Prilosec News

• Business Briefs (The News Journal)
  AstraZeneca PLC, maker of the ulcer drug Prilosec, won the right to seek compensation from Impax Laboratories Inc. and Apotex Inc. for some of the sales it lost to their generic versions of the medicine.



• Industry Insider: Personalized medicine studied (The Star-Ledger)
  There's a big difference between promise and practicality. Medco Health Solutions is partnering with federal drug regulators to move beyond the potential of personalized medicine and determine how it can be used by doctors to provide patients with the most effective prescription drugs.



• Appeals court: Apotex, Impax infringed on Prilosec (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
  WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld an infringement finding against generic drug makers Apotex and Impax on Wednesday in a case brought by AstraZeneca to defend its patent for its popular heartburn drug Prilosec.



• Court says Astra's Prilosec patent infringed (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
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• Police briefs (Kenosha News)
  SALEM - Paramedics transported a 19-year-old Salem woman to the hospital with minor injuries after a Friday morning car crash, authorities said.



• Ask Dr. Gott: Acid reflux responds to various treatments (The Monterey County Herald)
  Dear Dr. Gott: My doctor is treating me with Prevacid for acid reflux, but I feel no heartburn at all. I just cough up phlegm. Do you have a better idea? Dear Reader: There are numerous ways of dealing with this condition.



• (AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-20 17:50 UPDATE 1-Court says Astra's Prilosec patent infringed (Interactive Investor)
  WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld an infringement finding against generic drug makers Apotex and Impax on Wednesday in a case brought by AstraZeneca to defend the patents for its popular heartburn drug Prilosec.