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ALSO NOTED: Wockhardt gets OK for Zithromax copy; Depomed's gabapentin formula passes Phase II;

> Wockhardt got the FDA nod to sell a copycat form of Pfizer's Zithromax, an antibiotic. Report >... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Forest sues generics over Namenda; Omrix gets new indication for Evicel;

> Forest Labs and Merck KGaA are suing several generics makers--including Barr, Cobalt, Lupin, Orchid, Teva, and Wockhardt--for infringing patents on the Namenda treatment for Alzheimer's. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Barr challenges Sanofi patents on $1.1B drug; Wockhardt to launch copycat Zoloft;

> Barr Laboratories is challenging Sanofi-Aventis patents on Eloxatin, a colon-cancer drug that Barr wants to copy; Eloxatin posted $1.1 billion in U.S. sales for the 12 months ended in October.... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Sepracor chair to retire in May; Study shows Glaxo drug outpacing Pfizer's Spiriva;

> Sepracor chairman Timothy Barberich will retire by May, according to a disclosure filed with the Securities and Exchange commission; Barberich is the drug maker's former CEO. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: GSK suing Abbott over HIV-drug price; Harvard genius joins MIT-Novartis effort;

> GlaxoSmithKline is joining a lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories over the jacked-up price of Norvir, and anti-HIV drug. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Strong euro hitting Merck KGaA's revenue; U.S. sales boost Lupin's Q3 profits;

> German pharma Merck KGaA says a strong euro will depress its year-end sales; it reported a 74.9 percent drop in third-quarter profits on a one-time charge from its acquisition of Serono. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Layoffs depress J&J profits; Canada OKs Pfizer HIV med;

> Pink slips cost money. Just ask Johnson & Johnson, which saw its third-quarter profits drop by 8 percent because of money spent cutting jobs. Read more...

Rumor Mill: Indian drug makers court Par

At least three Indian drug makers were spotted with chocolate and flowers at the headquarters of Par Pharmaceuticals, one of the top 10 generics companies in the U.S. Several Indian newspapers are... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Orion battles generic

Finnish drug maker Orion says it's suing Indian generics maker Wockhardt to keep the latter's version of the Parkinson's drug Comtan off the market. Read more...

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