- 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...
04 Mar, 2009, 02.10 AM IST
- 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...
19 Jun, 2008, 06.00 AM IST
- 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...
27 Mar, 2008, 02.13 AM IST
- 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...
01 Jan, 2008, 02.19 AM IST
- 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 ...
07 Dec, 2007, 01.11 AM IST
- 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...
17 Sep, 2007, 06.43 PM IST
- Lupin gets US nod for hypertension drug
The company's Amlodipine Besylate tablets are AB-rated generic equivalent of Pfizer's Norvasc tablets.
17 Jul, 2007, 11.10 AM IST
- 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...
25 Jun, 2007, 12.19 AM IST
- 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...
14 May, 2007, 12.20 AM IST
- 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...
09 May, 2007, 02.13 AM IST
- 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.
14 Mar, 2007, 01.00 AM IST