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U.S. generic competition nears on Glaxo drugs 

Jump to full article: Reuters, 2003-07-31
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Two drugmakers on Thursday moved closer to marketing their generic versions of profitable GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) (NYSE:GSK) drugs, dealing blows that sent shares of the world's second-largest drugmaker lower. . . .

And Impax Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq:IPXL) signed a deal with Andrx Corp. (Nasdaq:ADRX) that would allow Impax to market its generic versions of antidepressant Wellbutrin SR and smoking cessation drug Zyban even if Andrx got approval for its copycats before Impax did.

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