‘Biovail Corp. said on Wednesday it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its orally disintegrating tablet formulation of citalopram hydrobromide to treat depression.
Biovail, a specialty pharmaceutical company, said it is considering a number of commercialization options for the product.’
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‘A U.S. federal judge in Delaware on Friday ruled for Pfizer Inc. and against Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. in a patent fight over rights to the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Farnan Jr. said Ranbaxy’s generic version of the cholesterol treatment infringes two Pfizer patents. Farnan also found the New Delhi-based generic drug maker […]
‘Pfizer Inc. won a crucial court ruling yesterday that will allow it to exclusively sell the top-selling drug worldwide, the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, until 2011. Shares of Pfizer, the world’s largest drug company, soared more than 11 percent on the news.
District Judge Joseph J. Farnan Jr. ruled in Delaware federal court that Indian pharmaceutical company […]
‘A planned 6.7 percent cut in the price of prescription drugs in Japan will be a headache for the country’s small drug makers, which depend on domestic sales, and could spur further consolidation in the industry, analysts say.
Under Japan’s health insurance system, prices of prescription drugs are reduced almost every two years to help trim […]
‘Two separate studies out today show how Australians are turning away from prescription pills, as government spending on drugs fell for the first time in more than a decade.
The online pharmaceutical newsletter Pharma in Focus has published figures which show that spending fell by $16 million, in four months this year for the first time […]
‘A U.S. judge on Monday declared a mistrial in the first federal lawsuit against Merck & Co. Inc. and its Vioxx painkiller after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
The mistrial further clouds the legal picture for Merck, which had lost one Vioxx trial in Texas state court but later won a case in […]
Qualitative product pricing analysis done in the earliest stages of drug development, during Pre- Clinical testing and Phase 1 human clinical trials, can set the stage for brand teams to win prime positioning on managed care formularies and favorable reimbursement status, according to a new report, “Pharmaceutical Pricing in the US and Europe: Analysis of […]
‘GlaxoSmithKline faces a 1,500-strong UK class action suit early next year over its anti-depressant Seroxat, The Business newspaper said on Sunday.
It quoted Mark Harvey, a partner at Cardiff solicitor Hugh James, as saying he would launch the suit next spring.
Harvey was not available to comment on Sunday.’
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Medicine Net has put together a good list of drugs that can cause either depression and mania at Know the medications and medicines that cause Depression.
‘Certain drugs prescribed for various medical conditions have been found to cause depression (feeling of sadness, despair and discouragement) or mania (excessive happiness and joy), in some people…..’
‘Two years ago, as fears of a SARS pandemic spread, a San Diego biotech company aided by federal dollars speeded a promising vaccine out of the lab and into human testing.
But when Vical Inc. and the government wrap up the 15-person test next year, the drug is expected to end up on the shelf because […]