Impax Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to WELCHOL® for Oral Suspension, 3.75 gm/packet and 1.875 gm/packet
November 22 2010 - 9:15AM
Business Wire
Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPXL) today confirms
that it has initiated a challenge of patents listed by Daiichi
Sankyo, Inc. in connection with its WELCHOL® (Colesevelam HCl) for
Oral Suspension, 3.75 gm/packet and 1.875 gm/packet.
Impax filed its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
containing a paragraph IV certification for a generic version of
WELCHOL® with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
Following receipt of the notice from the FDA that Impax’s ANDA had
been accepted for filing, Impax notified the New Drug Application
holder and patent owners of its paragraph IV certification.
On November 19, 2010, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and Genzyme
Corporation filed suit for patent infringement against Impax in the
United States District Court for the District of Delaware. This
action formally initiates the patent challenge process under the
Hatch-Waxman Act.
Once the ANDA is approved by FDA, Global Pharmaceuticals,
Impax’s generic division, will commercialize the products.
WELCHOL® is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to
reduce elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in
patients with primary hyperlipidemia (Fredrickson Type IIa) as
monotherapy or in combination with an
hydroxymethyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitor,
reduce LDL-C levels in boys and postmenarchal girls, 10 to 17 years
of age, with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia as
monotherapy or in combination with a statin after failing an
adequate trial of diet therapy, and improve glycemic control in
adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. According to Wolters
Kluwer Health, U.S. sales of WELCHOL® for Oral Suspension were
approximately $39 million for the twelve-month period ending
September 2010.
About Impax Laboratories, Inc.
Impax Laboratories, Inc. is a technology-based specialty
pharmaceutical company applying its formulation expertise and drug
delivery technology to the development of controlled-release and
specialty generics in addition to the development of branded
products. Impax markets its generic products through its Global
Pharmaceuticals division and markets its branded products through
the Impax Pharmaceuticals division. Additionally, where
strategically appropriate, Impax has developed marketing
partnerships to fully leverage its technology platform. Impax is
headquartered in Hayward, California, and has a full range of
capabilities in its Hayward, Philadelphia and Taiwan facilities.
For more information, please visit the Company's Web site at:
www.impaxlabs.com.
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