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Barr wages patent fight

July
12

Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. said today its Pomona-based Barr Laboratories Inc. subsidiary is challenging a patent by Boehringer Ingelheim over capsule forms of the latter’s Aggrenox stroke medication. Barr is seeking to produce a generic version of the drug. Boehringer Ingelheim filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block Barr’s effort. Aggrenox had sales of about $258 million in the United States last year, Barr said, citing industry data.

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 12th, 2007 at 5:10 pm by Jerry Gleeson.
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