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The Generic Drugs Market Accounts for 50% of All Prescriptions Filled in The US.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38921) has announced the addition of Combating Generics - Pharmaceutical Brand Defense for 2007 to their offering.

Maximize drug revenues by preparing for patent expiry and generic competition early in product lifecycles.

Generic drugs now account for more than 50% of all prescriptions filled in the US and more than $40 billion in prescription sales worldwide. More than $80 billion worth of global blockbuster drugs face US patent expiration by 2008.

Use this report to better understand and act on the range of options available to branded companies defending products against generic threats. The information contained within is gathered from individuals involved in product lifecycle management, brand management and marketing, portfolio management, market research, and other functions associated with long-term brand viability.

Findings integrate primary and secondary information to present readers with a comprehensive look at current generics defense efforts, including the following strategies:

--Defensive pricing

--Increased marketing and promotion

--Approval for additional indications

--Next-generation product launches

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--Authorized generics and corporate generics subsidiaries

--Pediatric extensions

--Rx-to-OTC switching

--Measure resource levels against other companies' budgets and staffing support for anti-generics efforts, and review case studies of anti-generic battles, discussions of legal and regulatory developments, and profiles of leading generics manufacturers.

Topics Covered

Executive Summary

Profiled Companies

Managing Generics Threats: Five Principles for Success

Generics Defense Strategies, Resources and Timing

Generics Defense Strategies: Past and Future Prominence

Budgets and Staffing

Strategy Breakdown: Prominence and Timing of Generics Defense Strategies

Retaining Market Share with Lifecycle Management

Secure Revenue Streams with Line Extensions

Blurring the Lines: Pharma-Generics Deal-Making and Market Crossover Strategies

Rx-To-OTC Switching

Other Market Share Retention Strategies

Key Trends And Generic Industry Developments

Recent Regulatory Developments

Generic Industry Trends

Follow-on Biologics

Generic Company Profiles

Actavis

Andrx

Barr Laboratories

Baxter Healthcare

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Hospira

Mylan Laboratories

Par Pharmaceuticals

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited is an Indian company incorporated in 1961. It is India's largest pharmaceutical company. It exports its products to 125 countries with ground operations in 46 and manufacturing facilities in seven countries.  

Roxane Laboratories

Sandoz

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Watson Pharmaceuticals Watson Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated (NYSE: WPI) is the 5th largest pharmaceutical company in the United States based on number of prescriptions dispensed. Based in Corona, California, Watson's Generics division markets over 150 pharmaceutical product families, including one of the  

Executive Summary: Charts and Tables

Companies Profiled in Primary and Secondary Research:

- 3M Pharmaceuticals - Abbott - Actavis - Advancis Pharmaceutical Corp - Alpharma - Alza - Amgen - Amphastar Pharmaceuticals - Andrx - Apotex - Argenta Discovery Limited - Astellas - AstraZeneca - Auxilium - Avanir Pharmaceuticals - Barr - Baxter - Bayer - BCBS BCBS Blue Cross/Blue Shield
BCBS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BCBS Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
BCBS Bay City Baptist School
BCBS Bishop Cotton Boys School (Bangalore, India)
BCBS Bar Code Business Software
 - Berlex - Biovail - Boehringer-Ingelheim - Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were  - Cephalon Ceph´a`lon

n. 1. (Zool.) The head.
 - Dr. Reddy's Laboratories - Duramed Pharmaceuticals - Eisai - Elan - Eli Lilly - Endeavor Pharmaceuticals - Ferring B.V. - First Horizon Pharmaceutical - Forest Laboratories - Galen - Genentech - Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland
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 - Genpharm - Genzyme - GlaxoSmithKline - Global Prior Art - Greenstone green·stone  
n.
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 Ltd. - Hospira - Interpharma Asia Pacific - Janssen - Janssen-Ortho - Johnson & Johnson - King Pharmaceuticals - Knoll Pharmaceuticals - Kos Pharmaceuticals - KV Pharmaceuticals - LEO Pharmaceuticals - Maruishi Pharmaceutical - Merck and Co. - Merck KGaA - MN Pharmaceuticals - Momenta Pharmaceuticals - Monarch - Mylan - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals - NexMed - Nihon Pharmaceutical - Novartis - Novo Nordisk - Organon or·ga·non or or·ga·num
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1. An organ.

2. A set of principles for use in scientific investigation.



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 - Ortho-McNeil - Otsuka - PAM Kft - Par - Pfizer - PLIVA Croatie Ltd - Procter & Gamble - Purdue Pharma - Ranbaxy - Rheoscience - Roche - Roxane Laboratories - Sandoz - Sanofi-Aventis - Schering Plough - Shire - Solvay - Synaptech - Takeda - Teva - Unimed - Ventiv Health - Vernalis plc - Watson - Wellpoint Health Networks (BCBS) - Wyeth - Xcel

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