|Articles|May 1, 2007

MYLAN BARRED FROM SELLING GENERIC TOPAMAX

A federal judge in NewJersey issued an injunctionpermanently barringMylan Pharmaceuticalsfrom selling generic topiramatetablets and capsulesin the United Statesbefore September 26,2008, the expiration dateof the patent for TOPAMAX(topiramate) heldby Ortho-McNeil NeurologicsInc. Mylan hadchallenged the validity ofthat patent and filed anabbreviated new drugapplication to market ageneric version of theepilepsy drug. The brandedmanufacturer counteredwith a patentinfringement complaintagainst Mylan and obtaineda preliminary injunctionagainst the genericfirm last fall.

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