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Will DTC hearing lead to new regulation?

Will today's Congressional hearing on drug ads lead to new legislation? That's what Michigan Read more...

New Canadian rules to delay big generics

Generics makers are up in arms over proposed patent rules in Canada. The drug copycats say the rules will delay generic Lipitor and several other blockbusters by as much as two years. (Can you hear Read more...
Tags: Canada   Pfizer   Patents   Lipitor  

Make generic-switching bonuses illegal?

Should insurers be allowed to reward docs who switch patients to generics? That debate is going public in Colorado, where legislators have proposed a bill that would prohibit the practice. On the Read more...

Office upholds Pfizer's Lipitor patent

Pfizer is breathing a big sigh of relief. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has said it will confirm the drugmaker's basic patent on the blockbuster Lipitor drug. The office had been Read more...
Tags: Lipitor   Pfizer   Zocor   Ranbaxy  

Crestor aces huge study, says AZ

Some cholesterol med-makers do have reason to rejoice today. AstraZeneca stopped a study of its blockbuster Crestor, saying the pill had already demonstrated clear benefits over placebo. The Read more...
Tags: Astrazeneca   Lipitor  

Pfizer sues for Lipitor protection till 2016

Pfizer is hitting back at would-be Lipitor Read more...
Tags: Lipitor   Pfizer   Ranbaxy  

Shire stock jumps on Pfizer rumors

Less than 10 days after CEO Jeffrey Kindler pooh-poohed big acquisitions, U.K. markets are aswirl with Read more...
Tags: Biogen Idec   Genzyme   Pfizer   Lipitor  

Pfizer's Kindler can't quash mega-deal talk

Kids who want ice cream won't take no for answer. Neither, apparently, will some Pfizer investors, who are clamoring again for a big acquisition just days after CEO Jeff Kindler said he wouldn't play Read more...
Tags: Amgen   Pfizer   Lipitor   Wyeth   Merck  

Analysts not impressed with Pfizer

Investors and analysts are none too impressed with Pfizer's new strategies as outlined by CEO Jeffrey Kindler and other execs during an annual Wall Street update yesterday. The stock fell to within Read more...

Is Pfizer's CEO as bold as promised?

Like natives encountering a strange explorer in an old B movie, investors hailed Jeffrey Kindler (photo) when he was Read more...

Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Spanish Appellate Court Rules in Pfizer’s Favor, Upholds Lipitor Patent

Spanish Appellate Court Rules in Pfizer’s Favor, Upholds Lipitor Patent NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc said today that the Court of Appeal of Barcelona has upheld the company's enantiomer patent covering Read more...

PRESS RELEASE: Canadian Court Finds Infringement of Lipitor Crystal Form Patent

Canadian Court Finds Infringement of Lipitor Crystal Form Patent NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc said today that the Canadian Federal Court in Toronto has ruled that Pfizer’s patent covering a crystalline Read more...

PRESS RELEASE: Canadian Court Favors Ranbaxy, Dismisses Pfizer's Application on Atrovastatin Patent

CANADIAN FEDERAL COURT FAVOURS RANBAXY DISMISSES PFIZER'S APPLICATION ON ATORVASTATIN PATENT CA 2,220,455 Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Princeton, New Jersey, USA - September 13, 2007 Ranbaxy Read more...

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