Keyword: generics

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U.S. Court Upholds Pfizer's Lyrica Patent Protection

19.07.2012 - Pfizer beat back a challenge from generic drugmakers to a patent that protects its pain medicine Lyrica, its second-best selling drug when a federal judge ruled in its favor on...

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The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

19.07.2012 - Mean and Lean - The pharmaceutical supply chain has gone through a dramatic transformation over the past few decades, with an ever-increasing number of players involved in...

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Drugmakers Brace for More Pain, Some Gain in France

18.07.2012 - Lower prices, higher taxes and fewer drugs paid for by the state could be the new regime for France's pharmaceutical industry when the government details plans in September for €2...

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Generics Seen Cutting into Drug Sales Growth through 2016

12.07.2012 - Annual global spending on prescription drugs will rise 25% by 2016 to $1.2 trillion, as surging growth in emerging markets eclipses weak gains in developed markets like the United...

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Africa's Adcock Buys India Drug Assets for $86 Million

11.07.2012 - South African drugmaker Adcock Ingram is to buy a portfolio of about 60 medicines and a distribution network from India's Cosme Farma for $86 million to bulk up its presence in the...

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Pfizer Sued by Retailers for Generic Lipitor Delay

06.07.2012 - Five big U.S. retailers filed an antitrust lawsuit against Pfizer and India's Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday, accusing them of conspiring to delay sales of generic versions of...

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India to Give Free Generic Drugs to Hundreds of Millions

05.07.2012 - India has put in place a $5.4 billion policy to provide free medicine to its people, a decision that could change the lives of hundreds of millions, but a ban on branded drugs...

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Shire Hit as U.S. Approves New Generic ADHD Drug

25.06.2012 - U.S. regulators have ruled against Shire in a battle over generic copies of its hyperactivity drug Adderall XR, approving a cut-price version of the medicine from Actavis, which is...