Generics

Plavix copycat pops up in Europe

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:59:58 -0400

Call it generic Whac-a-Mole. Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb have bludgeoned copycat Plavix in the U.S., but competition is now popping up in Europe. Swiss drugmaker Schweizerhall Holding Read more...

Pharma outsourcing continues to swell

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:59:57 -0400

Outsourcing is still on roll--it's just not rolling quite as fast as it did last year. Such is the conclusion of Contract Pharma's 2008 outsourcing survey, which found that 52 percent of companies Read more...

Could Clarinex be vulnerable to generics?

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:59:55 -0400

Consider this scenario from Fred Hassan's nightmares: The $800 million Clarinex, ostensibly under patent till 2020, Read more...

Zyrtec 'guerilla' flyers spur blog buzz

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:59:55 -0400

A new guerilla marketing campaign for over-the-counter Zyrtec proves one thing: If you want attention in the blogosphere, post a few drug ads on telephone poles. They're flyers designed to appear Read more...

FDA probe clears generic Wellbutrin

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:59:54 -0400

Listen to all those generics makers heaving sighs of relief. The FDA has given the thumbs-up to Teva's generic Wellbutrin XL, which has been under investigation since early last year. Patients who'd Read more...

FiercePharma passes 20K subscribers

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:59:59 -0400

Publisher's Note Last week the FiercePharma newsletter passed the 20,000 subscriber mark. Thousands of more people are reading via the website and RSS feeds, and I want to thank everyone who has Read more...

Caraco to withdraw misshaped metformin

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:59:54 -0400

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

Pfizer might be liable for generic Neurontin

admin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:59:54 -0400

You may pay the fine though you never collected the revenue. That's what a Philadelphia judge told Pfizer and Warner-Lambert last week in a trial over off-label marketing of Neurontin. If the Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Thais to make their own generics

admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:59:52 -0400

After announcing that it would bust the patents on four cancer meds, Thailand now says it's building a plant to make local versions of several anti-AIDS meds and the heart drug Clopidogrel. The Read more...

Courts more open to patent-busting

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:59:56 -0400

Patents aren't just an issue in Thailand, either. These days, drugmakers are having a more difficult time keeping patent protection on their products, the Financial Times notes. Ever since top U.S. Read more...