The Cipro petitioners claimed there was a split of opinion on the legality of these settlements.
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There are other antibiotics that can treat anthrax, but Cipro has become the drug of choice.
In anthrax scares, everyone who may have been exposed is often given Cipro even before symptoms develop.
Bayer is ramping up production of Cipro, and it will probably see a momentary bump in sales.
"In the last week or so, Cipro prescriptions have gone up about 300 percent, " pharmacist Sean Foo said.
Bayer's top-selling antibiotic, Cipro, got a boost from the anthrax scare last year, but now sales are drooping.
Bayer, Cipro's maker, agreed to provide as much of the drug as Canada needed to allay public fears.
Reverse payment settlement opponents had placed a great deal of emphasis on the Cipro case as a cure-all solution.
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During the anthrax scare, there was a run on Cipro, the Bayer antibiotic.
Bayer is almost giving Cipro to the U.S. to keep drugmakers at bay.
The best known example is ciprofloxacin, sold as Cipro, which made headlines as a treatment during the 2001 anthrax attacks.
The company says it is prepared to ship 15 million tablets of Cipro a week for the next three months.
Pregnant women and workers with medical issues, such as an allergy to Cipro, will be offered alternative medication, the statement said.
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About 60% of Cipro revenues come from the United States, and that basic business is not going away any time soon.
And we moved on to listen to the advice of a naval pharmacist, who handed us six days' supply of the Cipro.
She and many of her colleagues are being treated with Cipro, an antibiotic made by Bayer, a drug, crops, and chemicals conglomerate.
For the generics, the motivation to get Cipro is easy to see.
Cipro, or ciprofloxacin, is not the only antibiotic that can treat anthrax.
This has become clear in the federal government's efforts to guarantee a sufficient supply of the antibiotic Cipro to treat anthrax exposure.
So vulnerable, in fact, that they don't mind spending hundreds and even thousands of dollars on antibiotics such as Cipro to treat anthrax.
During the anthrax scare, there was a run on Cipro, the Bayer (nyse: BAY - news - people ) antibiotic.
In addition, no one knows how many people will demand Cipro for precautionary measures, either from the government or in the retail market.
His boss was further up the queue, under orders from his wife to be swabbed and get the antibiotics - Cipro, to be exact.
And this will be a one-time benefit: Cipro has been viewed as a liability by many, because the drug's patent protection will soon end.
But a woman who handled the package began to show symptoms similar to skin-based anthrax and her doctor prescribed the antibiotic Cipro on Oct. 1.
The most common American antibiotics in this class are Cipro (Bayer).
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And, in fact, everybody -- the 1, 000 people who were in that building, (the) 300 workers and 700 other visitors, have all been on Cipro.
Canada relented after threatening to circumvent a patent on Cipro, an antibiotic for the treatment of anthrax , and obtain supplies from a generic-drug company.
Penicillin and Cipro are the antibiotics used to treat the disease.
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