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Buyers of heartburn drug Nexium are seeking an injunction against Ranbaxy and AstraZeneca in pay-for-delay litigation, arguing that their motion is supported by a recent Second Circuit ruling upholding an injunction requiring Actavis to keep an older version of Alzheimer’s drug Namenda on the market. Read More
Particulates have forced yet another drugmaker — this time Teva — to recall an injectable. The drugmaker voluntarily recalled eight lots of its anticancer therapy Adrucil after a combination of silicone rubber from a filling diaphragm and fluorouracil crystals was found in vials. Read More
Akorn Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling more than 362,000 units of sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim oral suspension because the sulfamethoxazole portion doesn’t dissolve in liquid. Read More
The UK’s healthcare cost authority has reversed itself and is recommending Boehringer Ingelheim’s Vargatef in combination with docetaxel for previously treated, locally advanced metastatic or locally recurrent non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma. Read More
A federal judge denied a request by health plans and other payers for class certification in antitrust litigation involving Cephalon’s Provigil, less than a week after the drugmaker settled with the Federal Trade Commission for $1.2 billion over pay-for-delay claims involving the blockbuster sleep disorder drug. Read More
A judge dismissed claims that the FDA is precluded from approving generic versions of Otsuka’s blockbuster antipsychotic until its orphan exclusivity expires. Read More
Novartis has filed a complaint in federal court alleging Apotex infringed on its patent by seeking to manufacture, market and sell a generic version of cancer drug Zometa. Read More
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence confirmed its recommendations for Bayer’s Eylea and Allergan’s Ozurdex for some patients with diabetic macular edema in separate final draft guidances. Read More