Pfizer, Ranbaxy Settle Lipitor Fight

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Pfizer has entered into an agreement with generics manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. of India to settle all their patent litigation worldwide involving Lipitor. Under the terms of the agreement, Ranbaxy will have a license to sell generic versions of Lipitor and Caduet in the U.S. effective November 30, 2011. Caduet is a medicine that combines the active ingredients of Lipitor and Norvasc and treats both high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The agreement also provides a license for ...

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