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U.K. saves £1 million a day, thanks to generic Lipitor
How much is a generic drug worth to a payer? More than £350 million, for the U.K.'s National Health Service anyway. That's how much it saved during the first 12 months after Pfizer's Lipitor went off patent, the generic industry's trade association says.
Astellas forecasts big sales growth as prostate drug catches hold
Japan's drugmakers aren't any more immune from generic competition than U.S. pharma companies are. Still the country's second- and third-largest drugmakers are predicting sales growth this year, even as low-cost copies drain away sales of their key products. New drugs are coming in to pick up the slack, the companies said.
Unhappy with price caps at home, Indian drugmakers eye more U.S. growth
It's no big secret that international drugmakers are miffed at India. Revoking a few drug patents and overriding others will do that. But India's own pharma companies have their own beef with government policy--namely government pricing policies.
On verge of $13B merger, Valeant and Actavis stop talking
Valeant Pharmaceuticals was on the verge of its biggest deal yet last week. Until merger talks with generics giant Actavis fell apart, that is.
Actavis to make generic tamper-resistant OxyContin
Purdue Pharma and generic drugmaker Actavis have settled their patent suit over a special formulation of the painkiller OxyContin just 10 days the FDA banned generic versions that do not carry abuse resistant technology.
Thanks to Lexapro generics, Forest swings to loss on 32% drop in yearly sales
No one expected Forest Laboratories to post quarterly sales growth. How could it? The company's flagship drug, Lexapro, lost patent protection just as last year's fiscal fourth quarter drew to a close. So, this time around, Forest's sales were destined to drop.
Lundbeck launches alcohol dependence drug Selincro in heavy-drinking countries
After losing patent protection last year on the blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, Danish drugmaker Lundbeck hopes to regain a least a bit of that vaporized revenue as it launches its anti-binge drinking drug Selincro in some European countries.
U.K. goes after GSK for decade-old pay-for-delay deal
Pay-for-delay deals are disliked by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. A month after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the practices, regulators in the U.K. have turned to a decade-old deal, no longer place, to accuse GlaxoSmithKline of paying competitors to keep generics off the market.
Bayer to face new Yaz rivals as patent goes up in flames
After taking a $500 million charge against 2012 earnings for Yaz and Yasmin-related litigation, Bayer has lost its patent fight with three generics makers intent on selling their own copycats.
Cipla steamrolls into Enbrel market with biosimilar of Amgen drug
While the FDA continues its slow-motion release of new guidelines for producing biosimilars in the U.S., India's Cipla has stepped up with a knockoff of the rheumatoid arthritis blockbuster Enbrel, which it will sell in the subcontinent at a 30% discount.
