http://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/default.aspThe latest news from apotex.com, APOTEX: Advancing Generics.Wed, 16 May 2012 22:58:23 GMTCopyright 2012, Apotex Inc.en-us60http://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20120402.aspApotex Inc. the largest Canadian owned pharmaceutical company, launched today Apo-Rosuvastatin, a generic version of Crestor® produced by AstraZeneca. The Apotex product is 100% Canadian made by employees and facilities dedicated to ensuring that Canada remains a global strength in generic product introduction. With annual Crestor® brand sales in Canada of over $700 million, generic Rosuvastatin represents the second largest generic product launch in this market to date.Mon, 2 Apr 2012 9:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20111208.aspApotex Inc., announced that on December 6, 2011, the Federal Court of Canada ruled in favour of Apotex, clearing the way to deliver their generic version of Plavix®, Apo-Clopidogrel, to the Canadian market. Apotex challenged the Sanofi-aventis Plavix® patents for over 8 years, through two Federal Court systems and multiple levels of judicial review including the Supreme Court of Canada.Thu, 8 Dec 2011 9:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20111101.aspApotex Inc., the largest Canadian owned pharmaceutical company, launched today Apo-Esomeprazole, a generic version of AstraZeneca's Nexium®, a gastric proton pump inhibitor (PPI). With initial launches to the provinces of Québec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario, Apotex has now released product to the remainder of the Canadian market. The brand product costs the public and private healthcare budgets close to $300 million per year.Tue, 1 Nov 2011 9:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20111011.aspApotex Inc. is pleased to announce its latest successful patent challenge, clearing the way to deliver a generic alternative to Xalatan® to the Canadian market. Following a favorable decision at the Court of Appeal, Apo-Latanoprost was released to the Canadian market on October 3rd 2011, nearly three years prior to patent expiry.Wed, 11 Oct 2011 9:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20110914.aspOn September, 14, 2011, an FDA Advisory Committee voted in favour of approving Ferriprox in the US for patients who have iron overload from blood transfusions, when other chelators are inadequate. This is a major achievement for ApoPharma and the first NDA for the Apotex companies.Wed, 14 Sep 2011 9:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20110727.aspCanada and the European Union (EU) are currently negotiating a comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA), which is expected to be concluded by 2012. As part of these negotiations, the EU has tabled proposals that would lengthen the period of market exclusivity for brand-name drugs in Canada by an average of 3.5 years and add nearly $3-billion annually to Canada's prescription drug bill.Wed, 27 Jul 2011 9:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20110510.aspApotex, one of the largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in the world, announced it will soon resume shipments of its oral solid dose products to the U.S. market. The announcement comes on the heels of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to lift its import alert at Apotex's largest solid dose manufacturing facility supplying product to the US.Tues, 10 May 2011 9:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20110308.aspToronto, ON - Apotex Inc, Canada's largest pharmaceutical company, today underscored the need for Members of Parliament to fix Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) by passing Bill C-393 when it comes up for final vote tomorrow, March 9, 2011. This bill will ensure that CAMR is streamlined and strengthened, and that more affordable life-saving drugs can get to developing countries where thousands of people are dying daily from treatable illnesses.Tues, 8 Mar 2011 9:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20100803.aspToronto, ON - Apotex Inc, announced today the sale of more than 40 pharmaceutical products to AA Pharma, a company headquartered in Toronto. Both companies are privately held and no value of the sale was provided. These products represent different therapeutic categories and the sale takes effect as of August 3rd, 2010.Tues, 3 Aug 2010 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20100519.aspToronto, ON - Apotex Inc, a Canadian owned pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Toronto, launched today Apo-Atorvastatin, a generic version of 'Lipitor®' produced by Pfizer®. This is the largest product to be genericized in Canadian history with approximate yearly sales of $1.2 billion. This last patent on Lipitor® will not expire until 2022. Apotex Inc. invented its own crystal form, thus overcoming the patents, 12 years ahead of time, which will result in close to $7 billion of cost-savings for the Canadian healthcare system.Wed, 19 May 2010 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20100121.aspToronto, ON - The shipment of medicines included painkillers and antibiotics and is slated to leave this Saturday on an Air Canada flight. An earlier shipment left with a group of 10 doctors working for the relief organization "Feed the Children". The shipment of medicines included painkillers and antibiotics and is slated to leave this Saturday on an Air Canada flight. An earlier shipment left with a group of 10 doctors working for the relief organization "Feed the Children".Thurs, 21 Jan 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20091020.aspWeston, FL - Apotex Corp announced today that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Company of Japan. Apotex will sell to the U.S. healthcare market, Hisamitsu's recently FDA approved matrix Fentanyl Transdermal System for the management of chronic pain. The Fentanyl Transdermal System, developed by Hisamitsu, is manufactured at the company's state of the art Carlsbad, California facility. The total Fentanyl patch market in the U.S. represents approximately $1.2 billion in sales.Tues, 20 Oct 2009 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20090918.aspToronto, ON - Apotex Inc. today announced that the second shipment of Apo-TriAvir, the generic triple-combination AIDS drug produced to simplify AIDS treatment in developing countries, was leaving for Rwanda, the only country to have benefited from Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR). CAMR was created by Parliament more than 5 years ago, but because of the costly and complicated process it requires, no other company has come forward to participate in producing more affordable, life-saving generic drugs for export to developing countries.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20090917.aspToronto, ON - This communiqué is an update to Health Canada's press release of today's date (7:16 p.m.) relating to three of Apotex's products, Apo-Amilzide (5-50 mg), Apo-Meloxicam (7.5 & 15 mg) and Apo- Ranitidine (75 & 150 mg).Thurs, 17 Sep 2009 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20090908.aspToronto, ON - Apotex today issued the following statement concerning an Import Alert issued by the US Food and Drug Administration: The Import Alert recently posted by FDA applies to products manufactured at 2 of Apotex's many facilities. This alert relates to observations made following routine audits for products destined to the US only. We are actively working with the FDA to resolve the identified concerns as quickly as possible, and are optimistic that there will be a prompt resolution.Tues, 8 Sep 2009 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.apotex.com/global/about/press/20090514.aspToronto, ON - Apotex Inc, the largest Canadian-owned pharmaceutical company, reiterated the need to fix the Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) if more affordable life-saving drugs are to get to developing countries where thousands of people are dying daily. The regime has not been successful in attaining its original objectives as declared when the law creating it (the Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa) was passed five years ago this month.Wed, 14 May 2009 09:30:00 GMT