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01/11/2011  Perrigo announces launch of generic version of Elestat news archive
Perrigo Company today announced that its partner, PharmaForce/Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, received final approval for Epinastine HCl ophthalmic solution, 0.05%, a generic version of Elestat. Perrigo will commence shipment of the product immediately...
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02/11/2011  Endo gets ok for generic of AstraZeneca blood pressure drug news archive
The Food and Drug Administration approved Qualitest Pharmaceuticals' application to market Felodipine extended-release tablets...
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02/11/2011  Perrigo comfirms filing for Testosterone Gel 1.0% and announcement of patent infringement lawsuit by Abbott news archive
Perrigo company announced that it has filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a New Drug Application for Testosterone Gel 1.0% and that it has notified Abbott Products Inc., the owner of the Reference Listed Drug of its filing. On October 31, 2011, Abbott filed suit against Perrigo in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging patent infringement. This action formally initiates the process under the Hatch-Waxman Act...
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03/11/2011  Teva to distribute generic Lipitor news archive
Israeli giant's collaboration with Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy will allow Teva to market world's best selling drug exclusively until 2012. Projected earnings: $1.5B...
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07/11/2011  Perrigo and its partner Synthon launch Levocetirizine solution - generic equivalent to Xyzal oral solution news archive
Perrigo company and its partner Synthon pharmaceuticals today announced that Perrigo has begun shipping Levocetirizine solution, 2.5 mg/5ml, a generic version of UCB's Xyzal oral solution. Synthon has the first to file ANDA application for the generic that entitle it to 180 days of generic exclusivity. Hatch Waxman litigation in this product was settled earlier this year. Perrigo is the manufacturer of this product...
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09/11/2011  Mylan to acquire Pfizer respiratory delivery platform news archive
Mylan today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Pfizer for the exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and commercialise Pfizer's generic equivalent to GlaxoSmithKline's Advair Diskus and Seretide Diskus incorporating Pfizer's proprietary dry powder inhaler delivery platform...
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10/11/2011  Teva loses court bid to halt Watson's Seasonique copy news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. lost a U.S. appeals court bid to stop Watson Pharmaceuticals...
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10/11/2011  Watson launches generic Kadian news archive
Watson today announced that it has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for morphine sulfate extended-release capsules USP, the generic equivalent of Actavis' Kadian...
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10/11/2011  Watson confirms Exelon patent challenge news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories Inc., filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval to market rivastigmine transdermal system patches, 4.6 mg/24 hr and 9.5 mg/24 hr...
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10/11/2011  Watson confirms appeals court decision rejecting Teva's motion to enjoin Watson's sales of generic Seasonique news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's June 16, 2011 denial of Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s request for a preliminary injunction to prevent Watson from selling generic SEASONIQUE ...
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14/11/2011  Allergan takes aim at Lupin over Lumigan ANDA news archive
Pharmaceutical giant Allergan Inc. on Friday sued a subsidiary of Indian drugmaker Lupin Ltd. in Texas federal court alleging infringement of a patent for glaucoma medication Lumigan in an ongoing bid to protect the drug from generic competition...
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14/11/2011  FDA approves Qualitest painkiller news archive
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic drug for treating pain...
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15/11/2011  Teva UK Limited launches generic Valsartan and Valsartan HCTZ news archive
We are pleased to announce the day-one launch of generic Valsartan tablets and capsules, and Valsartan Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) tablets...
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15/11/2011  Strides gets USFDA nod for generic cancer injection news archive
Strides Arcolab has received approval from the US health regulator to market a generic carboplatin injection for the treatment of ovarian cancer...
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15/11/2011  Actavis launches Kadian authorised generic news archive
Actavis has launched an authorised generic drug for treating pain, the company said...
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16/11/2011  Hospira announces U.S. launch of Imipenem-Cilastatin for injection, I.V. news archive
Hospira, the world's leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, today announced the U.S. launch of Imipenem-Cilastatin for injection, I.V., the first generic version of this key antibiotic to become available in the United States...
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17/11/2011  Par Pharmaceutical completes acquisition of Anchen news archive
Par Pharmaceuticals has completed its acquisition of Anchen Pharmaceuticals...
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17/11/2011  Pfizer strikes pharmacy deals to hold Lipitor sales news archive
Pfizer is seeking to add Express Scripts to the list of U.S. pharmacy benefits managers that won't dispense generic Lipitor after the world's best-selling drug loses patent protection this month...
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18/11/2011  Zydus Cadila faces patent suit in US over drug Asocol news archive
US based Warner Chilcott has moved court against Zydus Cadila's plan to produce a bowel inflammation drug Asocol. Chilcott hold exclusive rights over the drug and has filed a patent infringement suit at US's Delaware court to restrain Zydus from introducing the generic version of Asocol...
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21/11/2011  Mylan announces settlement agreement for its first-to-file generic version of Vivelle-Dot news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that it has settled a patent litigation lawsuit with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation related to Vivelle-Dot...
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21/11/2011  Impax Laboratories confirms patent challenge relating to generic Fentora news archive
Impax Laboratories, Inc. today confirms that it has initiated a challenge of the patents listed in the Orange Book in connection with Fentora...
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21/11/2011  Judgment in litigation between Actelion and Asahi Kasei is issued by Californian Court news archive
Actelion today confirmed its intention to appeal the verdict in the case of Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. v. Actelion Ltd...
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21/11/2011  Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals announces Pfizer Lipitor settlement agreement news archive
Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement which will resolve litigation related to Lipitor tablets...
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22/11/2011  Rising Pharma introduces generic version of Ancobon capsules, Aralen tablets news archive
Rising Pharmaceuticals, a generic finished dosage form subsidiary of Aceto, has introduced 250 mg and 500 mg strengths of Flucytosine capsules...
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22/11/2011  Pfizer to acquire Excaliard pharmaceuticals news archive
Pfizer and Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Excaliard, a privately owned biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel drugs for the treatment of skin fibrosis, more commonly referred to as skin scarring....
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23/11/2011  SOHM announces the acquisition of Novatrend Medicament Private Limited news archive
SOHM, a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer that produces and markets generic drugs covering all major treatment categories, today announces the acquisition of business and brands of privately owned Novatrend Medicament....
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23/11/2011  Patent for Amgen drug may undercut health care plan news archive
Amgen said Tuesday that a new patent had been granted that could protect its big-selling drug Enbrel from generic competition for 17 more years, a development that could undermine some of the savings contemplated in the federal health care legislation...
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23/11/2011  Transcept announces FDA approval of Intermezzo for use as needed for the treatment of insomnia when a middle-of-the-night awakening is followed by difficulty returning to sleep news archive
Transcept announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Intermezzo for use as needed for the treatment of insomnia when a middle-of-the-night awakening is followed by difficulty returning to sleep...
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24/11/2011  EU court backs longer patent protection for combined drugs news archive
The European Union's highest court backed extended patent protection for drugs and vaccines that are effective against multiple diseases...
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24/11/2011  Aurobindo, Pfizer settle patent row out of court news archive
Global drugmaker Pfizer, which had sued Aurobindo Pharma over a patent infringement for one of the best selling drugs Lipitor, has settled the case with the generic drug company...
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24/11/2011  Approval for additional strength of Carboplatin, tentative approval for additional strength of Oxaliplatin news archive
Onco Therapies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Strides Arcolab Limited (Strides) today announced that it has received approvals from USFDA for Carboplatin Injection and Oxaliplatin for Injection...
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24/11/2011  Ranbaxy may pay $400 million to settle FDA issues, allowing company to sell cholesterol drug news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. may have to pay a penalty of up to $400 million to settle issues with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which could allow the Indian drug maker to launch its generic version of cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in the US...
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25/11/2011  Patent system shake-up will follow EU ruling on SPCs news archive
The EU Court of Justice yesterday clarified its position on Europe's Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) system, which provides additional exclusivity for medicinal products to compensate for the long time needed to gain marketing approval...
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28/11/2011  Mylan receives approval for generic version of Zinecard for injection news archive
Mylan Inc. today announced that its business Mylan Institutional has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Dexrazoxane for Injection...
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28/11/2011  Perrigo receives final FDA approval for store brand equivalent to generic version of Mucinex news archive
Perrigo Company today announced that it received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Guaifenesin Extended-Release Tablets ...
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28/11/2011  Glenmark Generics gets tentative approval for Montelukast Sodium 10 mg tablets from the USFDA news archive
Glenmark Generics Inc., USA, the United States subsidiary of Glenmark Generics Ltd, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) has granted tentative approval for Montelukast Sodium 10 mg tablets, their generic version of Singulair tablets by Merck...
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28/11/2011  BioDelivery Sciences gets good news in patent dispute news archive
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has sided with BioDelivery Sciences, dealing a blow to another drug company that claimed patent infringement against BioDelivery...
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28/11/2011  Qualitest Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for Myzilra tablets news archive
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Myzilra Tablets (Levonorgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets, USP) ...
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29/11/2011  Watson generic contraceptive gets FDA approval news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals was granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its generic version of Bayer AG's Yaz birth-control pill, adding to Watson's stable of products for women's health...
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30/11/2011  Watson launches generic Lipitor news archive
Watson today confirmed that it has launched an authorised generic version of Lipitor as part of an exclusive agreement with Pfizer. Watson began shipping the product today...
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