This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Technology & Science

Jan. 21, 2011

Drug Faces Contract Dispute

Specialty drug developer Depomed Inc. will go up against a pharmaceutical giant in mediation over a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Specialty drug developer Depomed Inc. will go up against a pharmaceutical giant in mediation over a disputed contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.


Carl A. Pelzel, president and chief executive officer of Menlo Park-based Depomed, said the company was "perplexed" when Abbott Laboratories did an about-face recently and said that it is not obligated to launch and commercialize Depome...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up