Keyword: Watson Pharmaceuticals

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U.S. Supreme Court Win Boosts Fight Against Drug Settlements

24.07.2013 - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving regulators the right to sue drugmakers for agreements that delay sale of cheaper generic pharmaceuticals should deter some of the most egregious...

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Actavis to Sell Generic Yaz Birth Control After Ruling

17.04.2013 - Pharmaceutical company Actavis said on Tuesday that it would once again sell a generic version of Bayer's Yaz after an appeals court ruled that Bayer's patent for the oral...

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Top U.S. Court to Decide on Deals to Delay Cheaper Drugs

23.03.2013 - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to keep cheaper products off...

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Pfizer Gets Celebrex Patent Extension

05.03.2013 - U.S. regulators granted Pfizer a reissued patent on its multibillion-dollar Celebrex pain drug that extends its marketing exclusivity until early December 2015, the company said on...

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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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US High Court Rejects Allergan's Sanctura Patent Appeal

15.10.2012 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Allergans appeal of a ruling that favored generic drugmaker Watson Pharmaceuticals over patents related to the treatment of an overactive...

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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...