Article: Barr Announces Agreements with Cephalon, Inc. Regarding Settlement of ACTIQ(R) and PROVIGIL(R) Patent Litigations.

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., and Cephalon, Inc. have entered into agreements to settle its pending patent infringement disputes in the United States related to Cephalon's ACTIQ(R) (oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate) [C-II] and PROVIGIL(R) (modafinil) Tablets [C-IV] products.

"We are pleased that these agreements allow both parties to resolve pending patent litigation in a way that ensures that Barr can launch generic fentanyl at least 90 days prior to the expiration of any pediatric exclusivity period Cephalon might obtain on ACTIQ and can launch ...

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