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Watson challenges Takeda's Rozerem patent

Dec. 4, 2009
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it is challenging Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s patent on the insomnia treatment Rozerem. Watson said it asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve 8-milligram ramelteon tablets, a generic version of Rozerem, prior...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler