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Watson Launches Generic Seasonique
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 11th, 2011
2011 AUG 11 -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., has launched Amethia™ (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol (0.15 mg/0.03 mg) and ethinyl estradiol (0.01 mg)), the generic equivalent of Duramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Seasonique®. Watson began shipping the product today, following a denial by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of a request for a temporary injunction. Duramed's lawsuit alleging that Watson's product infringes Duramed's U.S. Patent No. 7,320,969 remains pending.
For the most recent twelve months ending April 30, 2011, Seasonique had sales of...
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