Alimta patent lawsuit may be Lilly’s $15B lifeline

Posted: January 4th, 2013  |  Company/topic: Eli Lilly
Website: MedCity News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eli Lilly & Co may have a $15 billion wild card up its sleeve as it waits for desperately needed new drugs to bear fruit. Should an obscure patent on Lilly lung cancer drug A…
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GSK reaches $150M deal in Flonase antitrust case

Posted: December 20th, 2012  |  Company/topic: GlaxoSmithKline
Website: FiercePharma News
GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) and a group of drug wholesalers have come to terms in a lawsuit over generic Flonase. The drugmaker agreed to pay $150 million to the companies--including Meijer, AmerisourceBer…
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Merck wins back $500K in retaliation lawsuit

Posted: December 10th, 2012  |  Company/topic: Merck
Website: FiercePharma News
The courts giveth and the courts taketh away, and how you view those actions depends on which side of a lawsuit you sit on. In a recent ruling by a federal appeals court, Merck & Co. ($MRK) was ha…
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Merck must face gender-bias claims from former exec

Posted: December 4th, 2012  |  Company/topic: Merck
Website: FiercePharma News
More discrimination against women in Big Pharma? It's now Merck's ($MRK) turn to face a lawsuit claiming that the company discriminates against women who take maternity leave. The legal fight comes at…
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