Mylan Confirms First-to-File Patent Challenge Relating to Actoplus Met® XR Tablets


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today confirmed that the company has been sued by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Watson Pharmaceuticals and Andrx Labs in connection with the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Extended-release Metformin Hydrochloride tablets, 15 mg/1000 mg and 30 mg/1000 mg. This product is the generic version of Actoplus Met® XR, which is indicated to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Mylan believes it is the first company to have filed a substantially complete ANDA containing a Paragraph IV certification for all strengths and expects to qualify for 180 days of marketing exclusivity upon final FDA approval. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.For the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2011, Actoplus Met® XR had U.S. sales of approximately $13.9 million for the 15 mg/1000 mg strength product and $7.5 million for the 30 mg/1000 mg product, according to IMS Health.

27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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