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By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Suresh Pillai -- Sepracor Settles Xopenex Suit With Barr Last week, Sepracor Inc. and Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a Teva Pharmaceuticals subsidiary) entered into a settlement agreement that effectively ends a dispute between the two companies over the patent family covering Xopenex®, an inhaled asthma treatment. Sepracor's initial complaint against Barr, filed in July of 2007 (see "Court Report," July 22, 2007), alleged infringement of five patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,362,755, 5,547,994, 5,760,090, 5,844,002, and 6,083,993) and was filed in response to Barr's ANDA filing seeking FDA approval for production of generic levabutrol hydrochloride inhalation solutions. Under the terms of...

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