Article: Suit Filed to Stop Generic Claritin

Article: Schering-plough vies to quash generic OTC claritin. (Life ...
Chemical Market Reporter;  February 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... its $3.2 billion antihistamine Claritin (loratadine) and lock-in sales ... separate suits against divisions of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and ... impede generic prescription and OTC Claritin until October 2004. ABN Amro and ...

Article: Claritin OK'd for counter sales
Daily Breeze;  November 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... ingredient in the drug. Claritin's patent is expected ... counter drug market -- Johnson & Johnson, maker of ... 19 for 24 tablets. Johnson & Johnson declined to discuss its plans. The push to make Claritin available over-the ...

Article: CLARITIN'S OVER-THE-COUNTER STATUS FACING CONTROVERSY
Dayton Daily News;  December 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... may no longer pay for the drug Claritin, the blockbuster allergy medicine ... drug manufacturers, Wyeth and Johnson & Johnson, filed applications with the FDA ... over-the-counter versions of Claritin. Claritin's patent is to expire ...

Article: Claritin rushed to drugstore shelves
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  December 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Claritin, the blockbuster allergy medicine ... major drug manufacturers, Wyeth and Johnson & Johnson, filed applications with the FDA to ... own over-the-counter versions of Claritin. Claritin's patent is to expire Dec ...

Article: FDA Clears Claritin for Over-the-Counter Use.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the-counter allergy pills using Claritin's main ingredient are expected ... expire next month, and drug giants Johnson & Johnson and Wyeth are expected ... the impact of a non-prescription Claritin would be "significant and positive ...

Article: In any season, Claritin sells. (O-T-C Remedies).
MMR;  March 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... to deter theft. The debut of Claritin, the first nonsedating O-T ... Co.'s Zantac and Pepcid from Johnson & Johnson revolutionized the antacid category ... And like those medications, Claritin is expected to bring huge numbers ...

Article: SCHERING PUSHES OVER-THE-COUNTER CLARITIN
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Schering-Plough's own claims that Claritin's side effects were comparable ... sued the consumer divisions of Johnson & Johnson and American Home Products for ... to market generic versions of Claritin as over-the-counter medications ...