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Watson, Actavis Aim for Deal

12.04.2012 - Watson Pharmaceuticals is on track to announce a deal to buy Actavis for around $6 billion by the end of April, creating one of the world's biggest producers of generic drugs...

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U.S. Medicine Spending Rose to $320 Billion Last Year

05.04.2012 - A raft of new medicines pushed U.S. spending on drugs modestly higher last year, but the gains were curbed by weak prescription use as Americans avoided doctor visits, according to...

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Teva Launches Generic High Blood Pressure Drugs

02.04.2012 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has launched U.S. sales of irbesartan and irbesartan-hydrochlorothiazide tablets, generic versions of Sanofi Aventis' high blood pressure treatments...

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US Court Finds Astra Seroquel XR Patent Infringed

30.03.2012 - A U.S. court on Thursday ruled that the formulation patent for AstraZeneca's big-selling anti-psychotic drug Seroquel XR was valid and had been infringed by Mylan and other...

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AstraZeneca Settles US Seroquel Xr Patent Infringement Litigation With Handa

30.09.2011 - AstraZeneca announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement in its U.S. Seroquel Xr patent infringement litigation against Handa Pharmaceuticals regarding Handa's...

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Trial Set For Teva-Mylan Copaxone Lawsuit

21.06.2011 - A U.S. court on Friday denied a motion by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries for summary judgment in the Copaxone patent infringement lawsuit it has brought against Mylan Inc. Teva is...

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Hungary Government Raises Sales Tax, Fees On Drug Firms

18.05.2011 - Hungary's government will raise a tax on drug firms' sales of state subsidized drugs to consumers from July to prevent an overrun in the state drug fund, the health affairs state...

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Amylin Sues Lilly over Diabetes Partnership

17.05.2011 - Amylin Pharmaceuticals is suing longtime diabetes-drug partner Eli Lilly over its plans to help market a rival product with another company. Lilly helps the smaller Amylin sell the...