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01/10/2014  Par Pharmaceutical begins shipment of generic Exforge news archive
Par Pharmaceutical today announced that it has begun shipping all four strengths of Amlodipine and Valsartan tablets, the generic version of Novartis' Exforge...
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01/10/2014  IGI acquires two products from Valeant news archive
IGI Laboratories today announced it has acquired two previously marketed ophthalmic drug products...
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02/10/2014  Health Canada bans drugs from two Apotex factories in India news archive
Health Canada has banned the import of all drugs and drug ingredients made by two Apotex factories...
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02/10/2014  Supernus sues Actavis for infringement of Trokendi XR patents news archive
Supernus announced that earlier today it sued Actavis for infringement of three patents...
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06/10/2014  Mylan launches generic Combivir news archive
Mylan today announced the U.S. launch of its Lamivudine and Zidovudine tablets USP, 150 mg/300 mg, which is the generic version of Viiv's Combivir...
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07/10/2014  Brought by MonoSol Rx Against All Claims in Key BDSI BEMA Patent news archive
UPSTO has granted MonoSol Rx's petition for inter partes review (IPR) of all claims of US Patent No. 7,579,019 ("the '019 patent") and has instituted the IPR...
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08/10/2014  Amgen announces positive top-line results from Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of biosimilar candidate ABP 501 news archive
Amgen today announced its Phase 3 study evaluating efficacy and safety of biosimilar candidate ABP 501 compared with Humira (Adalimumab) in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis met its primary endpoint...
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08/10/2014  Bristol-Myers Squibb Statement on Sustiva in the U.S. news archive
Bristol-Myers Squibb has successfully resolved all outstanding U.S. patent litigation relating to Efavirenz, an active ingredient contained in our Sustiva (Efavirenz) and Atripla (Efavirenz/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) products...
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09/10/2014  Dr Reddy's, Sun Pharm among 14 firms probed by US Congress over generic drug price news archive
India's pharm majors Dr Reddy's and Sun Pharm are among 14 drug makers which are being probed by the US Congress over price escalation of generic drugs...
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09/10/2014  Sucampo announces settlement agreement that resolves patent litigation in U.S. related to Amitiza news archive
Sucampo today announced that Sucampo, R-Tech Ueno (RTU), Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (Takeda) and certain affiliates of Takeda have entered into a settlement and license agreement...
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10/10/2014  Stada secures third license for copycat biotech drug: CEO news archive
Germany's Stada plans to bring a copy of Eli Lilly's Forteo osteoporosis treatment to market, its chief executive said, as the generic drugmaker moves further into the sale of cheaper alternatives for costly biotech drugs...
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12/10/2014  Pfizer wins patent for Voriconazole in India news archive
Pharmaceutical major Pfizer has received a patent for its anti-fungal drug Voriconazole, which it is selling in US under the brand name Vfend, overcoming opposition from Ranbaxy Labs and Natco Pharma...
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14/10/2014  Supernus announces Paragraph IV ANDA filing for Trokendi XR news archive
Supernus Pharmaceuticals today announced that on October 13, 2014, the company received a Paragraph IV Notice Letter from Zydus Pharmaceuticals advising Supernus of the filing by Zydus of an ANDA seeking approval for...
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14/10/2014  Mission Pharmacal settles patent infringement suit with Virtus Pharmaceuticals news archive
Mission Pharmacal Company today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has issued a consent judgment confirming the validity of its dual-iron patent...
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14/10/2014  Mefenamic acid capsules, USP 250mg launch news archive
Breckenridge Pharmaceutical announces the immediate launch of Mefenamic acid 250mg capsules...
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14/10/2014  Health Ministry selects five firms for Sovaldi production news archive
The Ministry of Health has opted for five medical firms for the production of Sovaldi (Sofosbuvir), the US-made Hepatitis C tablets, without conducting a tender beforehand...
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15/10/2014  Supreme Court divided in battle over Teva MS drug patent news archive
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared closely divided as it weighed Teva's high-profile fight with generic drug manufacturers over patent protections for Copaxone...
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15/10/2014  Largest biotech IPO yet could be derailed by Forward, Biogen Idec patent fight news archive
The largest biotech IPO yet, when Danish firm Forward Pharma debuts its $200 million offering later this year, could be derailed by Forward's recent announcement...
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16/10/2014  Actavis challenges Quillivant XR patent news archive
Ireland-headquartered generics major Actavis confirmed that it has filed an ANDA with the US FDA seeking approval to market Methylphenidate for extended-release oral suspension...
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16/10/2014  Actavis confirms generic Quillivant XR patent challenge news archive
Actavis today confirmed that it has filed an ANDA with the U.S. FDA seeking approval to market Methylphenidate hydrochloride for extended-release oral suspension...
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16/10/2014  Noven files patent infringement lawsuit against Actavis news archive
Noven Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey against Actavis for infringement of certain Noven patents...
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17/10/2014  Amgen files lawsuit against Sanofi and Regeneron for patent infringement news archive
Amgen today announced that it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Delaware against Sanofi, Aventisub, formerly doing business as Aventis Pharmaceuticals...
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18/10/2014  Medical charity accuses US of pushing India to ease patent rules news archive
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres on Saturday accused the United States of ratcheting up pressure on India's new government to relax strict patent conditions which have made the country the "world's pharmacy"...
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21/10/2014  Novartis drags DRL to court over Gleevec news archive
Basel-headquartered Novartis Pharmaceuticals dragged city-based Dr Reddy's Laboratories to the US court over alleged patent infringement...
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21/10/2014  Mylan recalls blood pressure med, following recalls of generic by two other drugmakers news archive
Another drugmaker is having to recall Metoprolol succinate extended release tablets, a generic for AstraZeneca hypertension drug Toprol XL...
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21/10/2014  Natco Pharm's US partner gets FDA nod for wakefulness tablets news archive
Natco Pharm's marketing partner in US, Breckenridge Pharmaceutical has received a tentative approval from the US health regulator for its generic Armodafinil tablets used for improving wakefulness in adults...
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22/10/2014  CANDA NK-2 files motion to dismiss patent infringement suit news archive
CANDA NK-2 announced today that the company has moved to dismiss a patent infringement lawsuit, based on lack of personal jurisdictions over the defendants...
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22/10/2014  Biosimilars in China: The coming revolution news archive
Over the last several months, there's been a flurry of activity surrounding the development of biosimilars...
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23/10/2014  AbbVie head criticizes Canada’s patent laws on drugs news archive
The new head of the Canadian operations of AbbVie, the U.S. drug giant that recently scuppered its proposed merger with Shire, said Canada will not get more research and development work from big pharmaceutical companies until the country reforms its intellectual property rules...
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24/10/2014  Tug-of-war over Revlimid patent continues between Celgene, Natco Pharma news archive
The legal tug-of-war between biotech giant Celgene and Natco Pharma, the generic drugmaker challenging certain Revlimid patents, may have seen some gains during Friday's hearing but now key invalidity issues have been decided yet, said Geoffrey Porges, a biotech analyst at Sanford Bernstein...
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27/10/2014  Actavis confirms appeals court upholds Lo Loestrin Fe patent news archive
Actavis today confirmed that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling...
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27/10/2014  Pfizer wins Sutent patent case in Delaware District Court news archive
Pfizer announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware upheld its basic patent and the L-malate salt patent covering Sutent...
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27/10/2014  The Medicines Company wins favourable judgment in Angiomax patent litigation news archive
The Medicines Company announced the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in The Medicines Company v. Mylan entered judgment in favor of The Medicines Company...
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27/10/2014  Ranbaxy might lose Nexium exclusivity news archive
Ranbaxy might lose a key six-month exclusivity period for the generic version of Nexium - a blockbuster drug from AstraZeneca - if it fails to get regulatory clearance for the US market by the end of November...
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29/10/2014  Dr Reddy's launches generic version of Rapamune tablets in US news archive
Dr Reddy's Laboratories today said it has launched a generic version of Wyeth's Rapamune tablets...
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29/10/2014  Ranbaxy Laboratories still has exclusive rights for Nexium generic: CEO Arun Sawhney news archive
Ranbaxy Laboratories still has exclusive rights to the launch of AstraZeneca's heartburn drug Nexium in the United States...
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29/10/2014  Lannett receives FDA approval for Letrozole tablets USP 2.5 mg news archive
Lannett today announced that it has received approval from FDA for its ANDA for Letrozole tablets...
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30/10/2014  Cipla asks government to revoke five patents held by Novartis news archive
Cipla has asked the government to revoke five patents that Novartis holds on respiratory drug Onbrez...
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30/10/2014  Deal-hungry Perrigo elbows aside competitors for Omega Pharma news archive
Deal-hungry Perrigo is looking for more seats at the over-the-counter table, and the drugmaker may soon get its wish...
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30/10/2014  Teva optimistic U.S. top court to rule in favour of MS drug patent news archive
Teva Pharmaceutical is optimistic the U.S. Supreme Court will decide in its favour regarding patent protection for Copaxone...
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30/10/2014  TWi Pharmaceuticals receives U.S. FDA approval on generic Donepezil hydrochloride tablets USP, 23 mg, its fifth ANDA from U.S. FDA news archive
TWi Pharmaceuticals announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. FDA on its ANDA for Donepezil hydrochloride tablets USP...
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30/10/2014  Mylan launches generic Viramune XR news archive
Mylan announced the U.S. launch of its Nevirapine extended-release tablets, 400 mg, which is the generic version of Boehringer Ingelheim's Viramune XR...
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31/10/2014  Roche-Cipla patent row mediation fails news archive
Efforts to end the long and bitter patent tussle between domestic pharm company Cipla and multinational Roche over a lung cancer drug have come to a naught...
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31/10/2014  Heritage Pharma announces the launch of Rifampin for injection news archive
Heritage announced the immediate availability of sterile Rifampin for injection...
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