Generic of Plavix Is Blocked
486171
In a patent dispute, a federal judge ordered a Canadian company to stop distributing its generic version of Plavix.
641280
The Food and Drug Administration should immediately yank Celebrex and Bextra from the market to protect Americans from the drugs' heart risks, according to a petition filed with the agency yesterday by Public Citizen. The petition also requests that the FDA freeze applications for Arcoxia and Prexige -- two painkillers under development -- for the same reason.
296028
Pfizer Inc. , Merck &amp; Co. , and fellow drug makers thought Republican congressional majorities and President Bush's reelection created a firewall against legal prescription drug imports. The wall is starting to crack.
459566
LONDON/NEW YORK  - A court ruling upholding the patent on blockbuster blood-thinning drug Plavix has reignited talk France's Sanofi-Aventis  will bid for its smaller U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. .
80614
The heartburn drug Protonix could face early generic competition, after a federal judge cleared the way for a generic version of the medicine.
676044
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about the generic drug naproxen, after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) halted a clinical trial involving patients at risk of developing Alzheimers.
159194
Treatment with Synagis (palivizumab), a type of antibody therapy, is not a cost effective way of preventing infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in high-risk infants, according to two new reports published in the medical journal Pediatrics.
73844
ANSWER: Cigna Medical Group has several more clinics scheduled (see box). Check with your doctor&#39;s office to see if they have ordered any new doses.
296213
British drugmakers are launching a legal  challenge to moves by the state-run National Health Service to  switch large numbers of patients onto cheap generic  prescription medicines.
310124
Two generic drug products by the Indian  drug maker Cipla for treating HIV/AIDS have been reinstated on  the World Health Organization's recommended list six months  after being removed, a senior WHO official said on Tuesday.
56941
Pfizer Inc.  on Friday said a Canadian federal court granted its request to prevent Novopharm Ltd. from launching a generic version of Pfizer's Lipitor cholesterol drug until a patent expires in July 2010.
354450
A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a   request from Sanofi-Aventis SASY.PA and Bristol-Myers Squibb   Co. BMY.N to block the sale of a generic form of their   top-selling Plavix blood thinner.
722344
TWO generic drugs made by the Indian company Cipla for treating HIV/AIDS have been reinstated to the World Health Organisation&#39;s (WHO&#39;s) recommended list six months after being removed, an official said yesterday.
188597
A major maker of generic AIDS medicines voluntarily removed all its antiretroviral medications from the World Health Organization&#39;s list of approved drugs yesterday, a move that could potentially
466090
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which makes generic drugs, has won American approval to sell the first copies of GlaxoSmithKlineÂs Zofran for nausea related to chemotherapy and surgical procedures. Shipment will begin immediately, Teva said in a statement. The brand-name versions of the injections had sales of $695 million in the 12 months that ended in September, Teva said, citing figures from IMS Health.
231400
WASHINGTON -- Biotechnology lobbyists attempting to slow the development of cheap generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs have been emphasizing questions about their safety in an effort to win support among the new Democratic leaders of Congress.
198241
Generic medications used to treat other disorders may also be able to stop a fatal viral infection that&#39;s nearly untreatable right now and that&#39;s become increasingly common among AIDS patients.