ALLEGAN -- Investors banking on the popularity of Prilosec OTC, a heartburn drug, eagerly pushed shares of Perrigo Co. to a 10-year high Tuesday after the generic formulation won federal approval.

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- German-based Schwarz Pharma said Monday that its generic version of Prilosec, a blockbuster anti-heartburn drug, is now available in the United States. AstraZeneca, Prilosec's ...

CHICAGO — A generic version of blockbuster heartburn drug Prilosec is failing to soothe the stomachs of U.S. health plans and consumers, who say the knockoff is not much cheaper than the original.

Last fall Prilosec's 20-year patent was set to expire. That meant other companies could put generics on the market -- cutting in half the $150 cost of a month's supply. But that never happened because ...

AstraZeneca goes to a U.S. court today to defend its crown jewel, Prilosec, against a bevy of generic drugmakers who want to make cheap copies of the ulcer treatment. One- quarter of AstraZeneca's $16 ...

The FDA Friday approved Andrx Corp.'s generic version of Prilosec, the popular heartburn drug manufactured by AstraZeneca PLC, the Wall Street Journal reports. With $6.2 billion in global sales last ...

NEW YORK — The drawn-out court battle over heartburn drug Prilosec is giving industry watchers indigestion. The judge’s ruling in this case--after a trial in a New York courtroom that stretched from ...

One thing is clear from the courtroom melee over AstraZeneca 's ulcer drug Prilosec: The current system for making the switch between expensive branded drugs and cheap generics involves far too much ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge has awarded AstraZeneca Plc $76 million in damages from generic drug manufacturer Apotex for infringing upon patents for AstraZeneca's blockbuster heartburn ...

BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Novartis on Tuesday became the latest pharmaceutical company to enter the competitive U.S. market for generic Prilosec, once the world's top-selling prescription drug. Basel, ...