W A S H I N G T O N, Aug.1 -- The 2 million Americans who take the antidepressant drug Prozac should have an alternative as early as Friday. Brand-name drug-maker Eli Lilly's patent on the drug ...

Barr Laboratories Inc. began shipping its version of Prozac, the hugely successful drug that revolutionized the treatment of depression, in the biggest generic drug launch ever. The drug was expected ...

Prozac, the antidepressant medication that is taken by some 40 million Americans, will soon be available in a less expensive generic version. Prozac’s manufacturer, Eli Lilly & Co., lost its patent ...

Consumers have spent a small fortune on this immensely popular green-and-white capsule, longing for a cure-all to combat depression or other mental disorders. Now they don't have to dig as deep into ...

Generic Prozac, known as fluoxetine, started shipping from Barr Laboratories in the biggest generic-drug launch ever, the same day Eli Lilly's last valid patent for the depression medicine Prozac ...

Pharmaceutical Associates Inc. recently raised the cost of its generic version of Prozac by 568 percent, according to health solutions company Elsevier. The increase sets the price for a 120 mL bottle ...

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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. (AP) -- A generic version of the anti-depressant Prozac is catching on quickly, according to a provider of prescription drugs. Barr Laboratories offered the first generic version ...

POMONA, N.Y. (CBS.MW) -- Barr Laboratories said an appeals court has upheld its decision to allow the drugmaker to market a generic version of Eli Lilly's antidepressant Prozac. But in a statement, ...