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EU To Seek Details Of Deals Delaying Generic Drugs

21.10.2010 - EU antitrust regulators plan to review drug patent settlements struck this year to delay cheaper generics going to market, as part of their crackdown on illegal deals, a senior...

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Roche Maintains Focus as Industry Faces Cutbacks

27.05.2010 - Europe's economic jitters will clean out the health-science industry, leaving global generic as well as innovative drugmakers among the survivors, the head of Swiss drugmaker Roche...

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Head of U.S. Generic Drugs Association to Step Down

05.05.2010 - Kathleen Jaeger, the chief lobbyist for the generic drugs industry during the debate over U.S. healthcare reform, is resigning as head of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association...

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Teva Wins U.S. Approval for Generics Of Merck Drugs

08.04.2010 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said on Wednesday it won U.S. approval for its generic versions of Merck & Co's blockbuster blood-pressure drugs Cozaar and Hyzaar. Teva, the world's...

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Hungary's Richter, Indian Astron Research to Develop Generics

25.03.2010 - Hungarian drug maker Richter Gedeon has formed a research partnership with India's Astron Research for the development of generic drugs, a Richter spokeswoman said on Wednesday...

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Planned EU Deal Not to Hit Indian Generic Drug Industry

22.03.2010 - India's Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Monday that a proposed free-trade agreement with the European Union would not hurt the generic drugs industry. The minister also said...

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Pfizer Faces Hefty Price To Secure Stada

22.03.2010 - Pfizer, eyeing German generic drug maker Stada after losing the battle for Ratiopharm, would have to pay top dollar to unpick management's lock on Stada's shares. To repel suitors...

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Generic Deals May Still Hold Appeal for Pfizer

19.03.2010 - Pfizer may still be eager to buy generic drugmakers, after being outbid for Germany's Ratiopharm in an effort to shore up revenue as it braces for evaporating sales of its...