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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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U.S. Judge Approves $700 Million in Abbott Depakote Fines

02.10.2012 - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Abbott Laboratories to pay $700 million in fines and other costs for illegal marketing of its drug Depakote, in connection with a previously...

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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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US Judge Dismisses New York's Anti-Drilling Lawsuit

25.09.2012 - A federal judge in Brooklyn dismissed a lawsuit on Monday brought by New York state and environmental groups challenging proposed natural gas drilling in the Delaware River basin...

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DuPont Wins 20-Year Ban on Kolon's Kevlar Rival

01.09.2012 - DuPont, the inventor of Kevlar, used in bulletproof vests and other body armor, won a federal court order barring South Korea's Kolon Industries from making a competing version of...

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Myriad Wins Gene Patent Ruling from US Appeals Court

16.08.2012 - A federal appeals court on Thursday revived its decision to uphold Myriad Genetics's patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer, after the U.S. Supreme Court told it...

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Pfizer Settles Foreign Bribery Case with US Government

07.08.2012 - Pfizer has agreed to pay $60.2 million to settle a U.S. government probe of the drugmaker's alleged use of illegal payments to win business overseas, according to the U.S...

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Bristol-Myers Executive Charged with Insider Trading

02.08.2012 - A Bristol-Myers Squibb executive has been criminally charged with insider trading, accused of buying options in three companies that the drugmaker was looking to buy. Prosecutors...