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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedKos Sues Barr Labs. (Markets: Life Sciences).(Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc. sues Barr Laboratories Inc.)(Brief Article)
Chemical Market Reporter, March, 2002
KOS PHARMACEUTICALS Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in a federal district court against Barr Laboratories Inc. over the $36 million cholesterol drug Niaspan (niacin).
Kos holds two patents, expiring in 2013 and 2017, on Niaspan once-daily extended release 1,000 mg tablets. Barr believes that it has first-to-file status and plans to initiate a patent challenge.
Gruntal & Co. projects Niaspan sales for Kos of $l15 million for 2002, rising to $195 million in 2006. Kos's principal driver is the cholesterol drug Advicor. Launched in February, Advicor is a single-tablet formulation combining Niaspan and lovastatin, with estimated revenues of $265 million in 2006.
Kos's development program consists of both solid-dose and...
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