Sunday, September 10, 2006


Barr (BRL :
Barr Laboratories, Inc.
Last: 54.08+0.55+1.03%
4:02pm 09/08/2006
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BRL
54.08, +0.55, +1.0% )
slid 3% to close at $53.53 on word that the Food and Drug Administration had granted Watson (WPI :
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc
Last: 26.02+0.29+1.13%
4:01pm 09/08/2006
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WPI
26.02, +0.29, +1.1% )
final approval to put out a generic version of Barr's Seasonale oral contraceptive. Watson, which plans to market the product under the name Quasense, said the contraceptive had sales of $110 million for the twelve months ended June 2006.
Watson closed nominally higher at $25.73.


This is interesting. I am following this as far as the science behind the drug and the legal issues. More to come once the US Market opens on Monday. I'll post the pharmacology ASAP.

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