That's the generic version of a story.
The market price of the generic version is only $166.
Doctors write more than 21 million prescriptions each year for the drugs, lorazepam, the generic version of Ativan, and clorazepate, the generic version of Tranxene.
Johnson & Johnson's Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical unit contends the generic version would infringe its patented technology.
The generic version could be priced at less than one-third the current price.
The leaked documents reveal in detail how the company blocked the generic version.
Statins include drugs like Lipitor and simvastatin, the generic version of Zocor.
The two manufacturers of the generic version of the drug had stopped making it.
At that time, other companies may begin manufacturing and selling the generic version.
The companies were the only ones to receive approval to make the generic version of the drug.
Atrix said it would appeal a decision by regulators to reject the generic version of a dermatology product.
