Johnson & Johnson
Barr Pharmaceuticals
Unlike some other branches of the FDA, the office of generics was quick to turn Barr's and Mylan's tentative approvals into a final approval, which will allow the generic-drug companies to launch the drug "immediately."
While Barr and Mylan are free to launch at this point, if Johnson & Johnson wins the appeal it's planning on filing, the generic-drug companies would be on the hook for damages. Actually, if that came to pass, Teva Pharmaceuticals
The companies will share the marketing exclusivity period granted to the first drugmaker(s) that successfully file a patent challenge. That'll keep the myriad of other generic-drug makers with tentative approvals from launching their versions for 180 days.
One big question is what effect the availability of generic Razadyne will have on sales of other brand-name Alzheimer's drugs -- Forest Labs'
Barr has been successful in overturning patents recently. If Teva is smart, it'll keep those lawyers around after the acquisition.
Further far-from-generic Foolishness: