DETROIT, April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. has confirmed that the United States District Court of New Jersey has granted Caraco’s motion for summary judgment that the claims of U.S. Patent No. 39,221 that Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. asserted against Caraco are invalid. Caraco’s Tramadol with Acetaminophen product is a generic version of Ortho-McNeil’s Ultracet(R). The Company commenced shipment of Tramadol with Acetaminophen following the FDA’s approval to manufacture, market and distribute the generic product on December 19, 2005, and it has remained on the market since that time.
Detroit-based Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., develops, manufactures, markets and distributes generic and private-label pharmaceuticals to the nation’s largest wholesalers, distributors, drugstore chains and managed care providers.
Safe Harbor: This news release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward- looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are contained in the Corporation’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and include, but are not limited to: information of a preliminary nature that may be subject to adjustment, potentially not obtaining or delay in obtaining FDA approval for new products, governmental restrictions on the sale of certain products, development by competitors of new or superior products or cheaper products or new technology for the production of products, the entry into the market of new competitors, market and customer acceptance and demand for new pharmaceutical products, availability of raw materials, timing and success of product development and launches, dependence on few products generating majority of sales, product liability claims for which the Company may be inadequately insured, and other risks identified in this report and from time to time in our periodic reports and registration statements. These forward- looking statements represent our judgment as of the date of this report. We disclaim, however, any intent or obligation to update our forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Daniel Movens, +1-313-871-8400, or Aaron Miles, +1-313-556-4150,
both of Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd.
Web site: http://www.caraco.com/
