PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., has reached a settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) on outstanding patent litigation related to Watson's generic version of Janssen's ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN® LO (norgestimate/ethinyl ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to investment community speculation following release of the transcript of a pre-trial conference call related to its Lidoderm(®) patent challenge, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today issued the following statement: "Watson's abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for a generic ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that the Company intends to release its fourth quarter 2011 financial results on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 prior to the open of the U.S. financial markets. The ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced plans to establish a Global R&D Technology Center in North Brunswick, New Jersey. The Company has signed a lease for a 32,000-square-foot facility at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority's Technology ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc.- Florida has reached a settlement with Mallinckrodt Inc. on outstanding patent litigation related to Watson's generic versions of Mallinckrodt's Exalgo® (Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Extended-Release ) tablets. Mallinckrodt ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), today confirmed that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted Watson and Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc's request for a stay of the preliminary injunction preventing the companies from marketing or ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced preliminary 2011 non-GAAP earnings per share of $4.75-$4.77, a 39 percent increase over 2010 full year earnings during its third annual Investor Meeting in New York City. Excluding the November 2011 launch of generic Lipitor® ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) announced that it has acquired Ascent Pharmahealth Ltd, the Australia and Southeast Asia generic pharmaceutical business of Strides Arcolab Ltd, for AU$375 million in cash. As a result of the acquisition, Watson ... read more

LIVINGSTON and PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRX), and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), today confirmed that the Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not recommend approval of progesterone vaginal gel ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced that its subsidiary Watson Pharma, Inc. has launched Vestura(TM) (3 mg drospirenone and 0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol), a generic version of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Yaz(R) oral contraceptive product. Watson began shipping ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it will host an Investor Meeting on January 24, 2012 in New York City. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time and will be simultaneously ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that Paul Bisaro, Watson's President and Chief Executive Officer, will provide an overview and update of the Company's business at the 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that Paul Bisaro, Watson's President and Chief Executive Officer, will provide an overview and update of the Company's business at Goldman Sachs Healthcare CEOs Unscripted: A View from ... read more

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and PARISIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) announced today that they will collaborate to develop and commercialize, on a worldwide basis, several oncology antibody biosimilar medicines. This collaboration reflects the shared belief that ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J. and EWING, N.J., Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) and Antares Pharma, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AIS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Antares' topical oxybutynin gel 3% product for the treatment of ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced that under a settlement with Teva Women's Health, Watson has launched Amethia® Lo (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol (0.1mg/0.02mg) and ethinyl estradiol (0.01mg)) tablets, the generic equivalent of Teva Women's Health, Inc.'s LoSEASONIQUE®. Amethia® Lo ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today confirmed that Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has launched an authorized generic version of LIPITOR®( )(atorvastatin calcium tablets) as part of an exclusive agreement with Pfizer Inc. Watson began shipping the product today. ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today confirmed that Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has launched an authorized generic version of LIPITOR®( )(atorvastatin calcium tablets) as part of an exclusive agreement with Pfizer Inc. Watson began shipping the product today. ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Vestura(TM) (3 mg drospirenone and 0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol), ... read more

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that Paul Bisaro, Watson's President and Chief Executive Officer, will provide an overview and update of the Company's business at the 2011 Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference on ... read more