- Pfizer, Aurobindo ink marketing deal
PFIZER has entered into a series of agreements with Aurobindo Pharma to market medicines that are no longer patent protected and don’t have...
- Ranbaxy, Pfizer sign truce over Lipitor
Ranbaxy has settled most of its patent disputes with Pfizer, allowing it to launch a generic version of Lipitor from November 30, 2011. Ran...
- Pfizer again sues Ranbaxy over Lipitor
Pfizer has filed two separate patent infringement cases against Ranbaxy in a bid to extend the exclusivity of its $13-billion anti-choleste...
- Boutique products set to move ahead of topselling drugs
There is no quick remedy for what ails the pharmaceutical industry: a tougher environment for drug approvals and a dwindling pipeline of ne...
- Bristol-Myers to shut half of its plants in 3 years
Apart from plant shutdowns, the company plans to lay off about 4,300 employees in a broad restructuring aimed at cost savings of $1.5 b by ...
- Wockhardt gets FDA nod to enter US Norvasc market
Wockhardt has launched Amlodipine tablets in US market. The tablets are in strengths of 2.5 mg, 5 mg and 10 mg. The US market for Amlodipin...
- Lupin gets US nod for hypertension drug
The company's Amlodipine Besylate tablets are AB-rated generic equivalent of Pfizer's Norvasc tablets.
- Ranbaxy gets tentative US nod for Tamsulosin
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories, has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food a...
- Mylan buys Merck’s generics unit
Mylan Laboratories agreed to buy Merck KGaA’s generic-drug unit for 4.9 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in cash to become the world’s third-la...
- Local generic cos eye US windfall
Indian generic pharma companies may now find it easier to challenge patents in the US. In another twist in the battle between innovators an...
- Ranbaxy to challenge Pfizer’s suit on Caduet
Ranbaxy has said the company will challenge the litigation filed by Pfizer, the world’s largest drug maker.