Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Announces Settlement of Ethyol(R) ANDA Patent Litigation
03 August 2009 - 2:22PM
PR Newswire (US)
DETROIT, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caraco Pharmaceutical
Laboratories, Ltd. (NYSE Amex: CPD) announces today that it has
executed a settlement agreement with MedImmune, stipulating the
dismissal of the lawsuits filed in the United States District Court
for the District of Maryland regarding the submission of an
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a generic version of
Ethyol . Under the settlement agreement, MedImmune grants Caraco a
license to certain patents, permitting Caraco to continue marketing
a generic version of Ethyol in the United States. The settlement
resolves the entirety of the litigations between the parties. The
terms of the settlement are confidential. Detroit-based Caraco
Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., develops, manufactures, markets
and distributes generic and private-label pharmaceuticals to the
nation's largest wholesalers, distributors, drugstore chains and
managed care providers. Safe Harbor: This news release contains
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provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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not obtaining or delay in obtaining FDA approval for new products,
governmental restrictions on the sale of certain products,
development by competitors of new or superior products or less
expensive products or new technology for the production of
products, the entry into the market of new competitors, market and
customer acceptance and demand for new pharmaceutical products,
availability of raw materials, timing and success of product
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DATASOURCE: Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. CONTACT:
Thomas Versosky, Caraco Pharmaceutical, +1-313-556-4150 Web Site:
http://www.caraco.com/
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