Keyword: generics

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Actavis Sues FDA Over Generic of Pfizer’s Celebrex

29.04.2014 - Generics producer Actavis has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, challenging its decision to award exclusive rights to Israel's Teva to sell a generic version of Pfizer's...

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AstraZeneca Plans Spin-offs and Announces Cancer Progress

25.04.2014 - AstraZeneca has unveiled plans to sell or partner infection and neuroscience units with combined 2013 sales of $3.5 billion and a basis in antibiotics and antipsychotics as well as...

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India’s Sun Pharmaceutical to Buy Compatriot Ranbaxy

09.04.2014 - Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, India's largest drugmaker by market value, has agreed to buy compatriot generics manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories for $3.2 billion from Daiichi...

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Teva Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Stay Copaxone Ruling

08.04.2014 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, U.S. subsidiary of the Israeli generics drugmaker, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop a lower court ruling from going into effect while the...

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Swedish Drugmaker Meda Spurns Mylan Approach

07.04.2014 - Swedish generic drugmaker Meda has rejected a takeover approach by U.S. rival Mylan to create a combined company worth around $24 billion. Reports said Mylan was exploring a bid at...

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GDUFA’s Impact on the API Industry – an Update

02.04.2014 - The Price of Doing Business - Following the 2012 implementation of the Generic Drug User Fee Act (GDUFA), an article in CHEManager Europe's July/August 2013 edition about GDUFA's...

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Novartis Ends Heart Failure Drug Tests Early on Strong Results

01.04.2014 - Swiss drug maker Novartis has ended a late-stage clinical trial of a chronic heart failure drug early, following strong interim results. The company said an independent committee...

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U.S. Justices Agree to Hear Teva's Copaxone Appeal

01.04.2014 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Mar. 31 agreed to hear an appeal filed by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in a patent fight over top-selling multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. The move...