21.   Another troubled generic drug maker, Copley Pharmaceutical Inc., recently said it had hired Oppenheimer as investment banker.

22.   Apotex says that SmithKline has illegally blocked it from selling the generic drug by filing numerous additional patents relating to Paxil with the FDA.

23.   As France scrambles to slash health spending, particularly on pharmaceuticals, the government is creating opportunities for drug makers -- in generic drugs.

24.   As generic drugs are the most cost-effective way to help people, this policy is counterproductive.

25.   As for Circa Pharmaceuticals, a generic drug company based in Copiague, N.Y., it is about to shed its identity for the second time in two years.

26.   At issue is the exact ingredients a generic drug must have to be as safe and effective as Premarin.

27.   AstraZeneca is contending that the generic drug makers are infringing on its patents on the process for making Prilosec.

28.   At the same time, sales of its Lorcet drug slumped amid competition from lower-priced generic drugs.

29.   At the least, generic drug companies point to a better pipeline of new products.

30.   Bayer has the drug under patent in some African countries, including South Africa and Kenya, which have serious AIDS epidemics and nascent generic drug industries.