Keyword: Watson Pharmaceuticals

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Stick to Your Strengths with Biosimilars

25.09.2012 - Pharmaceuticals - Of the many challenges inherent with biosimilar development, the inability to predict market expectations may top the list for decision makers. While uncertainty...

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Thriving Generics

25.09.2012 - Market Transition - When we think about the patent cliff, an image along the lines of a massive waterfall, with companies' revenues in free fall comes to mind. What we usually...

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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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Momenta Set Back as Court Lifts Blood Clot Drug Halt

04.08.2012 - A divided federal appeals court overturned an order in favor of Momenta Pharmaceuticals that had blocked Watson Pharmaceuticals from selling a generic version of the blood-thinning...

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Small Generic Drug Firms Need Niches to Survive Looming Price War

21.07.2012 - Aggressive consolidation among U.S. and European generic drugmakers is putting pressure on smaller competitors in the industry, whose best hope of surviving a brewing price war may...

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Shire Hit as U.S. Approves New Generic ADHD Drug

25.06.2012 - U.S. regulators have ruled against Shire in a battle over generic copies of its hyperactivity drug Adderall XR, approving a cut-price version of the medicine from Actavis, which is...

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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...

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Watson Close to $7 Billion Actavis Drug Deal

22.03.2012 - Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc is close to buying Swiss-based Actavis for around $7 billion, marking the latest deal between generics companies racing to achieve economies of scale...