Generics

Watson Announces License Agreement With GeneraMedix for Generic Version of Ferrlecit(R)

Published in Blood Weekly, August 13th, 2009

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:WPI), a leader in generic and specialty branded pharmaceuticals, announced a license agreement with GeneraMedix, Inc., for the exclusive US marketing rights to a generic version of Ferrlecit (sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose injection), a drug indicated for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in hemodialysis patients receiving supplemental epoetin therapy.

GeneraMedix has an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) on file with the FDA for a sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose product that is packaged in a vial. The application is under expedited review with the FDA. Under the terms of the agreement, GeneraMedix...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-08-13)

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