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01/09/2014  India's Cipla launches copy of GSK's top asthma drug in Germany, Sweden news archive
India's Cipla has launched an anti-asthma inhaler in Germany and Sweden that is a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Advair...
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01/09/2014  Daiichi Sankyo Espha receives manufacturing and marketing license in Japan for news archive
Daiichi Sankyo today announced that its domestic generic drug subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Espha, obtained a manufacturing and marketing license in Japan on August 15, 2014 for Levofloxacin Tablets 250mg DSEP, 500mg DSEP and Granules 10% DSEP...
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02/09/2014  Prosonix' Marketing Authorisation Application for PSX1001 - a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Flixotide Evohaler - under assessment in EU news archive
Prosonix, an innovative speciality pharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of inhaled respiratory medicines by design, announces that its Marketing Authorisation Application for PSX1001...
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02/09/2014  Update: EU DCP: International collaboration for the evaluation of generic drugs news archive
Under the auspices of the International Generic Drug Regulators Pilot, the TGA is participating in a pilot of the Decentralised Procedure of the EU...
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02/09/2014  Wockhardt again recalls generic of AstraZeneca drug after it fails testing news archive
India's troubled Wockhardt is again expanding its voluntary recall of Metoprolol succinate extended-release tablets, a generic of AstraZeneca's hypertension drug Toprol XR...
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03/09/2014  Baiyunshan gets go-ahead for erectile dysfunction drug Jin Ge news archive
Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical has received the approval of the China FDA to manufacture its medicine for treating erectile dysfunction...
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03/09/2014  Fresenius Kabi withdraws petitions against Pfizer cancer patents news archive
Cancer drug major Fresenius Kabi Oncology, the Indian arm of Germany-based Fresenius Kabi, has withdrew revocation petitions against cancer drug patents owned by Pfizer...
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04/09/2014  Teva announces launch of generic Baraclude tablets, 0.5 mg and 1 mg, in the United States news archive
Teva today announces the launch of the generic equivalent to Baraclude (Entecavir) tablets...
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05/09/2014  Mylan launches generic Boniva injection news archive
Mylan today announced that it has launched Ibandronate sodium injection...
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05/09/2014  Jepsen asks FDA to speed market debut of generic heartburn drug news archive
Attorney General George Jepsen has asked the U.S. FDA to take action that would speed the introduction of generic forms of the heartburn drug Nexium to the market...
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05/09/2014  Gilead close to sending $84,000 drug to poor countries news archive
Gilead Sciences is close to a pact with generic drugmakers to bring low-cost versions of its $84,000 hepatitis C drug Sovaldi to about 80 developing countries including India, Indonesia, and Pakistan...
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05/09/2014  Breckenridge Pharmaceutical announces Paragraph IV ANDA litigation with Novartis AG for its ANDA Everolimus oral tablets news archive
Breckenridge Pharmaceutical announced today that it has filed an ANDA with a Paragraph IV certification for Everolimus oral tablets...
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05/09/2014  Bristol-Myers, Ono sue Merck over cancer-drug patent news archive
Bristol-Myers Squibb and partner Ono Pharmaceutical have sued Merck, alleging that its new cancer drug violates their patent for a method of harnessing the body's immune system to fight cancer...
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05/09/2014  Sagent Pharmaceuticals announces the launch of Ibandronate sodium injection news archive
Sagent today announced the launch of Ibandronate sodium injection...
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05/09/2014  Depomed summary judgment motion granted in suit against FDA seeking orphan drug exclusivity for Gralise news archive
Depomed today announced that Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson of the federal district court for the District of Columbia has granted...
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08/09/2014  Biosimilars get their day in court news archive
Charting new territory in the multibillion-dollar market for medicines derived from living organisms, a federal appeals court for the first time will review the...
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08/09/2014  Court grants summary judgment in favour of Mylan and FDA related to generic Precedex news archive
Mylan commented on a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland related to its product, Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride injection, 100 mcg (base)/ml, packaged in 200 mcg (base)/2 ml Single-dose Vials...
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08/09/2014  ACETO subsidiary, Rising Pharmaceuticals, acquires the ownership of three soft gel ANDA's from Par Pharmaceuticals news archive
ACETO announced that Rising Pharmaceuticals, its finished dosage form generics subsidiary, has completed the purchase of three ANDAs from Par Pharmaceuticals acquiring Doxercalciferol...
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08/09/2014  Par Pharmaceutical resumes shipment of generic Precedex injection news archive
Par Pharmaceutical announced that it has resumed shipping Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride (HCl) injection, EQ 100 mcg base/ml, the generic version of Hospira's Precedex injection...
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08/09/2014  Endo announces launch of authorised generic of Fortesta gel news archive
Endo announced today that it has introduced the first and only generic 2% topical testosterone gel, an authorised generic of Fortesta gel (Testosterone gel) CIII...
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08/09/2014  Nuvo research settles litigation with Mallinckrodt pharmaceuticals news archive
Nuvo Research, a specialty pharmaceutical company with a diverse portfolio of topical and immunology products, today announced that it has reached a full settlement with Mallinckrodt...
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09/09/2014  FTC sues AbbVie, Teva over Testosterone drug news archive
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued drugmakers AbbVie and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA on Monday in federal court in Philadelphia, alleging that they harmed consumers...
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09/09/2014  Novartis drags DRL to US court over patent infringement news archive
Basel-headquartered Novartis Pharmaceuticals dragged Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) to the US court over alleged patent infringement...
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09/09/2014  Neos Therapeutics announces settlement of pending patent litigation concerning its Amphetamine polistirex XR-ODT with Shire news archive
Neos announced today that is has settled all pending litigation with Shire in connection with Neos' Amphetamine polistirex...
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10/09/2014  Novartis files lawsuit against Zydus news archive
Zydus Cadila is facing lawsuits in various US courts, including one filed by global pharma major Novartis Pharmaceuticals, for infringement of patents...
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10/09/2014  Mylan to Acquire U.S. Rights to Arixtra injection from Aspen news archive
Mylan today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Ireland Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S. commercialisation...
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10/09/2014  Lannett receives FDA approval for Oxycodone hydrochloride oral solution USP, 100 mg per 5 ml news archive
Lannett company today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. FDA of its ANDA for Oxycodone hydrochloride oral solution USP, 100 mg per 5 ml...
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11/09/2014  Lilly and Boehringer diabetes biosimilar sees EU approval news archive
The copycat version of Sanofi's best-selling insulin makes it the fourth diabetes product approved in the EU under a Lilly-Boehringer alliance...
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13/09/2014  Connecticut AG George Jepsen to USFDA: Pull up Ranbaxy for failing to launch drug Nexium news archive
Ranbaxy is facing increasing pressure from different states in the US, rival generic drugmakers...
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13/09/2014  Pfizer, Ranbaxy win dismissal of antitrust lawsuit over generic Lipitor news archive
Pfizer and Ranbaxy Laboratories on Friday won dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to delay sales of generic versions of the cholesterol drug Lipitor, the best-selling drug in history...
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15/09/2014  Gilead announces generic licensing agreements to increase access to hepatitis C treatments in developing countries news archive
Gilead today announced that the company has signed non-exclusive licensing agreements with seven India-based generic pharmaceutical manufacturers...
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15/09/2014  Latisse appeal, Scottish web: intellectual property news archive
Allergan and Duke University won't have their patent suit for the Latisse eyelash drug reheard...
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15/09/2014  Avanir skyrockets as controversial generic combo claims a hit in PhII Alzheimer's study news archive
Avanir's combinatorial approach to calming dementia-related outbursts among Alzheimer's patients...
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15/09/2014  Government to hear out US pharma companies' patent fears news archive
After months of skirmishes, the government is finally going to sit down with American pharma giants this week...
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15/09/2014  Epirus' Remicade biosimilar receives final approvals in India news archive
Epirus, a Boston-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the global development and commercialisation of biosimilar monoclonal antibodies...
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16/09/2014  Mylan commences Phase III clinical trials for its generic version of Advair Diskus and insulin analog to Lantus news archive
Mylan today announced it is initiating Phase III clinical trials for its generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Advair Diskus and its insulin analog to Sanofi's Lantus...
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16/09/2014  No quality control for life-saving generic drugs, government apathetic news archive
While the Indian government is pushing generic drugs as they are cheaper and, therefore, more affordable, there seems to inadequate attention on ensuring that the quality protocol of these drugs is properly observed...
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17/09/2014  Eagle Pharmaceuticals announces that Teva requests a motion to dismiss with prejudice in its Bendamustine patent infringement lawsuit news archive
Eagle Pharmaceuticals announced today that Cephalon, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical has moved to dismiss with prejudice its first lawsuit alleging that Eagle's tentatively approved...
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17/09/2014  Aurobindo Pharm rallies 3% on US FDA nod to market generic anti-infective drug news archive
Aurobindo Pharm rallied as much as 3 per cent in trade on Wednesday after the pharm major said that...
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17/09/2014  Will your generic drug application get rejected by FDA? New guidance documents explain news archive
The US FDA has released two new guidance documents intended to clarify for generic drug makers the criteria by which the agency determines which applications it will...
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18/09/2014  Struggling Merck KGaA plans blockbuster R and D campaign for biosimilars, pact for PD-L1 news archive
Fresh from writing off one of its top late-stage programs, Merck KGaA stepped up with a revised comeback plan today, detailing plans to invest about...
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19/09/2014  Legislation would prevent drug makers from thwarting generic rivals news archive
A bill has been introduced in Congressmen that would end a practice that generic drug makers say is used by their brand-name rivals to thwart competition...
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22/09/2014  Winds of change in India's generic drug industry news archive
The announcement last week that United States pharmaceutical giant Gilead would allow seven Indian companies to make a cheap, generic version of Sovaldi...
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22/09/2014  Raleigh's Salix reaches $100 million patent settlement news archive
Raleigh's Salix reached a patent settlement with generic drug company Par Pharmaceutical...
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22/09/2014  Lannett launches Oxycodone hydrochloride oral solution news archive
Lannett today announced that it has commenced shipping its recently approved Oxycodone hydrochloride...
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23/09/2014  DRL, Aurobindo dragged to US court over patents news archive
Dr Reddy's and Aurobindo have been dragged to the US Court in separate instances allegedly for infringing patents...
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24/09/2014  FDA receives Paragraph IV notice letter for Kuvan tablets news archive
BioMarin today announced that a Paragraph IV certification notice letter...
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25/09/2014  Actavis confirms generic Butrans patent challenge news archive
Actavis today confirmed that it has filed an ANDA with the U.S. FDA seeking approval to market Buprenorphine transdermal system...
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25/09/2014  IGI Laboratories acquires eighteen former products from AstraZeneca news archive
IGI Laboratories a New Jersey based specialty generic pharmaceutical company, today announced it has acquired the regulatory rights and related documents and records for 18 drug products from AstraZeneca...
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25/09/2014  Dr. Reddy's announces the launch of Levalbuterol inhalation solution, USP for oral inhalation only news archive
We are happy to launch Levalbuterol inhalation solution...
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25/09/2014  Abbott, AbbVie win dismissal of claims over Humira, AndroGel news archive
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed racketeering claims in a lawsuit accusing Abbott and AbbVie...
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26/09/2014  Teva announces UK High Court gives positive judgment in the company's patent case against AstraZeneca news archive
Teva today announced that a positive judgment has been given by the UK High Court in support of Teva's case against AstraZeneca relating to the validity of EP 1,085,877 covering the SMART (Single inhaler Maintenance And Reliever Therapy) indication for AstraZeneca's fixed dose formoterol/budesonide combination product, Symbicort...
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30/09/2014  Biosimilars in the U.S.: current status and challenges ahead news archive
Although biosimilars, highly similar versions of living cell-based biologic medicines, have been widely available to European patients for close to a decade now, their pathway in the United States has not been equally successful...
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