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OxyContin's waiting game: Generic drug makers salivate while the FDA wants safer pills
Apr 16, 2013
OxyContin is supposed to come off patent and generic drug makers are excited. But, the FDA may put a stop to it all to wait for safer pills.
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India Novartis patent ruling: Good for access, bad for innovation?
Apr 1, 2013
India's Supreme Court has rejected a patent filed by Swiss drug maker Novartis for its cancer drug. The decision has implications for the pharmaceutical industry and millions of people in poor countries.
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Cheap generic drugs face possible legal liabilities
Mar 19, 2013
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could decide whether generic drug makers can be held liable for alleged flaws in the designs of their medications.
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A warning about the price of generic drugs
Mar 8, 2013
Drug manufacturers can charge very different prices for essentially the same generic medicine.
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Lipitor makes way for generics
Nov 29, 2011
Pfizer's blockbuster cholesterol drug loses patent protection December 1. It could have happened sooner.
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