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> Impax Laboratories has initiated a challenge of patents listed by MSP Singapore in connection with Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin), 10 mg/80 mg. Impax release
> Leading drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories today said Arun Sawhney has taken over as the managing director (MD) of the company, replacing Atul Sobti, who resigned on August 12. Report
> A small Northeast Philadelphia generic drug maker is taking on the FDA in a battle over a pain medicine that is more than a century old. Story
> Cephalon has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Delaware against Apotex for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,132,570 and RE37,516 for the Cephalon product Nuvigil. SEC filing
> A generic drug maker plans to make a version of the Gilead Sciences chronic hepatitis B drug Hepsera. News
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> Can Eli Lilly get its R&D act together? News
> HHS: U.S. needs $200M biodefense fund. Report
> MannKind looks to raise $110M. Item
> Anchor raises $10M, aims for more in Series B. Story
> Abbott bows out of Flutiform pact. Article
And Finally... It will likely be the most popular measure taken by the German government in almost two years: changing a law to allow medical cannabis to be prescribed by doctors and distributed through pharmacies. The law was spearheaded by a small coalition party, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP). News