Mr. Simon also recently represented a generic
brand drug company in an individual case alleging that the brand name manufacturer had filed false citizens petitions to delay the entry of the generic drug unto the market.
In cases involving the Hatch - Waxman Act and issues involving the expiration of pharmaceutical patents and competition between
branded drug companies and generic manufacturers, our antitrust litigation graphics can illuminate a complicated industry and a complex regulatory scheme as below:
Not exact matches
That makes Optimum a truly rare thing: a
brand - builder that improves the overall Shoppers
Drug Mart experience, while adding to the
company's short - term bottom line.
The article described how an internal investigation conducted by a
company executive, Dinesh Thakur, who went on to become a whistleblower, reported appalling deceit: Ranbaxy scientists substituted cheaper, lower - quality ingredients in place of better ingredients, manipulated test parameters, and even bought
brand - name
drugs and used them in place of their own generics to win FDA approval.
Only about 200 patients or fewer will take Valeant's
branded version of the migraine
drug this year, amounting to less than $ 1 million in sales (about 0.01 % of the
company's annual revenue).
Even after the outrage the
drug faced, the price of the
branded EpiPen hasn't changed, Duhigg noted on a recent trip to the pharmacy, though the
company did introduce a generic that has a list price of $ 300.
Still, cannabis
companies have been ramping up their marketing efforts in recent months to get consumers better acquainted with their
brands and offerings now, using innovative tactics such as releasing cannabis - inspired but
drug - free products and bringing on celebrity investors.
Allergan would also bolster Pfizer's «innovative» (i.e.
brand - name)
drug business, which it internally separated from its slower - growing «established» (i.e. generic and non-patented)
drug division in 2014, further signaling that it may be planning to split into two different
companies altogether.
Her seemingly well - orchestrated announcement of diabetes along with a sponsorship deal with a diabetes
drug company came off as insincere to many at the time, especially when they also perceived that the lifestyle her
brand promotes could be a contributing cause.
That's an even rarer feat for a generic
drug maker such as Mylan, which makes most of its revenue not on
brand - name
drugs, but on cheaper, equivalent versions of other
companies»
branded medications.
J&J acquired Actelion, a Swiss pharmaceutical
company that makes
drugs to treat pulmonary hypertension, and it sold hemorrhoid care
brands Anusol and Rectinol to Church & Dwight.
Erin's primary responsibilities at RA Capital are to manage the design and creation of all internal and external documents and resources for the
company, including competitive landscapes of
drugs and medical devices for disease indications and capabilities, set
brand standards, and oversee internal and external marketing efforts.
Early Monday, Allergan plc Ordinary Shares (NYSE: AGN)-- one of the world's largest pharmaceutical
companies that produces
branded and generic
drugs, and performs pharmaceutical research and development — announced its recent acquisition of Zeltiq Aesthetics.
An Indian generic
drug company on Monday urged a federal appeals court to reconsider a recent decision that revived a patent infringement case against Google LLC, saying the ruling could spur «vexatious lawsuits» by makers of
brand - name pharmaceutical products.
The divestment would complete the
company's gradual shift away from its original focus on generic
drugs and nuclear imaging toward
branded specialty pharmaceuticals, which now comprise the bulk of its revenues.
The number of years that a
brand name
drug is patented for is extremely important to a
drug company, which will fight tooth and nail to prevent its expiration.
«Subject to Health Canada's approval of Shoppers
Drug Mart's application to be a licensed producer, under the terms of the agreement the
Company will supply Shoppers
Drug Mart with Aphria -
branded medical cannabis products,» a release from Aphria said.
Its member
companies manufacture popular national
brands as well as the store
brands marketed by major supermarkets,
drug stores and discount chains.
First, he said it was based on one - sided data that mail - order
companies provided to the FTC and second, it reflected a market dominated by
brand name
drugs.
A team of researchers found that D.C. - based health care providers who got gifts — including cash, meals and ownership interests — from pharmaceutical
companies prescribed more
drugs per patient, wrote more expensive prescriptions and were more likely to recommend
brand names.
* Eliminate «pay - for - delay» strategies in which a pharmaceutical
company with a
brand name
drug shares profits on that
drug with a generic
drug manufacturer for the remainder of a patent period, effectively eliminating a patent challenge and competition.
In a rare move, the
companies that make the multiple sclerosis
drug daclizumab (
brand name Zinbryta) have voluntarily pulled the medication from the market and stopped all clinical studies after reports of eight cases of serious brain inflammation among patients in Europe.
This has greatly changed through time because of
drug companies relying heavily on major
drugs that often have problems discovered down the road or because of new
branded and generic competition that didn't exist back in the early 1990s and before.
Most recently, the Pfizer
drug company conducted a series of experiments on their
brand of cat vaccine (Felocel - 4)(1).
Early last year, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a patient could sue a
brand - name manufacturer for not warning about a
drug's risks even if the medication involved is a generic version made by another
company.
Currently, Canada is the only country that allows
brand name pharmaceutical
companies to sue generic pharmaceutical
companies multiple times on the same patents, adding to the costs and risks of bringing generic
drug competition to the Canadian market.
Courage says the ruling is important because it now means that
companies looking to invalidate patents, like some who manufacture generic
drugs, will not be able to do so by arguing that a
company that manufactures
brand name
drugs over-promised its intended uses in its initial patent application.
Plaintiff May Sue Manufacturer of Name -
Brand Prescription
Drug for Injury Allegedly Caused by Different
Company's Generic
Drug, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, February 28, 2013 Federal Statute Preempts State Products Liability Lawsuit Over Asbestos Exposure, According to Supreme Court: Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp., Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, October 18, 2012
And Joe Nocera explored the views of different industries in Bloomberg, painting a picture of tech
companies on one side (supporting inter partes review because of how often patents are challenged in court) against
drug companies on the other side (criticizing inter partes review because it cuts down on their ability to build «patent fortresses» around a
branded drug to maintain that
drug's profitability).
Even after completing an associate degree, graduates will have to stay current with changes occurring in the industry or with particular pharmaceutical
companies, since new
drugs and generic
brands are always entering the market.