NEW YORK-- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Monday that it is buying MicroDose Therapeutx for $40 million to build its pipeline of respiratory products. Teva, based in Israel, is one of the world's largest makers of generic drugs. U.S.-traded shares of Teva added 20 cents to $39.28 in Monday afternoon trading.
Judge Edward Korman of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, said the FDA proposal was "sufficient" to comply with his order to make emergency contraception widely available.
NEW YORK-- Shares of Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. jumped Thursday after a UBS analyst upgraded the shares, saying she thinks it's more likely the company will be able to start selling a generic version of the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone in the next few years.
Shares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which makes Plan B One-Step, increased 41 cents to $38.44 by midday. Shares of Perrigo Co., which has a two-pill pack, jumped nearly 3 percent to $116.47. And Actavis Inc. shares increased 44 cents to $120.78 amid a drop in the broader market.
HERZLIYA, Israel, June 6- Inspired by its success in high-tech electronics and software, Israel is hoping to pull off the same trick in life sciences. High-tech has been one of Israel's main growth engines and companies such as Intel Inc, IBM and Google Inc have major R&D centres in the country.
District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn said he would give the FDA until May 13 to ask a federal appeals court in Manhattan to stay the order, which had been scheduled to take effect on Friday.
District Judge Edward Korman on April 5 ordered the FDA to lift age restrictions on all levonorgestrel-based emergency contraception- also known as the "morning-after" pill or "Plan B"- to prevent unwanted pregnancies. The FDA has appealed the ruling to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan.
Lawyers with the Justice Department filed the appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, according to court documents. District Judge Edward Korman's ruling from April 5 that required the FDA to make the emergency contraception available over-the-counter to women of all ages within 30 days.
Lawyers with the Justice Department filed the appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, according to court documents. District Judge Edward Korman's ruling from April 5 that required the FDA to make the emergency contraception available over-the-counter to women of all ages within 30 days.
May 1- Drugs from Amgen Inc, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Sanofi that boost white blood cells are being evaluated by U.S. regulators as treatments for radiation exposure caused by a nuclear attack or accident.
The FDA said on Tuesday it will allow girls as young as 15 years old to buy without a prescription the Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive, made by a unit of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd..
1999: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd receives FDA approval to market Plan B, the first emergency contraceptive drug for prescription-only use in the United States. 2005: Reproductive-rights groups file lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court seeking to force FDA to respond to their petition.
April 2- Neurological and dermatology drugs maker Merz Pharma Group offered to buy cosmetic products maker Obagi Medical Products Inc for $383.5 million, topping a bid by Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. Merz's $22- per-share bid represents a premium of 11 percent to Valeant's offer of $19.75.
WASHINGTON, March 29- Biogen Idec Inc said on Friday it will charge $54,900 a year for its multiple sclerosis drug, Tecfidera, which received U.S. approval on Wednesday. The company has priced the drug at a discount to key competitors such as Novartis AG's MS pill Gilenya, which costs roughly $60,000 a year, in a bid to maximize its market share.
*Sales of Tecfidera expected to top $3 billion by 2017. WASHINGTON, March 27- U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a new multiple sclerosis drug made by Biogen Idec Inc that is widely expected to become the No. 1 oral treatment for the disease, with annual sales topping $3 billion.
*Sales of Tecfidera expected to top $3 billion by 2017. March 27- U.S. regulators have approved a new multiple sclerosis drug made by Biogen Idec Inc that is widely expected to become the No. 1 oral treatment for the disease, with annual sales of more than $3 billion.
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