United Research Laboratories/Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. stated that a court briefing should conclude in October, with oral arguments set for early 2005 for its quinapril HC1 tablets, the generic version of Pfizer's $589 million drug Accupril. It also is actively defending its gabapentin capsules, the generic version of Pfizer's $1.6 billion drug Neurontin.
In other news, the company expects to launch its metaxalone 400 mg tablets, the generic version of King Pharmaceutical's $188 million drug Skelaxin; and its felodipine HCl ER tablets, the generic version of AstraZeneca's $246 million drug Plendil ER, both within the next three months to six months.
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