exclusivity gains shadow over Glenmark US Locoid generic launch

Glenmark Generics has launched its generic version of Astellas Pharma/Triax Pharmaceuticals' eczema treatment, Locoid Lipocream (0.1% hydrocortisone butyrate cream), on the US market, even as the contested presence of an authorized generic version is expected to take some sheen off the first-to-file opportunity.

Glenmark Generics has launched its generic version of Astellas Pharma/Triax Pharmaceuticals' eczema treatment, Locoid Lipocream (0.1% hydrocortisone butyrate cream), on the US market, even as the contested presence of an authorized generic version is expected to take some sheen off the first-to-file opportunity.

Glenmark, which is entitled to 180-days of exclusivity being the first to file an ANDA for the product, had earlier...

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