Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Taro gets FDA approval for anti-cancer cream

Globes' correspondent
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Today reported that it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for fluorouracil cream. Fluorouracil is bioequivalent to Efudex Topical Cream 5% manufactured by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International.
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FTC and key congressional members urge legislation to curb “pay-for-delay ...

Lexology (registration)
In a “pay-for-delay” agreement, the brand-name pharmaceutical company pays a generic competitor to keep its competing product off of the market for a ...
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Sun wins first roundover Wyeth's Protonix

Livemint -
The case was filed by US-based Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which had sued Sun and Caraco for claiming that their heartburn drug was a generic version of its ...
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Monday, March 8, 2010

Eli Lilly to add ethics watchdogs


By John Russell
Eli Lilly has agreed to add four new senior positions to "promote highly ethical and compliant behaviors" as part of a settlement of two lawsuits arising from the company's illegal marketing and promotion of several drugs.

China welcomes Indian pharma firms after years of resistance

Times of India - Saibal Dasgupta
... welcome" to participate in China's drug sector. He said Indian firms producing "non-generic and creative medicine" were leading in the developing world. ...
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