately....
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11/11/2005  Ranbaxy Consolidates Relationship with Nippon Chemiphar news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited announced today that the Company is raising its equity stake in Nihon Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd. (NPI), a Joint Venture between Ranbaxy and Nippon Chemiphar Co. Ltd. (NC),...
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11/11/2005  US Court Decisions Affecting Clarithromycin Generic news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern Illinois has ruled for Ranbaxy on two patents and against Ranbaxy on a single claim of a third patent. ...
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13/11/2005  KĂ©ri Pharma Generics launches Ramipril news archive
Actavis’ subsidiary Kéri Pharma Generics, in Hungary, acquired 30 September, has launched the cardiovascular product Ramipril tablets, to the Hungarian market. The product is the first one, supplied to Kéri by Actavis, ...
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14/11/2005  SICOR Introduces Octreotide Acetate Injection news archive
SICOR Pharmaceuticals Sales, Inc. is pleased to announce the introduction and availability of Octreotide Acetate Injection. This product is AP rated to Sandostatin®* Injection....
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14/11/2005  Glenmark acquires Servycal S. A. news archive
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals SA, a wholly owned Swiss subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, acquired an Argentine marketing company Servycal S. A. [Servycal] for an undisclosed consideration. This 100% all-cash acquisition, f...
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14/11/2005  FDA OKs 3 generic versions of Zithromax news archive
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18/11/2005  Anchen Granted Tentative Approval for Generic Wellbutrin XL news archive
The spectre of early generic competition against Biovail Corp.'s flagship anti-depressant drug unleashed a wave of frenzied selling by investors yesterday, driving the stock price down more than 10 per cent....
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21/11/2005  Hi-Tech Pharmacal Receives Tentative Approval for Ofloxacin news archive
Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted tentative approval to the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Ofloxacin otic solution, 0.3%....
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21/11/2005  Irish Marketing Approval for Generic Versions of Omeprazole news archive
Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a technology-based specialty pharmaceutical and drug delivery company with a growing branded and generic product line in Europe today announced that its newly formed Irish subsidiary, Bentley Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited ...
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21/11/2005  Approval and Marketing Exclusivity for Ondanestron HCl news archive
Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kali Laboratories, Inc., has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for ondansetron hydrochloride ...
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21/11/2005  Sandoz Launches First 'Biosimilar' news archive
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22/11/2005  AstraZeneca Patent Infringement Litigation Against Ranbaxy news archive
AstraZeneca announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Ranbaxy Laboratories for willful infringement of AstraZeneca’s patents protecting NEXIUM® (esomeprazole magnesium)....
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22/11/2005  Preliminary Injunction Upheld in Quinapril Patent Case news archive
Pfizer said today that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court decision imposing a preliminary injunction against sales of a generic quinapril product manufactured by Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. and marketed by Teva Pharmaceuticals ...
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28/11/2005  Alphapharm Commences Patent Challenge on LexaproR news archive
Australia's biggest generic manufacturer confirmed its challenge to Lundbeck's patent in a one-line statement following a hearing in the Federal Court on 18 November but refused to say more about the case. ...
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29/11/2005  Pfizer To Get Re-Examination Certificate on Lipitor Patent news archive
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a ruling against one of several patents that Pfizer holds on Lipitor (atorvastatin), its top-selling cholesterol drug. In the reexamination proceeding initiated last year by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), the USPTO rejected all 44 of the claims of U.S. patent 5,969,156 when it ruled that Pfizer's arguments for securing the patent in 1999 were invalid....
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29/11/2005  Astellas Sues Toyo and Aska for Tamsulosin Infringement news archive
Astellas Pharma Inc. today announced that Astellas filed a patent infringement lawsuit on November 29 with the Tokyo District Court against Toyo Pharmar Co., Ltd. and ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. demanding that Toyo Pharmar and ASKA Pharmaceutical stop infringing Astellas' patent rights on its modified release formulation of tamsulosin hydrochloride (brand name: Harnal 0.1 mg/0.2 mg Capsules)....
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30/11/2005  APP Receives FDA Approval for Ampicillin and Sulbactam news archive
American Pharmaceutical Partners (APP), today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for the combination drug Ampicillin and Sulbactam for Injection,...
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30/11/2005  Teva Announces Tentative Approval of Zaleplon Capsules news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for the Company’s ANDA for Zaleplon Capsules, 5 mg and 10 mg....
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