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06/11/2012  Top court to rule on Viagra patent; if Pfizer loses, generic version could be on market right away news archive
The little blue pill that has enhanced sex lives the world over could face some market competition if the Supreme Court of Canada decides this week that Pfizer Canada's patent on the erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra is invalid...
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06/11/2012  Glenmark Generics announces the settlement of Paragraph IV litigation with Janssen news archive
Under the terms of the agreement, Glenmark will launch a generic version of Ortho Tri-cyclen Lo tablets as early as December 31, 2015...
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06/11/2012  India revokes Roche's Pegasys patent after patient group challenge news archive
Another month goes by, and another big name pharma brand loses patent protection in India...
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08/11/2012  Viagra maker Pfizer loses patent ruling in Canada news archive
Generic drugs firms may start producing versions of Viagra in Canada after a court ruled Pfizer's patent was invalid...
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08/11/2012  Mylan announces Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo settlement agreement news archive
Mylan today announced that it, along with Famy Care, has entered into a settlement agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals that will resolve patent litigation related to Norgestimate/Ethinyl Estradiol tablets 0.180 mg/0.025 mg, 0.215 mg/0.025 mg and 0.250 mg/0.025 mg....
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09/11/2012  AstraZeneca, Mylan, Hachettte: intellectual property news archive
AstraZeneca (AZN) and affiliates will pay as much as $11 million to settle claims the company violated antitrust and consumer-protection laws by keeping generic versions of the heart drug Toprol XL off the mark...
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12/11/2012  Watson's generic Revatio receives FDA approval news archive
Watson Pharmaceuticals today announced that its subsidiary Watson Laboratories has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Sildenafil tablets...
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13/11/2012  Court in Germany finds Seroquel formulation patent invalid news archive
AstraZeneca today announced that the Federal Patent Court in Germany has found the formulation patent protecting Seroquel (Quetiapine Fumarate) prolonged-release tablets - marketed as Seroquel Prolong in Germany - to be invalid...
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13/11/2012  Mylan launches generic version of Revatio tablets news archive
Mylan today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Laboratories has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Sildenafil Citrate tablets, 20 mg...
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13/11/2012  Sagent Pharmaceuticals announces the launch of Acetazolamide for injection news archive
Sagent Pharmaceuticals today announced the launch of Acetazolamide for injection, USP, the generic form of the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor Diamox, in a latex-free vial presentation...
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13/11/2012  Perrigo confirms settlement of generic version of Acetadote injection patent litigation news archive
Perrigo today announced that it has agreed to settle its Hatch-Waxman litigation relating to Acetadote (Acetylcysteine) injection brought by Cumberland Pharmaceuticals....
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13/11/2012  Reports: AMA supports legislation against 'pay-for-delay' deals news archive
The American Medical Association has come out in favour of legislation to stop deals between branded and generic drug makers that critics blame for delaying entry of generics into the market, according to published reports...
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14/11/2012  Pernix Therapeutics announces agreement to acquire Cypress Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. news archive
Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cypress Pharmaceuticals, a privately-owned generic pharmaceutical company, and Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals, a privately-owned branded pharmaceutical company...
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15/11/2012  Elite Pharmaceuticals announces first shipment of generic Phendimetrazine tablet product news archive
Elite Pharmaceuticals announced today the initial shipment of Phendimetrazine tartrate 35 mg tablets, the generic equivalent of Bontril PDM 35 mg tablets under the previously announced manufacturing and supply agreement with Mikah Pharma...
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16/11/2012  Actavis launches generic Pariet in Europe as patent expires news archive
Actavis today announced the launch of Rabeprazole in Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands and UK immediately after the patents expired on 12-13 November...
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16/11/2012  Impax Laboratories and ThoRx Laboratories confirm patent challenge relating to generic Opana ER 5 mg, 7.5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg, and 40 mg news archive
Impax Laboratories and its wholly owned subsidiary, ThoRx Laboratories, today confirm that they have initiated a challenge of the patents listed in the Orange Book in connection with Opana...
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19/11/2012  Aceto subsidiary, Rising Pharmaceuticals, to launch first generic version of Gris-PEG[R] news archive
Aceto Corporation, today announced that Rising Pharmaceuticals, its finished dosage form generics subsidiary, will launch the first generic version of the 125 mg and 250 mg strengths of ultramicrosize Griseofulvin tablets...
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19/11/2012  Dr. Reddy's announces the launch of Sildenafil tablets news archive
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced today that it has launched Sildenafil tablets (20 mg), a bioequivalent generic version of Revatio (Sildenafil) tablets...
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20/11/2012  Lupin launches generic Tricor tablets news archive
Lupin announced today that it has launched its Fenofibrate tablets, 48 mg and 145 mg strengths in the United States...
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20/11/2012  U.S. Court of Appeals denied Momenta Pharmaceuticals petition for rehearing en banc in "safe-harbor" case news archive
Company plans to file petition for rehearing to Supreme Court...
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21/11/2012  Apotex seeks ruling on generic blood-pressure drug news archive
Apotex asked a judge to rule that its plan to market a generic version of the blood-pressure medicine Benicar won't infringe patent rights held by drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. or its American unit...
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21/11/2012  Impax Laboratories enters into development, manufacturing, and commercialisation agreement with Perrigo news archive
Impax today announced that it will collaborate with Perrigo on the development, manufacturing and commercialisation of an extended topical generic drug product with first to market potential....
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26/11/2012  Galectin receives US patent for second drug class to treat chronic liver disease with fibrosis [scarring] and cirrhosis news archive
Galectin Therapeutics, the leading developer of therapeutics that target galectin proteins to treat fibrosis and cancer, today announced that it has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a divisional patent of Patent Number 8,236,780 "Galactose-prolonged polysaccharides in a formulation for antifibrotic therapies"...
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26/11/2012  Abbott Laboratories: Sucampo and Abbott announce launch of Amitza in Japan news archive
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals (SPI) and Abbott (ABT) today announced the availability of Amitza (Lubiprostone) in Japan, a prescription medicine for the treatment of chronic constipation not caused by organic diseases...
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27/11/2012  Perrigo announces FDA final approval of Betamethasone valerate foam 0.12% news archive
Perrigo Company today announced that its partner, Cobrek Pharmaceuticals received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Betamethasone valerate foam 0.12%, the generic equivalent of Luxiq foam...
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28/11/2012  Teva won't sell Gilead generics until June or ruling news archive
Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed to delay the introduction of generic versions of two Gilead Sciences HIV drugs until June if a judge hasn't ruled in its favor by then in a patent case brought by Gilead...
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28/11/2012  Forest announces additional settlement agreements in Bystolic patent litigation news archive
Forest Laboratories and Forest Laboratories Holdings (collectively "Forest") announced today that they have entered into settlement agreements with Alkem Laboratories ("Alkem""), Indchemie Health Specialties ("Indchemie"), and Torrent Pharmaceuticals and Torrent Pharma (collectively, "Torrent") in patent infringement litigation brought by Forest in response to abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) filed by Alkem, Indchemie and Torrent each seeking approval to market generic versions of Forest's Bystolic (Nebivolol) tablets...
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28/11/2012  Par Pharmaceutical begins shipment of generic Symbyax news archive
Par Pharmaceutical Companies today announced that its Par Pharmaceutical operating subsidiary has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Olanzapine and Fluoxetine hydrochloride capsules...
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29/11/2012  Mylan launches generic Detrol tablets news archive
Mylan today announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Tolterodine tartrate tablets, 1 mg and 2 mg...
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29/11/2012  Janssen announces intent not to enforce patents for Darunavir in resource-limited settings news archive
Policy aims to support a sustainable supply of medically acceptable generic Darunavir in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)...
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30/11/2012  Supreme Court to review lawsuits over flaws in generic drugs news archive
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether generic drug manufacturers can be subjected to personal injury lawsuits that allege flaws in the design of drugs, even if federal law would not allow such cases to go forward...
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