Impax Labs sued by Johnson & Johnson unit over Concerta patent The Pharma Letter Earlier this week, Impax was also sued by Abbott Laboratories for patent infringement of the latter's cholesterol lowering drug Simcor ( niacin /simvastatin; ... Read more »
Impax challenges Abbott’s Simcor patent – Drug Store News
Proactive Investors USA & Canada Impax challenges Abbott's Simcor patent Drug Store News Impax said it had filed an approval application with the Food and Drug Administration for niacin and simvastatin extended-release tablets in the 1000 mg/20 ... Read more »
New drug produces steep drop in bad cholesterol – BusinessWeek
New drug produces steep drop in bad cholesterol BusinessWeek Niacin , a type of B vitamin, is sold by Abbott Laboratories in an extended-release version called Niaspan. Read more »
Watson Pharma seeks FDA OK for generic Simcor – BusinessWeek
Watson Pharma seeks FDA OK for generic Simcor BusinessWeek Simcor is a cholesterol drug that includes a combination of Abbott's niacin extended-release pill Niaspan and simvastatin. Read more »
Watson confirms Simcor patent challenge – Drug Store News
Watson confirms Simcor patent challenge Drug Store News The drug is a generic version of Abbott Labs' Simcor, used to treat patients with high cholesterol for whom treatment of simvastatin or niacin alone is ... Read more »
FDA: High-Dose Zocor Associated With Risk of Rare Muscle Condition – FDA news (subscription)
FDA: High-Dose Zocor Associated With Risk of Rare Muscle Condition FDA news (subscription) ... of the statin drug, as well as in a fixed-dose combination with ezetimibe in Merck's Vytorin and in combination with niacin in Abbott Laboratories' Simcor. Read more »
Court Report – Patent Docs (blog)
Court Report Patent Docs (blog) ... of an ANDA to manufacture a generic version of Abbott's Simcor® ( niacin extended release / simvastatin tablets, used to treat hypercholesterolemia). .. Read more »
Top Ten Questions About High Cholesterol – CTV.ca
Top Ten Questions About High Cholesterol CTV.ca One HDL-raising drug out there is the B-vitamin niacin , also sold by Abbott under the brand name Niaspan. Major trials of its effectiveness are due in the ... and more?? Read more »
Ten Questions About High Cholesterol – Forbes
Ten Questions About High Cholesterol Forbes One HDL-raising drug out there is the B-vitamin niacin , also sold by Abbott under the brand name Niaspan. Read more »
