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Generic firm Apotex has dropped its antitrust lawsuit against Allergan that alleges the eye care drugmaker improperly obtained a patent to prevent generic competition for its anti-inflammatory eye drug Acular.
Pharmaceutical firms entering into settlement agreements over generic versions of brand drugs must now inform federal antitrust authorities once a deal is reached.
In a decision that overturns FDA policy, a federal judge has ruled that generic firm Apotex does not have to share its 180-day exclusivity period for a version of GlaxoSmithKline’s depression drug Paxil (paroxetine HCl) with rival firms.
Connecticut is going to investigate possible anticompetitive actions by Purdue Pharma in seeking and maintaining patents for the painkiller OxyContin and wants other states to join the probe, according to a spokesman for state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
A federal court has upheld a patent on Allergan's anti-inflammatory eye drug Acular, a decision that could block Apotex's generic equivalent from going to market until 2009.
A federal judge has removed a hurdle in Endo Pharmaceuticals’ plan to launch a generic version of Purdue’s pain drug OxyContin, while GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) recently threw up a roadblock in Dr. Reddy’s bid to market a version of GSK’s profitable migraine treatment Imitrex.
NaPro BioTherapeutics did not obtain its formulation patents for a generic version of paclitaxel through inequitable conduct and fraud, a federal court ruled late December.
The FTC will take no action against Biovail, closing its inquiry into the firm’s Orange Book patent listings for the blood pressure products Teveten and Teveten HCT, Biovail announced Dec. 22.
The courts have been busy over the holidays, with one federal court issuing a preliminary injunction against Eon Labs’ Wellbutrin SR generic product and another upholding Pfizer’s patent on its antidepressant Zoloft.