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Sun aims to strongarm Taro shareholders

SPOTLIGHT: Sun aims to strongarm Taro shareholdersIndia's Sun Pharmaceuticals just won't take no for an answer. After its merger deal with Israel's Taro Pharmaceuticals fell apart last month, Sun now Read more...

Sun keeps tabs on Taro facility sale

Sun pharmaceuticals wrote a second letter to Taro, citing major concerns about the sale of Taro's Irish facility. The letter specifically requests full disclosure of all facts related to the sale. Read more...

Wyeth pounces on Sandoz's copycat Protonix

Wyeth is going toe-to-toe with Novartis. The Protonix maker -- and its partner, Nycomed -- filed suit against Novartis' generics arm, saying its copycat drug violates the heartburn med's U.S.

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Caraco to withdraw misshaped metformin

A couple of weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times ran a big package about generic meds. Are they really as good as Read more...

ALSO NOTED: MedImmune acquisition could pay dividends; Sun challenges J&J patent;

> Analysts say AstraZeneca's buyout of MedImmune could pay extra dividends as health officials expand their recommendations for an flu jab to all children between the ages of six months and 18. Read more...

Sun copycat to cut $500M off Wyeth sales

Wyeth shouldn't be facing generic competition for Effexor XR until 2010. It already fought that battle in court, prevailing over patent challenges in 2005. But Sun Pharmaceuticals figured out how to Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Caraco gets FDA nod for GSK seizure drug; Mylan prices offering of stock;

> Caraco Pharmaceutical got tentative FDA approval for its copycat form of GlaxoSmithKline's Lamictal, a remedy for seizures and bipolar episodes that sold some $1.89 billion in the 12 months Read more...

Indian firms to sell generic Trileptal

Two Indian pharma companies got the FDA's approval to sell generic forms of the Novartis epilepsy drug Trileptal. Sun Pharma and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, both based in Mumbai, are OK'd to market the Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Merck donates Gardasil for poor countries; Caraco gets FDA approval for thyroid drug

> Merck will donate enough doses of its cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to treat 1 million women in developing countries. Read more...

Roche to Dr. Reddy's: Back off Boniva

Roche has no intention of letting Boniva go gently into that generic night. On the heels of a Read more...

Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Wyeth and Nycomed Announce Court Denial of Preliminary Injunction

Wyeth and Nycomed Announce Court Denial of Preliminary Injunction Madison, N.J., September 6, 2007 – Wyeth, and its business partner Nycomed GmbH, announced today that the United States District Read more...

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