Wyeth Faces Generic Rival to a Heartburn Drug
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The heartburn drug Protonix could face early generic competition, after a federal judge cleared the way for a generic version of the medicine.
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The FDA decides to debate the company's lead drug.
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U.S. regulators said on Friday they would review whether to take action over Merck & Co Inc's and Schering-Plough Corp's popular cholesterol drug Vytorin after a study showed it was no better than a generic in preventing the build-up of fatty plaque.
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The maker of generic drugs gets sued twice in one week.
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Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd   raised its 2007 earnings outlook following the launch of its generic version of Wyeth's  ulcer drug Protonix.
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Pfizer plans to ask or approval of torcetrapib, a heart drug crucial to the companyÂs future, despite evidence that the drug increases blood pressure.
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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.
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Wyeth on Monday said it will support  proposed changes to a national settlement with former users of  its "fen-phen" diet drugs, allowing quicker settlements for  claims related to some of the less serious side effects from  the recalled appetite suppressants.
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J&J already has generic competition for its new drug.
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Shares of Biovail Corp. fell Wednesday after the drug maker confirmed that a competitor had applied to the Food and Drug Administration to market a generic version of its extended-release antidepressant Wellbutrin XL.
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Pharmaceutical firm Wyeth said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration granted fast-track status to its experimental cancer drug temsirolimus as an initial treatment for patients with advanced kidney ...
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Shares of Wyeth WYE.N and Pfizer  Inc. PFE.N fell on Monday after Merrill Lynch downgraded the  drugmakers and U.K. regulators issued tougher warnings on the  type of popular depression drugs sold by the companies.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.  - Rival drug giants Pfizer Inc.  PFE.N and Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N argued conflicting views  of the dangers of their pain relievers on Wednesday to U.S.  science advisers weighing the risks of medicines similar to  recalled arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Wyeth said on Tuesday that US regulators will review on an accelerated basis its experimental drug temsirolimus as a first line treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma.
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Wyeth WYE.N on Wednesday reported a  third-quarter profit, reversing a loss in the year-ago period,  when it took a $2 billion charge for liabilities from its  recalled "fen-phen" diet medicines.
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Two Philadelphia juries on Wednesday awarded damages to four out of five plaintiffs who argued that Wyeth&#39;s (WYE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) weight-loss drug used as part of the fen-phen combination caused heart-valve damage, the
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Wyeth on Wednesday faced   accusations that one of its hormone replacement therapy (HRT)   drugs caused breast cancer in a 67-year-old woman as one of the   thousands of trials the drug maker is facing over the treatment   got underway.