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1. Watson challenges Takeda's Rozerem patent

   9 min ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

   Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it is challenging Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s patent on the insomnia treatment Rozerem.

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   Related Topix: Biotech, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration

2. Watson challenges Takeda's Rozerem patent w/Photo

   32 min ago | Bioscience Technology

   Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it is challenging Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s patent on the insomnia treatment Rozerem.

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   Related Topix: Biotech, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration

3. Scripps Research team develops cheap, easy 'kitchen chemistry' to perform formerly complex synthesis

   Yesterday | EurekAlert!

   December 3, 2009- A team at The Scripps Research Institute has made major strides in solving a problem that has been plaguing chemists for many years: how best to break carbon-hydrogen bonds and then to create new bonds to join molecules together.

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   Related Topix: Chemistry, Science, Technical Services

4. Blue Spoon Consulting Publishes Generic Design for Marketing Ecosystems

   1 hr ago | EIN News

   Available for download through the Blue Spoon Consulting website , marketing ecosystem design is driven by the demand for new thinking to overcome marketing and media fragmentation.

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   Related Topix: Marketing

5. Watson Files FDA Application for Generic Rozerem(R) - Paragraph IV Litigation Underway

   3 hrs ago | Pharmaceutical Processing

   Watson Pharmaceuticals, today confirmed that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc.-Florida, filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval to market its 8mg ramelteon tablets prior to the expiration of a patent owned by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.

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   Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

6. Hi-Tech Pharmacal to Release Second Quarter Earnings and Hold Conference Call on December 9, 2009

   3 hrs ago | Business Wire

   ... developer and marketer of branded prescription and OTC products for the diabetes marketplace. Hi-Tech's ECR Pharmaceuticals division markets branded prescription products. Forward-looking statements (statements which are not historical facts) in ...

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   Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, HiTech Pharmacal Co, Healthcare Industry, Marketing

7. Research and Markets: The Pharmaceutical Market in Spain - Vaccine...

   3 hrs ago | Business Wire

   Research and Markets: The Pharmaceutical Market in Spain - Vaccine Manufacturing Centre in Granada, Andalusia, Expected to be Fully Operational in 2012 This in-depth pharmaceutical market report is ideal for executives wanting to understand the key drivers in pharmaceutical markets and have access to a wealth of statistical data.

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8. Celesio buys Alchemy Healthcare

   4 hrs ago | Ireland.com

   German drug distributor Celesio has bought contract sales organisation Alchemy Healthcare for an undisclosed sum.

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   Related Topix: Ireland, Europe, World News, Marketing

9. Impax Labs acquires two generic drugs

   4 hrs ago | Drug Store News

   HAYWARD,A Calif. Generic drug maker Impax Labs has bought the rights to two generic drugs from Watson Pharmaceuticals and Arrow Group, which Watson recently acquired.

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   Related Topix: Biotech, Impax Laboratories, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Watson Pharmaceuticals

10. H1N1 pandemic not over yet - WHO

    4 hrs ago | The Victoria Star

    It's too soon to think about consigning the H1N1 pandemic to the history books, the World Health Organization's top flu expert said Thursday.

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    Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Bird Flu

11. Cost increase rocks neb-med providers

    4 hrs ago | HME News

    ... largest maker of albuterol, transferred the manufacturing rights to the drug to its parent company, Mylan Pharmaceuticals in October. Mylan, a large generics manufacturer, then announced a price increase and other manufacturers followed suit. "I ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Albuterol (generic), Ventolin, Proventil, Yarmouth, ME

12. Direct to Consumer (DTC) Advertising in Pharmaceuticals - Current and Future Market Outlook

    5 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

    ... link to your browser: With the entry of new channels to ...

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    Related Topix: Marketing

13. Why Biologics Remain Expensive

    5 hrs ago | Forbes

    ... for Medicare and Medicaid. So how drugs are priced has a meaningful impact on our total health care costs. Pharmaceuticals of particular importance are biologic drugs--those created using biological rather than chemical properties--because they ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Medicaid, Health

14. USP revises standard to prevent medication errors

    6 hrs ago | Pharmaceutical Technology

    The US Pharmacopeial Convention has posted a proposed revised standard for what should and should not appear on the ferrules and cap overseals of medication vials.

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    Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine, Food and Drug Administration

15. New Honorary Members for Irvine Burns Club

    6 hrs ago | Irvine Herald

    THE new nine Honorary Members of Irvine Burns Club were announced at a lunch in the town on Friday.

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    Related Topix: Folk, Eddi Reader, United Kingdom, Strathclyde County, Scotland, Saltcoats, Scotland, Dreghorn, Scotland

16. Warning: drug ads are harmful to your health

    9 hrs ago | NewsTarget.com

    If you watch TV or ever flip through a glossy magazine, you are bound to have seen ads conjured up by Big Pharma working with slick advertising agencies.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, UC Los Angeles

17. Help is on the way

    Sunday Nov 29 | The Daily Commercial

    In between bites of leftover turkey and reheated mashed potatoes, let's pause for a moment to give thanks for a benevolent enterprise often ignored during the holiday season.

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    Related Topix: Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome), Health, Medicine, Pain, Opinion

18. Booming Medical Tourism in India

    8 hrs ago | PR.com

    'Booming Medical Tourism in India' report provides a deep insight into the Indian medical tourism market.

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19. Codex Alimentarius - Part Four - What is Codex, Exactly?

    9 hrs ago | Alternative Health Journal

    Part Four - What is Codex, Exactly? By Lord Rudi C. Loehwing, Community Contributor -- Published: December 04, 2009 Originally designed by military and business leaders from the pharmaceutical industry in Germany shortly after World War II, historically, Codex was evolved from a collection of standards and product descriptions for a wide variety of ...

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20. After 20 years, ICH tops harmonization efforts

    10 hrs ago | Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine

    Pharmaceutical Technology talks to FDA's Justina A. Molzon about current discussions with international regulators, and how, after 20 years of harmonization activities and the common technical document, the ICH has benefited regulatory authorities.

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