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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
December 12, 2007
Commission File Number 001-14956
BIOVAIL CORPORATION
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English) 7150 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA, L5N 8M5
(Address of principal executive office and zip code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (905) 286-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1). Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7). Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this form the registrant is also hereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g 3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. BIOVAIL CORPORATION
This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-92229 and 333-138697) of Biovail Corporation. News Release dated December 4, 2007 — Biovail Announces Settlement Agreement Related to Cardizem® LA SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. EXHIBIT 99.1
Vice-President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications BIOVAIL ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
RELATED TO CARDIZEM® LA
TORONTO, Canada, December 4, 2007 — Biovail Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BVF) today announced that its subsidiary, Biovail
Laboratories International SRL (BLS), has reached a settlement agreement with Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), with respect to
patent litigation against Watson subsidiary Andrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. related to Andrx’s abbreviated new drug application for a generic
version of Cardizem ® LA, Biovail’s once-daily formulation of diltiazem.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, BLS will receive a royalty based on sales of Watson’s generic formulation of Biovail’s
Cardizem® LA. The agreement generally provides that Watson will not commence marketing and sales of its generic equivalent product
earlier than April 1, 2009, at which time royalty payments will begin. As part of the settlement, Biovail has granted Watson an exclusive
license to its U.S. patents covering Cardizem® LA for a generic version of Cardizem® LA.
Other details concerning the settlement have not been disclosed.
The settlement is subject to court approval, and will be submitted to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission within 10 days of its execution.

About Biovail Corporation
Biovail Corporation is a specialty pharmaceutical company, engaged in the formulation, clinical testing, registration, manufacture, and
commercialization of pharmaceutical products utilizing advanced drug-delivery technologies. For more information about Biovail, visit the
Company’s Web site at www.biovail.com.
For further information, please contact Nelson F. Isabel at 905-286-3000 or send inquiries to [email protected].

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