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FTC Takes "Pay for Delay" Drug Case to U.S. Supreme Court

05.10.2012 - The Federal Trade Commission asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to take up its fight against deals between brand-name drug companies and generic firms which they say delay the...

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Sanofi, Bristol Shake up Alliance as Patents End

03.10.2012 - Drugmakers Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb plan to revamp their 15-year-old alliance from Jan. 1 in response to lost exclusivity on two key drugs and the arrival of generic...

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U.S. Finds No Wrongdoing in Yasmin Patent Settlement

02.10.2012 - U.S. antitrust regulators found no wrongdoing in a deal made four years ago between German drugmaker Bayer and a division of Teva Pharmaceuticals to end patent litigation over the...

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Thriving Generics

25.09.2012 - Market Transition - When we think about the patent cliff, an image along the lines of a massive waterfall, with companies' revenues in free fall comes to mind. What we usually...

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Bayer CEO Decries Pressure to Lower Drug Prices

20.09.2012 - Pressure from governments to lower drug prices risks undermining medical innovation, Bayer's chief executive Marjin Dekkers said on Wednesday, echoing complaints of other drug...

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FDA Approves Teva Version of Amgen's Neupogen

30.08.2012 - U.S. drug regulators gave the nod to a Teva Pharmaceutical Industries drug that boosts the production of infection-fighting white blood cells in certain cancer patients receiving...

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Showdown for Big Pharma in India's Highest Court

20.08.2012 - India's highest court will hear final arguments starting this week in a landmark case over drug patents that could change the rules for the country's healthcare sector and...

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Momenta Set Back as Court Lifts Blood Clot Drug Halt

04.08.2012 - A divided federal appeals court overturned an order in favor of Momenta Pharmaceuticals that had blocked Watson Pharmaceuticals from selling a generic version of the blood-thinning...