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Pfizer takes action against Teva and Sandoz over azithromycin.

Publication: Pharma Marketletter
Publication Date: 20-FEB-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Pfizer takes action against Teva and Sandoz over azithromycin.(Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.)(patient infringement and misbranding cases)

Article Excerpt
Pharmaceuticals leviathan Pfizer has filed a Citizen Petition alerting the US Food and Drug Administration that generic azithromycin products sold by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and Sandoz, the generics business of Swiss drugs major Novartis, appear to be misbranded because their labels do not accurately describe the active ingredients.

Pfizer also brought patent infringement actions against...

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