Sentence examples for authorized generic version from inspiring English sources

"First and foremost, from our perspective there was no 'side agreement' of any kind with Apotex not to launch an authorized generic version of Plavix," the Bristol-Myers chief executive, James M. Cornelius, said in a letter to employees.

In addition, Mylan launched an "authorized generic" version of EpiPen in 2016.

Jhawar said Valeant gave permission last year for another drug maker, Spear Pharmaceuticals, to sell an "authorized generic" version of Carac until Valeant's patent expires in 2021.

Watson Pharmaceuticals is making a generic version authorized by Pfizer under a profit-sharing agreement.

This means that a government can legally authorize the production of a generic version of a drug that is currently under patent, provided that this is done for public health purposes.

Ranbaxy has held a significant share of the market for generic Lipitor, also known as atorvastatin, since it became one of the first companies to sell it after Pfizer lost patent protection for the top-selling drug last November; another company, Watson, sold a generic version that was authorized and manufactured by Pfizer.

One way the pharmaceutical industry is working to counter the generic trend is through its own generic subsidiaries and contracts for the production of company authorized generics.

Watson Pharmaceuticals of Parsippany, N.J., is a second competitor with a generic version of the drug authorized and manufactured by Pfizer.

So despite the new law, Pfizer-Egypt's Viagra was on the market just two months when the Ministry of Health announced it would authorize 12 local companies to produce a generic version of the drug to sell at one-twentieth of Pfizer's market price of about $5.20 for each 50-milligram pill.

Of course, not every drug comes in a generic version.

That's the generic version of a story.