RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that Salix and Norgine B. V. have entered into an agreement with Novel Laboratories, Inc. to settle patent litigation currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Civil Action No. 3:08-02311 (FLW)(TJB)) regarding Novel’s proposed generic version of MOVIPREP®.