Simvastatin goes off patent in late June; Ranbaxy gets 180-day exclusivity period; Dr Reddy's-Merck will be third player.
According to the petition copies, Hospira has alleged that Aurobindo's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to make generic version of dexmedetomidine hydrochloride injection would infringe its patented drug Precedex.
The deal would involve Pfizer paying with 11.3 of its shares for each Allergan share.
The US continues to be the most important part of our overseas portfolio
Wockhardt has received United States Food & Drug Administration approval to market Zonisamide capsules.
The difference between watching a movie on a laptop in your apartment and watching it on a big white screen is almost spiritual, notes Sreehari Nair.
Last year, India's agricultural exports to the United States topped $5 billion.
Trade has grown steadily since 2004, before flattening out in the past couple of years.
The generic drugs at issue were manufactured at Ranbaxy's facilities in Paonta Sahib and Dewas in India and included acne drug Sotret, epilepsy and nerve pain drug gabapentin and antibiotic ciprofloxacin.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked exporters to prepare a strategy for the next five years and start working in that direction.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Tuesday launched its approved generic formulation of Clarithromycin immediate release tablets in the US market.
An insider said that over the past decade or so Cipla has become immune to the exits of leaders. There have been no directional change in the long-term strategies.
The state govt has raised drug procurement budget.
Observing that the economic recovery was not yet fully entrenched, the RBI Governor said recovery is likely to be gradual.
Spending allocation covers salaries, consultancy, litigation, material expense and regulatory costs.
Increased price control over branded generic medicines has affected its profitability
Practice these seven easy habits and you'll be amazed at the results, says Aditya Prasad, chief evangelist at Perfios.com.
The worry is that India's cavalier approach to intellectual property may catch on in other parts of the developing world
Ranbaxy Laboratories has withdrawn all of its generic versions of antiretroviral drugs from World Health Organization's list of approved HIV medicines, saying it's uncertain they are biologically the same as the patented drugs.
Whistle-blower Dinesh Thakur will speak on Made-in-India drugs at an event in Washington.
The drug Glivec was a genuinely new and important discovery deserving of patent protection.
All of Ranbaxy's India-based factories are currently banned by the FDA from exporting medicines to the United States, the company's largest market, after the regulator's inspection found violation of its so-called good manufacturing practices.
GlaxoSmithKline has filed a lawsuit in a United States court against Dr Reddy's Laboratories alleging infringement of patent rights of a generic version of 'Imitrex' drug, used for the treatment of migraine.
Companies known for spending huge amounts on innovation globally have minuscule budgets for India. What's holding them back?
Industry must take strong collective action to protect the reputation it enjoys in global markets, says Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
'In states where all shops are allowed to function and pedestrians are allowed to move around, there is no reason to presume that vendors are not allowed to operate. But ambiguity surrounding the operation of street vendors de jure has led the police to harass them de facto,' say Bhuvana Anand, Jayana Bedi and Prashant Narang.
Firm pleads guilty to lying to US FDA; says it had set aside the money.
A random check had found that tests failed to prove the medicines were same as the patented drugs.\n
The move assumes significance because a go-ahead from the US Food and Drug Administration for the new unit in Visakhapatnam is likely to give a huge boost to the company's revenues in upcoming quarters.
For far too long, people in J&K have felt the government doesn't exist for them.' 'My first priority is to make them feel that not only does it exist, it is there to work for them.
Dhoom 3 boasts of more noise, more bikes and a whole lot of scowling from Aamir Khan.
Indian companies may be able to make generic copies of Roche's anti-influenza drug Tamiflu with its patent still pending in the country.
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