FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Coury, Robert J.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Mylan Laboratories Inc. (MYL)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X]    Director                                   [_]   10% Owner [X]    Officer (give title below)    [_]   Other (specify below)                                      Chief Executive Officer
(Last)             (First)            (Middle) 781 Chestnut Ridge Road	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year January 1, 2003
(Street) Morgantown, WV 26505		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X]  Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)             (State)             (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (mm/dd/yy)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (mm/dd/yy)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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FORM 4 (continued) Table II —Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.Title of Derivative Security (Instr.3)

2.  Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3.  Transaction Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date if any (Month/ Day/ Year)

4. Transaction Code  Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities  Acquired (A) or Disposed of  (D)  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9.Number of Deriv- ative Secur- ities Bene- ficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Trans- action(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Benefi- cial Owner- ship (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Mylan Laboratories Inc. 1997 Incentive Stock Option(1)

$34.90

1/1/2003

A

100,000

1/1/03

1/1/13

Common Stock

100,000

607,500

D

Mylan Laboratories Inc. 1997 Incentive Stock Option(1)

$34.90

1/1/2003

A

100,000

1/1/04

1/1/13

Common Stock

100,000

607,500

D

Mylan Laboratories Inc. 1997 Incentive Stock Option(1)

$34.90

1/1/2003

A

100,000

1/1/05

1/1/13

Common Stock

100,000

607,500

D

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Right to Buy

**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	/s/  Robert J. Coury **Signature of Reporting Person	1/2/03   Date
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