HDMA recognizes senator for Rx safety
The Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) has honored Sen. Pat Roberts (R., Kan.) with its Rx Safety and Healthcare Leadership Award.
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AstraZeneca to downsize U.S. sales force
AstraZeneca plans to cut more than 1,000 jobs from its U.S. sales force as part of a restructuring program unveiled last year. The pharmaceutical firm said Wednesday that it aims to eliminate about 1,150 leadership positions and sales representatives, or roughly 24% of its U.S. sales organization.
Ranbaxy rolls out Caduet authorized generic
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched an authorized generic version of Caduet, indicated for the treatment of high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Ranbaxy said Tuesday that the product is being introduced in the U.S. market under an agreement with Pfizer Inc.
CEO succession, new COO at Prasco
Christopher Arington has been promoted to vice chairman and chief executive officer of authorized generic drug maker Prasco Laboratories. Previously president and chief operating officer, he takes the CEO reins from his father, Prasco chairman and founder E. Thomas Arington.
Helen of Troy to acquire PUR from P&G
Helen of Troy Ltd. plans to buy the PUR water filtration product business from Procter & Gamble Co.
Horizon releases Duexis in U.S.
Horizon Pharma Inc. has launched Duexis, a proprietary single-tablet combination of ibuprofen (800 mg) and famotidine (26.6 mg), in the United States.
Nipro honored as a top manufacturer in Florida
Nipro Diagnostics Inc. has won the 2011 Manufacturer of the Year Award from the Manufacturers Association of Florida (MAF). The diabetes management product company said Monday that it was recognized in the large company category (more than 500 employees).
Kraft names leadership for split of snack, grocery businesses
Kraft Foods Inc. has appointed the chairmen and chief executive officers of the two companies it will form next year when it wraps up a planned spin-off of its grocery business.
Crossmark set to acquire NCiM
Consumer product sales and marketing specialist Crossmark plans to buy national marketing agency New Concepts in Marketing Inc. (NCiM). Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Ranbaxy, Teva in accord on Lipitor generic
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. have entered an agreement on their respectives launches of generic versions of Lipitor, Pfizer’s cholesterol-reducing medication. Jerusalem-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Authorized generic Lipitor rolled out by Watson
In what it called the largest generic product launch in U.S. history, Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. has begun shipping an authorized generic version of Pfizer’s blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor. The shipment of Watson’s Lipitor generic signals the start of the "generic wave.
Watson wins FDA approval for generic Yaz
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. has gained approval from the Food and Drug Administration for Vestura (3 mg drospirenone and 0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol), a birth control pill.
TheraMax radio ad campaign hits airwaves
TheraBiogen Inc. has kicked off a radio ad campaign for its TheraMax homeopathic nasal spray brand as part of a comprehensive marketing program.
Qualitest cleared to market Myzilra tablets
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for Myzilra tablets, an oral contraceptive. The company said Monday that the FDA approved Myzilra tablets (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) 0.05 mg/0.03 mg, 0.075 mg/0.04 mg, 0.125 mg/0.
P&G portal unites beauty and fashion
Procter & Gamble Co.’s P&G Beauty & Grooming unit has launched of StyleUnited, which it called "the first truly personalized site" that brings beauty and fashion together to provide "a total style resource." P&G said Tuesday that styleunited.
Perrigo gets FDA OK for Mucinex generic
Perrigo Co. has received final approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for guaifenesin extended-release tablets (600 mg), indicated for chest congestion.