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Tag Archives: generics
WHO Threatens Industry Shut-out on Counterfeit Regulation
Big Pharma believes that a global generics franchise might give it a softer landing off the patent cliff, but governments that sponsor and regulate the industry are still acting a bit slow on the uptake. The reason? Anti-IP activists are again poisoning the well on global access to medicines, engaging the bigger emerging market governments [...]
Posted in Global Also tagged Brazil, IFPMA, india, WHO, World Health Assembly, World Health Organization Leave a comment
Authorized Generics Agreements to Increase
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The number of authorized generics (AG) agreements is likely to grow as pharma continues to converge with generics companies, a new report from Datamonitor claims. AG agreements are considered more ‘potent’ in the US market because market exclusivity is awarded to first-to-file generics companies, but detractors among the generics-producing [...]
Posted in Global, News, Regulatory Also tagged analysis, branded pharma, Datamonitor, patents, Pharmaceuticals, Regulatory 1 Comment
The EC Admonishes European Pharma, European Pharma Celebrates
Despite the rhetoric, the climax of the European Commission’s antitrust investigations — instigated with dawn raids on the major pharma companies by EC Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes last year — has been more of a whimper than a bang.
Pharm Exec Europe’s EU correspondent Reflector goes so far as to say “Big Pharma is not opening [...]
Posted in Global, Regulatory Also tagged anti-competitive, antitrust, Brussels, EC, European Commission, European Union, investigations, Neelie Kroes, Regulatory Leave a comment
Abbott Shells Out $3.7 Billion for Piramal