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Teva and AstraZeneca want a consolidated class action lawsuit alleging they conspired to delay generic entry of AstraZeneca’s acid-reflux drug Nexium dismissed, arguing that Teva couldn’t have marketed its version sooner due to approval delays plaguing Ranbaxy, which has first-to-file exclusivity. Read More
Generics manufacturers Mylan, Momenta and Sandoz have joined Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories as some of the first to announce patent challenges against Teva’s blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone in the newer 40 mg version. Read More
The head of a non-profit that pushes for more products to be made in the U.S. is suing Apotex and Costco for selling a generic of the cholesterol drug Lipitor that didn’t indicate it was made in India. Read More
A federal judge last week affirmed the FDA’s decision to approve generic versions of Hospira’s sedative Precedex under a pathway that allows manufacturers Mylan and Par to proceed with generics that “carve out” the brand firm’s method-of-use patent in the drug’s labeling. Read More
A federal judge has tossed out all claims in a consolidated class-action antitrust lawsuit alleging that brandmaker Warner Chilcott executed a “reverse payment” to generics firms Watson (now Actavis) and Lupin Pharmaceuticals to delay generic competition on its contraceptive Loestrin 24. Read More
Shuttered Boehringer Ingelheim subsidiary Ben Venue continues to create quality headaches for the German manufacturer with the recall of a chemotherapy drug due to a container defect. Read More