41.   Bristol rushed the new patent over to the FDA, which decided that Mylan was no longer entitled to market its generic drug.

42.   Bristol-Myers is particularly aggressive about going to court here and abroad, mostly to defend patents that restrict cheap generic drugs from overtaking big sellers.

43.   But executives at generic drug companies and suppliers of pharmaceutical raw materials say that Bayer is breaking even and may even be making a large profit.

44.   But generic drug prices were lower to begin with, so elderly people saved only a few dollars on each prescription by using the cards.

45.   But he said the lawsuit was justified as a way to preserve competition among makers of generic drugs.

46.   But if a court injunction blocking the law is lifted, South African companies are reported to be ready to begin producing or importing the generic drugs within months.

47.   But experts say that if the United States wants to buy generic drugs to meet the sudden demand for ciprofloxacin, this presents no legal problem.

48.   But in court papers, a generic drug maker has accused AstraZeneca of concealing information in a patent application for the drug.

49.   But it is legal to import foreign-made generic drugs that are approved by the FDA.

50.   But in addition to competition from generic drug makers, biotechnology companies are facing new challenges from others in their industry.