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Archive for February 21st, 2012
Now Available and Coming Soon in Generic
Now Available: *Caduet *Combivir *Entocort *Keppra XR LoSeasonique *Lipitor *Solodyn *Uroxatral *Zyprexa *Zyprexa Zydis Coming Soon: Lexapro Plavix Seroquel
WellPoint Planning to Stop Covering Lipitor
Health-insurer WellPoint Inc. is planning to stop covering Pfizer Inc.’s Lipitor cholesterol-lowering pills for millions of members in favor of generic versions, marking a new challenge to Pfizer’s efforts to fend off generic competition to its best-selling drug. WellPoint, one of the nation’s largest managed-care firms, will make the change on April 1 for many [...]
Employees Concerned over Express Scripts / Medco Merger
More than 50 employers from across the country today sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expressing concern about the proposed merger between pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI) and Medco Health Solutions. The group said that approving the $29 billion deal could make pharmacy plans more expensive for employers and [...]
Avastin Warning Doctors and Patients
The maker of the widely prescribed cancer drug Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product that have been distributed in the U.S. Roche’s Genentech unit said Tuesday that the fake products do not contain the key ingredient in Avastin, which is used to treat cancers of the colon, lung, kidney [...]
Possible 2012 Product Launches
Actos 17-Aug $3.5 billion Mylan – :first to file” Teva – authorized generic Actosplus Met 14-Dec $459 million Mylan – :first to file” Teva – authorized generic Atacand 4-Dec $122 million Tentative approval: Lek, Matrix Atacand HCT 4-Dec $59 million Mylan – “first to file” Avalide 30-Mar $330 million Tentative approval: Mylan, Teva, Sandoz, Roxane, [...]