The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the first generic versions of the anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib (Celebrex, Pfizer) in the wake of legal wrangling between the brand-name ...

(Reuters) - U.S. regulators granted Pfizer Inc a reissued patent on its multibillion-dollar Celebrex pain drug that extends its marketing exclusivity until early December 2015, the company said on ...

Back in 2004, a popular arthritis drug called Vioxx was pulled off the market when studies showed daily long-term use could increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and death. “This was one of the ...

Strides Pharma Global, Singapore, has received approval for celecoxib capsules, 100 mg, 200 mg and 400 mg from the Food and Drug Administration. The product is the generic of Upjohn’s Celebrex. The ...

Updated at 1:54 p.m. A prescription painkiller that has been under a cloud for more than a decade is apparently safer than previously believed, a Food and Drug Administration panel concluded Wednesday ...

DEAR PEOPLE’S PHARMACY: Long ago, I took Celebrex for my arthritis and then was switched to celecoxib. Most of the generics do not work for me, but Greenstone was great. It made an authorized generic ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) - Pfizer fraudulently got its patent for its highly successful arthritis drug Celebrex reissued so it could wage a war of sham litigation to keep generic versions of drug from ...

Jeffrey Brown talks with health correspondent Susan Dentzer and Dr. John Reveille, director of the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, about the ...