Generics
News
Sun Pharma adds generic tamsulosin and rivastigmine to portfolio
posted 13/08/2010
Sun Pharma is gathering speed with a barrage of generic versions recently coming onto the market and with an extensive pipel... 
Sun and Teva losing battle over generic Protonix
posted 13/08/2010
On 19 July 2010, it was announced that a US court had denied a motion by India’s Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Israel-ba... 
New EGA chair to study generic medicines policies
posted 13/08/2010
On 8 July 2010, Professor Steven Simoens was inaugurated as the new European Generic medicines Association (EGA) chair for ‘... 
Court upholds decision against AstraZeneca’s omeprazole
posted 10/08/2010
On 1 July 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) upheld the decision of the European Commission (EC), which found that As... 
Generics lose battle against AstraZeneca’s Crestor (rosuvastatin)
posted 30/07/2010
On 30 June 2010, AstraZeneca announced that a court in the US had overruled challenges, from a number of generic producers,... |
Research
International trends in generics: the EU
posted 30/08/2010
Few studies have conducted an international price comparison of generic medicines as it is hard to access comparable data. A... 
Bioequivalence testing for generics
posted 09/07/2010
Bioequivalence studies, consisting of single-dose pharmacokinetic evaluations, are required for the registration of most gen... 
Are generic medicines in Europe too expensive?
posted 21/06/2010
by Professor Steven Simoens, Research Centre for Pharmaceutical Care and Pharmaco-economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,...
Teva CEO about opportunities in generics and biosimilars
posted 15/03/2010
To retain its position in the long run, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. aims at significant growth in the generic market... 
Indian firms seek a higher profile in biosimilars
posted 12/02/2010
As reported by Anju Ghangurde in Scrip News of 13 January 2010, large Indian companies appear to be keen to develop their ca... |
General
FDA creates new division to speed up generic approval times
posted 25/06/2010
As the FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) struggles to keep up with its growing backlog of abbreviated new drug approvals (... 
Generic substitution of cyclosporin sometimes undesired
posted 26/03/2010
The bio-equivalence criteria of the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (CBG-MEB) offer insufficient guarantee for a safe subst... 
India claims to be world leader in generics exports
posted 17/03/2010
The Indian government has said that India ranks top in the world in exporting generic medicines, with a worth of 50,000 bill... 
EGA wants better Centralised Procedure and Decentralised Procedure for generics authorisation
posted 03/03/2010
The European Generic medicines Association (EGA) presented ‘Vision 2015’, which aims to create a globally competitive generi... 
Should Indian generic firms partner with Big Pharma?
posted 20/01/2010
After years of warding off generics, large pharmaceutical companies are embracing generic drug manufacturers and vying for a... |
