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Actavis Forecasts 2012 Sales in Excess of €2 Billion

19.10.2012 - Actavis, the Swiss generic drugmaker that Watson Pharmaceuticals is taking over, said revenue would rise to more than €2 billion ($2.6 billion) this year, driven by patent expiries...

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Watson Gets US Approval to Buy Actavis

16.10.2012 - Watson Pharmaceuticals has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy Swiss peer Actavis on the condition that it sell a number of their current and future products to two other companies...

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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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Watson Sues FDA on Generic Diabetes Drug Ruling

15.08.2012 - Generic drugmaker Watson Pharmaceuticals sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, challenging a ruling against Watson's generic version of a big-selling diabetes drug, Actos...

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Watson Profit Tops Wall Street Estimate

30.04.2012 - Watson Pharmaceuticals posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday, as generic versions of the Lipitor cholesterol fighter and Lovenox blood thinner helped revenue soar...

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Amgen to Buy Turkish Drugmaker for $700 mln

25.04.2012 - U.S. biotech company Amgen is to buy Turkey's Mustafa Nevzat Pharmaceuticals, a maker of injectable generic drugs, for around $700 million in a deal underscoring Western drugmakers...

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Watson, Actavis to Unveil Deal

24.04.2012 - Watson Pharmaceuticals aims to announce an agreement to buy Actavis for around $6 billion on Wednesday, April 25th, in a deal making it one of the world's biggest suppliers of...

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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...