PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: MYL - News) today announced that the district court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has ruled in favor of Pfizer in the amlodipine litigation. Mylan disagrees with the court’s decision and plans to immediately appeal the ruling.
Mylan also reaffirmed its fiscal 2007 adjusted earnings per diluted share guidance of $1.50 to $1.55 as this product was never factored into the Company’s fiscal 2007 guidance.
Mylan Laboratories Inc. is a leading pharmaceutical company with three principal subsidiaries, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mylan Technologies Inc. and UDL Laboratories, Inc., that develop, license, manufacture, market and distribute an extensive line of generic and proprietary products. For more information about Mylan, visit www.mylan.com.
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Source: Mylan Laboratories Inc.
