2010
- Valeant Acquires Aton Pharma, Inc.
- Valeant Announces Regulatory Approval of Onsolis™ in Canada
- Valeant to Acquire Vital Science Corp. in Canada
- Valeant Acquires Bunker Industria Farmacêutica Ltda in Brazil
- Valeant Acquires Instituto Terapêutico Delta Ltda in Brazil
- Valeant to Acquire Branded Generics/OTC Company in Brazil
- Valeant Enters Collaboration With Spear Pharmaceuticals
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2010
- Valeant and Biovail Agree to Merge
- Biovail Enters into License Agreement with Kyowa Hakko Kirin
- Biovail enters into license and collaboration agreement with Alexza for AZ-004
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2009
- FDA Accepts NDA Filing for Retigabine
- Valeant to Acquire Laboratoire Dr. Renaud in Canada
- Valeant to Acquire Polish Products
- Valeant to Acquire Major Australian Skincare Brands
- Valeant to Acquire Tecnofarma, A Mexican Generic Company
- Penwest and Endo Grant Valeant Pharmaceuticals Exclusive License to Market Opana(r) ER in Canada, Australia and New Zealand
- Valeant Grants Schering-Plough Exclusive Option in Japan for Taribavirin in Exchange for Release of Last Right of Refusal
- Acanya(TM) Gel, a New Treatment for Moderate to Severe Acne, Launched by Coria Laboratories
- Valeant Completes Acquisition of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
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2009
- Biovail acquires worldwide rights to Tetrabenazine
- Biovail acquires U.S. rights to Wellbutrin XL®
- Biovail Announces Offering of Senior Convertible Notes
- Biovail Announces U.S. Availability of Aplenzin™ Tablets
- Biovail Announces Dismissal of Securities Litigation
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2008
- Valeant acquires Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
- Valeant acquires Dermatech
- Valeant acquires Coria laboratories, Ltd.
- Valeant and GlaxoSmithKline announce worldwide collaboration agreement for retigabine
- Valeant enters into joint venture with Meda AB
- Valeant sells certain business operations in Europe for $392 million
- Valeant successfully completes retigabine Phase III epilepsy program validating novel mechanism of action
- Valeant names J. Michael Pearson as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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2008
- Biovail Enters into Commercial Alliance for Aplenzin™
- Biovail Announces Filing of ANDA for Quetiapine XR Tablets
- Biovail Announces U.S. Availability of Xenazine® Tablets
- Biovail Acquires Prestwick Pharmaceuticals
- Biovail Announces Filing of ANDA for Fenofibrate Tablets
- Biovail Receives Canadian Approval for Ralivia™ for the Treatment of Moderately Severe Pain
- Biovail Appoints Peggy Mulligan Chief Financial Officer
- Biovail Appoints Bill Wells Chief Executive Officer
- Biovail Announces New Strategic Focus
- Biovail Receives FDA Approval for Aplenzin (BVF-033)
- Biovail Receives Canadian Approval for Wellbutrin® XL for the Prevention of Seasonal Major Depressive Illness
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2007
- Valeant signs licensing agreement for Canadian rights to (C)Xyrem® from Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Valeant initiates taribavirin Phase 2b clinical study
- Valeant initiates study of retigabine for pain associated with post-herpetic neuralgia
- Valeant launches Bedoyecta in the United States
- Valeant sells Hepatitis-C drug Infergen® to Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals®, LLC
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2007
- Biovail Receives Canadian Approval for Ralivia™
- Biovail and Depomed Sign License Agreement For Acuform™ Drug-Delivery Technology
- Wellbutrin XR™ Receives First European Approval
- Biovail Chairman Eugene Melnyk Announces Retirement
- Biovail Announces Comprehensive Settlement Related to Wellbutrin XL(R)
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2006
- Valeant receives FDA approval of Zelapar® for patients with Parkinson's Disease
- Valeant obtains FDA marketing approval for Cesamet™ to treat nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy
- Kinerase® skincare line is extended and distribution through Nordstrom is launched
- Valeant launches Zelapar® in the United States for Parkinson's disease
- Valeant launches Cesamet® in the United States
- Valeant's worldwide headquarters relocates to Aliso Viejo, California
- Valeant sells discovery and preclinical assets to Ardea Biosciences
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2006
- Biovail Enters into Exclusive Promotional Agreement for Zovirax®
- Biovail Eliminates its U.S. Specialty Sales Force
- Biovail Launches Wellbutrin XL to Canadian Physicians
- Once Daily ULTRAM® ER Extended-Release Tablets made Available in the United States
- Biovail Announces Changes to Organizational Structure; Company Realigned into Three Business Units
- Biovail Names Gilbert Godin Senior Vice-President
- Biovail Receives Approval for Wellbutrin® XL to Treat Depression in Canada
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2005
- Valeant initiates Phase 3 clinical trials for its epilepsy candidate retigabine
- Valeant signs agreement with actress Courteney Cox to represent Kinerase® and distributes line to high-end retailer Sephora
- Valeant acquires Xcel Pharmaceuticals, expanding Valeant's neurology franchise to include Migranal®, Diastat® and epilepsy treatment candidate retigabine
- Valeant unveils Diastat® AcuDial™ for rapid, at-home treatment of epileptic seizures
- Valeant completes public offering of 7.2 million shares
- Timothy T. Tyson appointed President and Chief Executive Officer
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2005
- Biovail Receives FDA Approval for Citalopram ODT
- Biovail Enters Into Commercial Alliance for Tramadol Products
- Biovail Launches Glumetza to Canadian Physicians
- Biovail's Tramadol ER Receives FDA Approval
- Biovail, Depomed Receive FDA Approval for Extended-Release Glumetza for Type II Diabetes
- Biovail Realigns U.S. Commercial Organization
- Biovail Announces $27.6-Million Expansion to Steinbach, Manitoba Manufacturing Facility
- Biovail Launches Tiazac XC To Canadian Physicians
- Biovail Receives Approvable Letter for Tramadol ODT
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2004
- Valeant acquires Amarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., expanding its specialty neurology platform with Zelapar™
- Valeant acquires global rights to Tasmar®, further building the company's specialty neurology platform
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2004
- Biovail Confirms Receipt of Notification of ANDA Submission for Wellbutrin XL
- Biovail's Ralivia ER Receives Approvable Letter From FDA
- Biovail Announces Regulatory Approval of Tiazac XC to Treat Hypertension in Canada
- Biovail Files NDA For Novel Dosage Form of Anti-Depressant
- FDA Approves Biovail's Cardizem LA for the Treatment of Angina; New Specialty Sales Force to Promote Additional Angina Indication
- Biovail NDA For Ralivia ER -- Tramadol Extended Release Tablets -- Accepted for Review
- Biovail Acquires Rights to Novel Formulations of Eprosartan and Carvedilol
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2003
- ICN and Ribapharm settle litigation with F. Hoffman La-Roche (Roche), which results in licensing the sale of ribavirin to Roche
- ICN completes the sale of Photonics and Circe units
- ICN completes the sale of its Russian manufacturing and retail pharmacy operations for $55 million
- ICN completes the reacquisition of the 20 percent minority interest in Ribapharm, and merges Ribapharm into ICN operations
- ICN sells Personal Radiation Dosimetry Division to Global Dosimetry Solutions, Inc. for $58 million
- ICN announces its first direct-to-consumer marketing campaign for Kinerase®
- ICN changes its name to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE:VRX), signifying the core principles and values underpinning the company and its new strategic focus
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2003
- FDA Approves Wellbutrin XL -- New, Once-Daily Antidepressant with Low Risk of Sexual Side Effects and Weight Gain
- Biovail Submits Cardizem LA NDA for Angina
- Biovail Announces Receipt of an Approvable Letter for Wellbutrin XL
- Biovail Acquires Ativan and Isordil from Wyeth
- Biovail Announces FDA Approval of Teveten HCT for Hypertension
- FDA Approves Biovail's Cardizem LA for Hypertension
- Biovail Announces FDA Approval for Zovirax Cream
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2002
- ICN issues IPO for approximately 20 percent interest in subsidiary, Ribapharm Inc.
- Robert W. O'Leary named Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
- ICN divests operations in Russia, Hungary and Czech Republic, its Biomedicals subsidiary, Photonics business in North America and the Circe unit
- ICN institutes several new corporate governance initiatives that increase transparency, establish greater Board independence and change the way the company does business
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2002
- Biovail Acquires Canadian Rights to Wellbutrin SR & Zyban From GlaxoSmithKline
- Biovail Acquires Pharma PASS Companies for $190 Million
- Biovail Receives FDA Tentative Approval for Flash Dose Zolpidem
- Biovail's Generic Adalat CC 90mg Receives Final Approval
- Biovail Receives Approvable Letter for Cardizem XL
- Biovail Acquires Metformin GR Product Rights From DepoMed
- Biovail Acquires Vasotec® / Vaseretic® From Merck & Co., Inc.
- Biovail Acquires Teveten and Teveten HCT U.S. Marketing Rights From Solvay Pharmaceuticals Marketing and Licensing AG
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1970-2001
- Schering-Plough announces FDA approval to market ICN's drug, ribavirin, as REBETOL® capsules for use in combination with PEG-INTRON for chronic hepatitis C
- Shareholders vote to merge ICN Pharmaceuticals, ICN Biomedicals, SPI Pharmaceuticals and Viratek, Inc. into a single worldwide pharmaceutical company - ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- ICN Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA., becomes ICN's international headquarters
- Sales exceed $100 million as ICN received its first FDA approval for L-dopa
- Stock trades for the first time on the New York Stock Exchange
- Major product, ribavirin, is discovered in ICN labs
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1970-2001
- Biovail Receives Hart-Scott-Rodino Approval; Biovail Begins Co-Promotion of Wellbutrin SR Immediately; Initiates 500 Person Sales Force Expansion Program
- Biovail and GlaxoSmithKline Sign Licensing Agreements for Once Daily Formulation of Wellbutrin and Distribution Rights for Zovirax Ointment & Cream
- Biovail Completes Cardizem XL NDA Filing
- Biovail Included in Toronto Stock Exchange --TSE-- 35 Index; Listing to Commence May 11, 2001
- Biovail Announces Generic Procardia XL 30mg Final Approval, Teva to Launch Product Immediately
- Biovail Acquires Cardizem Product Lines From Aventis; To Expand U.S. Sales Force to 800; Launch of New Diltiazem Formulation - Cardizem XL - Expected Early 2002
- Biovail Acquires DJ Pharma - First Direct Foray into the U.S.
- Biovail Acquires Fuisz Technologies
- Biovail Enters Into Supply and Distribution Agreement with Teva
- Biovail Establishes Crystaal - Canadian sales & marketing division
- Biovail Enters into Supply and Distribution Agreement with Forest Laboratories
- Biovail launches Steinbach manufacturing operations
- Company Named Changed to Biovail
- Trimel Corporation enters field of controlled-release drug-delivery
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1960: ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is founded as International Chemical and Nuclear Corporation