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Celgene has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal court to block the manufacturing and marketing of generic Thalomid, Barr Laboratories confirmed this week.
Barr Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiary Pliva have won final FDA approval to manufacture and market injectable azithromycin, a generic version of Pfizer’s Zithromax.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit brushed off an eleventh-hour request by Apotex asking it to reverse a decision it made last month upholding a block on sales of generic Plavix.
The FTC is set to approve a plan proposed by Hospira to acquire Australia-based generic firm Mayne Pharma for $2 billion, as long as certain conditions are met, the agency has announced.
A panel of drug industry representatives presented their views on the effects of reverse-payment deals before federal lawmakers at a Senate hearing called to consider proposed legislation that could stop the practice of paying generic drug companies to limit market competition.
Twenty-two prescription medicines have been added to the Kmart Pharmacy discount program that offers a 90-day supply of generic drugs for a flat rate of $15, Sears Holdings announced.
FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz has been called by Congress to present his agency’s views on reverse payments at a Jan. 17 hearing being held to examine the effect of these out-of-court settlements on delaying generic market entry.
The legalities and overall effect of special out-of-court settlements that result in lengthening the period of exclusivity for a brand drug by stalling generic entry are up for debate on Capitol Hill as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to hold a hearing tentatively scheduled for next week, congressional sources say.
A key senator has begun the 110th Congress introducing legislation aimed at removing obstacles that slow generic drug entry into the market, his office announced.