Monday, 9 June 2008

Aripiprazole: Innovator Otsuka Pharma sued Zydus Pharma

Innovator Otsuka Pharma has sued Zydus Pharma for the Infringement of US5006528 (Orange Book expiry: 20 April, 2015: which covers novel carbostyril derivatives like Aripiprazole as product specifically) in the District Court of New Jersey following a paragraph IV certification as part of Zydus' filing of an ANDA to manufacture a generic version of Otsuka's Abilify® (For the treatment of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia) in 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 mg/Tablet. Following generic players are in litigation with innovator :
1.Sandoz
2. Teva
3. Barr
4. Apotex
5. Synthon
6. Sun
The first para IV filing against this product was on November 15, 2006. There are no approved/tentatively approved ANDA for this product.

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