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Boehringer Ingelheim and Teva were again accused of blocking generic competition to the brandmaker’s antistroke drug Aggrenox just days after their bid to toss a similar lawsuit was denied. Read More
A federal judge has given the go-ahead to a class action lawsuit alleging Boehringer Ingelheim and Teva conspired to put off generic competition to the antistroke drug Aggrenox. Read More
Generics maker Sandoz will pay out $12.64 million to settle accusations it misrepresented average sales price information in reports to Medicare. Read More
The FDA continues to look into improving generic bioequivalence testing, sponsoring research into BE evaluation of drugs for which doctors are most likely to resist substituting a generic, such as anticoagulants. Read More
Generics maker Glenmark might have infringed on Merck’s Indian patent covering type II diabetes drugs Januvia and Janumet, the Delhi High Court in India said recently in an interim ruling. Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear one of three petitions submitted over a Pennsylvania appellate decision refusing to recognize generic drugs as largely immune from product liability lawsuits. Read More
A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that Allergan’s Zymar eye drop patent is invalid because the process is obvious for others to try. Read More
A federal court agreed March 17 to hear Mylan’s appeal in patent infringement litigation with AstraZeneca, in a case that could determine in which states brandmakers can file lawsuits against generic firms. Read More
An EU-level court has established a precedent that would allow drugmakers to protect orphan drugs from generic competition by developing and patenting a similar drug for the same orphan indications while the original therapy still enjoys market exclusivity. Read More
Sun Pharma completed its $4 billion purchase of fellow Indian generics maker Ranbaxy March 25, shortly after the FTC signed off on a divestiture order allowing the merger as long as the companies relinquish rights to the antibiotic minocycline. Read More